Anton Paar
Alcolyzer ® Beer Alcohol Meter
The new Beer Alcolyzer from Anton Paar ... ... the innovation for fast and accurate determination of the alcohol content of beer. Regardless of the size of your brewery, consistent, high quality brewing is the fundamental key to success. Analyzing beer, including the accurate determination of alcohol content, can be difficult and time consuming, yet remains one of the most important factors in determining a beer’s consistency. With 15 years experience in beer analysis, Anton Paar knows the problems and has the answers. Paar’s new Beer Alcolyzer combines the ease of use with practicality: it is a cost effective, fast measuring system. It requires minimal sample preparation, has a short measuring cycle of just a few minutes, and yields accurate, reproducible results. The Beer Alcolyzer makes a direct measurement of the alcohol content of beer using a patent protected procedure employing specific NIR spectroscopy. By using only specific wavelengths, the influence of the beer’s other components is avoided, ensuring accurate alcohol measurement. Furthermore, the instrument’s compact design uses only state-of-the-art optical and electronic components and has no moving parts, ensuring excellent long-term resolution and stability. Adjusting the Beer Alcolyzer is easy. Pure water is used to establish a base line and to check day to day stability. The alcohol reading is tested occasionally using an ethanol-water solution of known concentration. Once adjusted, the Beer Alcolyzer can measure all types of beer, including low- and no-alcohol beers, trubes, and malt specialty beverages. The Beer Alcolyzer can also grow as the needs of your lab grow. For simple alcohol determination, a stand-alone Beer Alcolyzer is the perfect answer. As the number of samples increases, you can add a sample changer to fully automate your alcohol analysis. Complete, automatic beer analysis for determining alcohol, extract, original gravity, and all the important parameters can easily be achieved at any time by adding one of Paar’s world renowned digital density meters. The density meter is placed on the sample changer, and the Beer Alcolyzer on top of the density meter, thereby creating a powerful beer analysis system in a minimum amount of space. Measured values can be printed or sent to a PC or LIMS. A built-in data buffer saves up to 100 measurement results, in case the printer runs out of paper or the computer goes down. Sample numbers can be automatically assigned by the system or can be entered through an optional key board or bar code reader.
The new way to measure alcohol
Easy to use
• Selective and accurate • Easy adjustment with distilled water; occasional adjustment with an ethanol-water mixture • Minimal sample preparation • Measuring cycle approx. 1 min. • Cost effective and fast • Compact, space saving design
• Large, bright, and easy to read display • Manual or automatic sample filling • Sample number entry by bar code reader or keyboard possible • Alcohol, extracts, and other important parameters automatically determined when combined with a DMA digital density meter • Results shown on display, printer, and/or PC • Password protection possible
Options Anton Paar Density Meter & Sample Changer Automatic filling, simultaneous measurement of alcohol content and density, automatic calculation of real extract, alcohol % w/w, original extract and derived properties such as degree of fermentation, calories etc.
SP-1m Sample Changer Automatic filling, magazine for 24 sample vials.
Bar code reader Allows comfortable sample identification using a sample bar code.
Specifications Measuring range
Sample throughput
Interfaces
0 to 20 % v/v alcohol
10 to 30/hour
Repeatability s.d.
Dimensions (L x W x H)
2 x RS 232 for printer, PC and/or density meter. Connector for IBM-compatible keyboard and/or bar code reader.
0.01 % v/v alcohol
420 x 280 x 210 mm 16.5 x 11.0 x 8.3 inches
Temperature control
Weight
Built-in solid state thermostat (Peltier)
Approx. 12.4 kg (26 lbs)
Minimum amount of sample
Power supply
Approx. 3 ml
85 to 264 VAC, 48 to 62 Hz
Typical measuring time per sample
Power consumption
Approx. 1 minute
50 VA
Comparison to distillation method: Studies have shown no significant deviation of the mean values and a reproducibility standard deviation of 0.05 % alcohol.
Specifications subject to change without notice. Anton Paar® GmbH, Kärntner Strasse 322, A-8054 Graz, Austria - Europa, Phone: +43 316 257-0, E-mail:
[email protected], Fax: +43 316 257-257, Internet: http://www.anton-paar.com Instruments for: density/concentration rheology/colloid science sample decomposition X-ray structure analysis
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