Development of a Universal Probe for the extending the use of the IRmadillo Spectrometer

该项目将使Keit经过行业验证的坚固耐用的中红外光谱仪能够在多个行业中使用，开发一种能够在高温和高压下、在酸性和碱性系统中工作并能抵抗测量侵蚀性过程液体的物理挑战的探头。将光学探头插入到各种液体过程中面临着巨大的挑战。高温和高压测试探头的光学和机械元件之间的密封性，所需的耐化学性限制了可以使用的材料和制造工艺。Keit的“IRmadillo”光谱仪已经在工业上被证明非常稳定、可靠，因此维护成本低，但潜在的用途受到当前探头可以操作的工艺条件的限制。这一新调查的发展将使Keit能够解决的市场显著扩大。

This project will enable Keit's industry-proven robust Mid-infrared spectrometer to be used across multiple industries, by developing a probe capable of operating in high temperatures and pressures, in both acidic and alkaline systems, and resistant to the physical challenges of measuring aggressive process liquids.Inserting optical probes in to a wide variety of liquid processes presents significant challenges. High temperatures and pressures test the sealing between the optical and mechanical elements of the probe and the chemical resistance required restricts the materials and manufacturing processes that can be used.Keit's "IRmadillo" spectrometer is already proven in industry to be very stable, reliable and thus low maintenance, but the potential uses are constrained by the process conditions in which the current probes can operate. Development of this new probe will enable a significant expansion of the markets Keit can address.