BAUXITE ANALYSIS PREPARATION UNIT
Using FTIR
System Overview.
Alcoa, one of the largest producers of aluminium in the world, mines 86,300 tons of ore every day which equates to the volume of Wembley Stadium!
Prior to mining such vast volumes, boreholes are made every metre and 1kg samples are collected. These samples are returned to the QA laboratory, ground and put into small bar-coded envelopes for evaluation of their bauxite content using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR).
Using this technique (in this case with a Hewlett Packard Analyser) a well prepared “flat surface” sample needs to be presented and rotated in front of the instrument for analysis.
Labman Automation in partnership with Alcoa and Honeywell, produced a unit to meet this requirement.
Key Features.
Complete Automation
Complete automation of the sample preparation
Packet picking
Packet picking
Barcode Reading
Sample identification
Packet Opening
Packet opening
Sampling
Sampling from packet into analysis cup
FTIR Analysis Technique
Surface sample preparation for FTIR analysis technique
Analyser loading
Analyser loading
Data Capture
Data capture
Analyser Unloading
Analyser unloading
Sample Clean Up
Sample clean up
High Capacity
Capacity for 1600 samples
Fast Cycle Time
A complete cycle time of 17 seconds per sample
Self Cleaning
Self cleaning analysis cups
Sample Tracking
Sample tracking
LIMS integration
LIMS integration
