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Automated system for the on-line monitoring of powder blending processes using near-infrared spectroscopy part I. System development and control

✍ Scribed by P.A. Hailey; P. Doherty; P. Tapsell; T. Oliver; P.K. Aldridge

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 805 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 0731-7085
DOI: 10.1016/0731-7085(95)01674-0

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✦ Synopsis

An automated system for the on-line monitoring of powder blending processes is described. The system employs near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy using fibre-optics and a graphical user interface (GUI) developed in the LabVIEW environment. The complete supervisory control and data analysis (SCADA) software controls blender and spectrophotometer operation and performs statistical spectral data analysis in real time. A data analysis routine using standard deviation is described to demonstrate an approach to the real-time determination of blend homogeneity.