{"id":1492,"date":"2023-05-18T12:57:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2023-05-22T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T19:08:38","slug":"dalp-sugar-2023-05-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"DALP-Sugar- A QC lab supporting production of a food additives exhibiting optical activity and no chromophore inside a large manufacturing company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-02684f8b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>PROBLEM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">The QC lab was struggling to process samples fast enough and accurately enough using Refractive Index (RI) detection and production was increasing<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"block-1a4c3a28-c6af-4e7e-a12e-47e90f839061\"><strong>GOALS\/SOLUTIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company\u2019s QC lab manager needed to increase throughput and accuracy to support increasing production requirements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After discussions with PDR-Separations the company decided to replace all RI detectors with PDR-Separations Advanced Laser Polarimeters (ALP). These ALPs have been running since 1999 without issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021 ALPs were upgraded to Digital Advanced Laser Polarimeters (DALP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>BENEFITS\/ACHIEVMENTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QC Samples are processed faster with more accurate results, down-time was essentially eliminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ALP\/DALP robustness and convenience have been impressive, no failures and fully automated operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critical ALP\/DALP components, lasers, have lasted 10+ years while operated 24\/7\/365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company lab no longer needs to have as many backup systems to support continuous production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall results show the QC Lab now processes 4 times more samples with improved accuracy in 70% of the space with 60% of the previous staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combination of increased sensitivity and accuracy, along with impressive robustness and streamlined QC removed the previous QC bottle-neck from production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company\u2019s original investment in ALPs represented an excellent ROI especially since the ALP to DALP upgrades cost a fraction of the purchase price of a new DALP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-button\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-button-m6fqsga \"><div class=\"eb-button-wrapper eb-button-alignment eb-button-m6fqsga\"><div class=\"eb-button\"><a class=\"eb-button-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DALP-Sugar-2023-05-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-button\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-button-7wzbydk \"><div class=\"eb-button-wrapper eb-button-alignment eb-button-7wzbydk\"><div class=\"eb-button\"><a class=\"eb-button-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/?page_id=1357\" rel=\"noopener\">Return to Case Studies<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROBLEM The QC lab was struggling to process samples fast enough and accurately enough using Refractive Index (RI) detection and production was increasing GOALS\/SOLUTIONS The company\u2019s QC lab manager needed to increase throughput and accuracy to support increasing production requirements After discussions with PDR-Separations the company decided to replace all RI detectors with PDR-Separations Advanced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdr-separations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}