How much does a NIR system cost (and why)?

NIR is invisible to the naked eye, but sometimes the cost of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy systems may feel a little too transparent, too.   To be fair, the answer to “How much does a NIR system cost?” really is “it depends.” Materials, hardware features, software, and licenses will all play into the final cost. In this... Continue Reading →

Three ways to consider ROI with NIR

Labs across the country are constantly asked to do more with less… fewer people, less time, and less budget. The value in a capital investment shows up where the rubber meets the road—in lab productivity and company profitability. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a well-known technique that delivers fast results for standard quality parameters, helping break... Continue Reading →

NIR as a tool for real-time quality determination of Distiller’s Dried Grains

In a prior blog, we shared how NIR online sensors could be used to optimize biofuel processes, starting at the farm, through fuel processing, and into feed applications. In this post we take a closer look at how NIR can be used as a measurement tool for a valuable co-product of the biofuel industry: distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS).   Most ethanol plants in the United States are dry-grind facilities, which use starch... Continue Reading →

Tales from the Lab: NIR vs. Dumas for Carbon and Nitrogen Determination

This blog was contributed by Dr. Mark Sullivan, Technical and Application Specialist at BUCHI Corporation. The head of a well-known agricultural testing laboratory recently approached me with an unusual request. This laboratory performs 10’s of thousands of plant tissue analyses annually using the Dumas combustion technique for total nitrogen and carbon (AOAC Official Method 972.43).... Continue Reading →

NIR vs. Kjeldahl

Protein is a critical parameter across the food, beverage, and feed industries. However, the best solution for obtaining protein varies across the production cycle. In this blog, we propose Kjeldahl and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy methods for protein determination, with arguments for which technology is the best fit based on factors such as: Application scope Variation... Continue Reading →

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