Watch the separation happen

Application

Watch the separation happen

Fraction collection and pooling decisions are made on offline assay results that arrive after the fractions have been collected.

The measurement problem

Downstream processing is a sequence of separations, and each one is a decision about what to keep. Making that decision on an assay that lags the process means either pooling conservatively — and losing yield — or pooling aggressively and risking the specification.

Continuous composition on the stream turns the decision into an observation of a curve rather than a bet on where the curve probably is.

What a live reading changes

  • Composition across the separation as it elutes, rather than after.
  • Pooling decisions made on a measured boundary instead of a conservative margin.
  • Product and contaminant tracked together where both absorb distinctly.
  • The whole run recorded, so a pooling decision can be defended later.

Aqueous streams are read at a short path — 20 µm as standard — because water absorbs strongly across much of the mid-infrared.

Is this your measurement?

Send the stream, the concentration range and the decision it blocks. Where it makes sense we test on your own process samples first.