Series 9 - Color & Moisture Gauge

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Series 9 - Color & Moisture Gauge

Nordson Series 9 on-line gauge delivers immediate value to your food and industrial bulk production. It is the only on-line gauge on the market that can simultaneously measure color, moisture, fat/oil, and protein out of the box.

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Overview

The Series 9 is a non-contact NIR gauge that allows you to continuously measure color, moisture, fat/oil, and protein on-line. It is specially engineered for 24/7 duty, helping you to meet product quality demands and efficiency goals. The Series 9 delivers unparalleled measurement performance while maintaining simplicity and versatility in design and operation. The flexible, future-proof platform harnesses the full power of infrared spectroscopy. The user-friendly format requires no special operator skills or expert knowledge, yet it allows expert users to access the enhanced interaction capabilities as desired.

 

Features & Benefits

  • Evolutionary technology that is flexible, adaptable and scalable to meet your changing needs.
  • Enterprise-level intelligence compatible with Industry 4.0.
  • Permanently calibrated.
  • Easier operation and maintenance.
  • Lower cost of ownership over a long lifetime of operation.

 

Applications

 Series 9 Food Gauge:

  • Coffee processing – moisture, degree of roast.
  • Confectionery – color, fat, moisture.
  • Cookies and biscuits – color, fat, moisture.
  • Dairy powders – color, moisture, fat, protein.
  • Meat – color, moisture, fat, protein.
  • Savoury snacks – color (or degree of bake), moisture, fat.
  • Starch and wet milling – color, moisture, fat, protein.

Series 9 Industrial Gauge:

  • Powders and aggregates – color, moisture.
  • Flakes and granules – color, moisture.
  • Slurries and paste – color, moisture.

The Series 9 technology is also available for tobacco and converting applications. 

Measurement Principle

The Series 9 uses precision near-infrared (NIR) technology to make continuous, non-contact measurements of color, moisture, and other constituents. This process sensor works on the principle that constituents such as moisture (water) within a product discretely absorb certain wavelengths of infrared light. By emitting light at these wavelengths onto the product and then capturing and measuring the reflected unabsorbed light on a light-sensitive detector, the Series 9 computes the level of moisture within the product. Unlike other technologies, the Series 9 spends 100% of its operation measuring the product. Using high-speed signal processing, the patented Series 9 “light engine” delivers the highest resolution, on-line NIR measurements available today. This robust gauge is unaffected by changes in process conditions such as particle size variation, product height variation, product temperature variation, ambient lighting, and relative humidity changes.
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Leverage the Power of Color

The Series 9 color gauge is a unique process sensor capable of simultaneously measuring the color and the key constituents of food and industrial bulk products. It can detect the full-color spectrum in a wide range of standard scales, including CIE (L*, a*, b*), Tristimulus (X, Y Z), RGB, CIELCH (L*, C*, h) ΔE* & ΔEcmc, Degree of Roast (DOR). Repeatable numeric color readings, combined with other critical measurements such as moisture, fat/oil, and protein, can be confidently used as part of a process control strategy to deliver consistent product quality every time. 

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Enhance Process Insight and Control

The Series 9 process gauge is used in conjunction with one or more peripheral devices to facilitate data display, networking and process connectivity. It can be incorporated conveniently into closed-loop control systems using its digital and analog connectivity options. Data can be displayed locally for operators using the Series 9 Operator Terminal or Gauge Control Interface. A Gauge Control Port allows multiple gauges to be networked (daisy chained). The Power Hub provides power to a single gauge and enables convenient networked arrangements of multiple Series 9 gauges and devices. The Series 9 gauge and peripheral devices are Ethernet-enabled and run on 24V DC power. A wireless communication option allows operators to remotely view gauge, process and sampling information.

 Series 9 Gauge Control Interface
  • 10-inch, touch-screen GCI.
  • Three Ethernet ports and RJ45 external port.
  • Interfaces up to 16 gauges.
  • Multi-lingual interface.

 Series 9 Devices
  • Operator Terminal
  • Gauge Control Interface.
  • Gauge Control Port.
  • Power Hub.

Scalable Technology
Series 9’s flexible building-block architecture enables you to scale Nordson’s gauging system to meet current and future site requirements.
  • Keep pace with changing demands.
  • Meet the needs of your plant.
  • Protect current investment while realizing additional benefits.
  • Maintain a competitive edge.

Continuous Product Flows

The Series 9 measures over a 60 mm diameter area (optionally 25 mm or 10 mm) and is suspended over the process line at a distance of 250 mm from the mean product height to the Series 9 measurement window. The gauge tolerates product height fluctuations of  ± 100 mm without the measurement being affected. Ambient lighting, temperature or relative humidity changes do not affect the Series 9 measurement.
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Discontinuous Product Flows

The optional integrated “high-speed gating” system detects the product’s presence or absence in discontinuous flows and avoids recording of data when nothing is passing across the measurement area. High-speed gating can be used for products, such as cookies, biscuits or crackers as shown here, or for processes which simply do not flow continuously. Beam patch sizes of 60 mm or 10 mm are available.
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Fluid Bed Dryers

The Series 9 gauge can be installed to measure moisture and color in powers in a fluid bed dryer through a sight glass, while ensuring that the measurement area is below the powder line.
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Gravity-Fed Ducts

The pneumatic PowderVision sampler can be used with the Series 9 gauge for powders transported in enclosed ducts. This device comprises of a tube fitting with a window and a sample collection cup that fills with the falling product. Once a sample has been collected and measured, a jet of air ejects it and the cycle repeats
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