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NeoSpectra portable/in-field milk chocolate analysis solution
About
NeoSpectra is the Si-Ware’s NIR spectrometry (NIRS) solution, within our solution we offer portable units (called scanners) or in-line units (attached to your machines) to perform the exact same analysis you do in your lab using those large benchtop NRIS analyzers, the solution further involve a complete suite of apps, cloud storage and management platform that ease the process for you to get instant analysis results, store your data, manage multiple analysis models for different parameters and different products, control multiple users access and even manage a fleet of scanners in one facility, various facilities across the country or globally. Unlike benchtops, NeoSpectra scanner is built on top of our proprietary patented MEMS chip, MEMS technology is what allows us to miniature the core interferometer engine into a fingertip chip size, but rather it makes the environment of the moving mirrors contained unlike the benchtops, this is why our scanner does not require frequent mirrors realignment or mechanical repairs and as a result would not be there significant drifts over time. On market level, NeoSpectra is distinguished by offering the widest NIR range among chip based miniature spectrometers, our range extends between 1350 – 2500nm and this allows it to cover more various materials analysis. When it comes to analytics precision and validity are key and on that matter we have been validated several times by current leading partners like Eurofins Ag labs, Cargill and AB Vista. Further Si-Ware has validated a quick model to distinguish chocolate bars from a specific brand based on every bar cocoa, fat and protein percentage and we are using this model sometime to demonstrate our scanner analytical precision to our clients. For milk chocolate aroma of each of Mondelez products we assume you have a gold standard reference for each product, by scanning those standard products we can provide you a classification or quantification model (based on your need) that can distinguish your production output as normal (meets the acceptable range of the standard product) or abnormal (exceed or below the acceptable range of the standard product), the capabilities of our solution can go further beyond and can be implemented in the receive area to validate the raw materials, during the process to ensure blends are accurate and final product warehouses to ensure products did not degrade.
Key Benefits
-Sample scan takes a few seconds. -No need for chemical reagents to perform analysis. -No sample preparation needed (in some cases might grind the sample). -No damage to the sample (chocolate might milt down if exposed for long time to the light source, but this can be resolved by decreasing the analysis time or doing the analysis in cold environment) -Cost of analysis is minimal. -Our hardware is covered by two years of warranty, and you even can purchase and extend years of warranty. -Our software is SAAS based so you are always accessing any new updates. -The cost of our solution is way below benchtop NIR spectrometers prices, which allow you to deploy several devices in several areas and several plants. -Our solution could fit for in-field analysis using our in-field sensor. -We provide a Labstore to browse and purchase different models for different materials from trusted partners who chose to transfer their NIR models to us and offer it in what we call a Labstore. -Our solution could even be used in the raw materials receiving area to identify any counterfeits or below threshold material specs. -Our solution can even be used within the manufacturing process to ensure that the mixes are meeting the required product standards. -Our solution can even be used at the end of the line or in a warehouse to verify the quality of the end product.
Applications
Raw material analysis - Cocoa beans - Powder milk - Flavors Parameters (moisture, fat, protein,..) Blended chocolate - Make sure the blend is meeting the standard ingredients percentage End product - Measure end product to make sure it meets your gold standard product. - Measure stored products to make sure it did not degrade over time.