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The purpose of our Laboratory Analysis applications, are to manage and produce all necessary analysis reports, track the samples throughout the grinding process and maintaining real-time contact with the scale house and the management department. It also catalogs all samples in a relational management database system (RDBMS).

We currently have two different type of Laboratory Sugar Cane Juice Sampling Programs:

Type A has options to use two different cane juice sampling methods: Spindle and Near Infrared in Manual Mode.
Type B was developed to retrieve the sampling results (brix and sucrose) from a constant flow NIR equipment located at the crusher. This is an automatic process with no human intervention.

Type A:

It can handle two different cane juice sampling methods: Spindle Near Infrared (NIR) In both methods, the truckload number assigned in the Scale House is used to link the juice sample with the truckload, and therefore, with the cane field the truckload came from. Spindle: the lab technician gets the brix reading from the spindle, the pol reading from the polarimeter, and the observed temperature. Then he/she enters the truckload to which the juice sample relates and those readings in the program, which calculates the crusher juice brix, sucrose, and purity as well as the normal juice brix, sucrose, and purity. The results are printed and saved in a database. NIR: The lab technician inserts the beaker containing the juice sample to be analyzed in the NIR equipment, selects the truckload to which the sample belongs, and clicks on the Analyze command button. The results (crusher juice Brix, Sucrose, and Purity) are captured by the program, saved, and printed. The Laboratory Sampling Program in Atlantic Sugar Association, Inc. works in conjunction with two other programs:

The NIR control program, running simultaneously in the same computer with the sampling program.

The Conveyor monitoring program, to define the position on the tandem of the cane bulk to be analyzed tagged with the trailer number, running in a different computer. Radio Frequency technology is used to identify the trailer.

There is also a network connection to the Scale House computer in order to link the trailer with its corresponding load number assigned in the scale.

Type B:

This type of Sugar Mill has two tandems. There is one Constant Flow Near Infrared (NIR) analyzer equipment located under each crusher mill. Those equipments are analyzing the cane juice flowing through them at a rate of several samples per second. The objective is to determine when the cane bulk to be analyzed reaches the instrument and when leaves it. In this interval, several samples are polled and their average is accepted as the analysis result. This program works together with another two programs:

The Tandem Program that sets the starting point, when the truckload falls in the conveyor, and identifies the trailer using Radio Frequency technology.

The Tandem Monitoring Program, that defines the position of the cane bulk on each conveyor, and that measures the conveyors speed. The samples are tagged with a number, and the program matches that number with the trailer read at the tandem dumping station which, at its turn, is matched with the load number assigned to that trailer in the scale house.


	Laboratory Analysis The purpose of our Laboratory Analysis applications, are to manage and produce all necessary analysis reports, track the samples throughout the grinding process and maintaining real-time contact with the scale house and the management department. It also catalogs all samples in a relational management database system (RDBMS). We currently have two different type of Laboratory Sugar Cane Juice Sampling Programs: Type A has options to use two different cane juice sampling methods: Spindle and Near Infrared in Manual Mode. Type B was developed to retrieve the sampling results (brix and sucrose) from a constant flow NIR equipment located at the crusher. This is an automatic process with no human intervention. Type A: It can handle two different cane juice sampling methods: Spindle Near Infrared (NIR) In both methods, the truckload number assigned in the Scale House is used to link the juice sample with the truckload, and therefore, with the cane field the truckload came from. Spindle: the lab technician gets the brix reading from the spindle, the pol reading from the polarimeter, and the observed temperature. Then he/she enters the truckload to which the juice sample relates and those readings in the program, which calculates the crusher juice brix, sucrose, and purity as well as the normal juice brix, sucrose, and purity. The results are printed and saved in a database. NIR: The lab technician inserts the beaker containing the juice sample to be analyzed in the NIR equipment, selects the truckload to which the sample belongs, and clicks on the Analyze command button. The results (crusher juice Brix, Sucrose, and Purity) are captured by the program, saved, and printed. The Laboratory Sampling Program in Atlantic Sugar Association, Inc. works in conjunction with two other programs: The NIR control program, running simultaneously in the same computer with the sampling program. The Conveyor monitoring program, to define the position on the tandem of the cane bulk to be analyzed tagged with the trailer number, running in a different computer. Radio Frequency technology is used to identify the trailer. There is also a network connection to the Scale House computer in order to link the trailer with its corresponding load number assigned in the scale. Type B: This type of Sugar Mill has two tandems. There is one Constant Flow Near Infrared (NIR) analyzer equipment located under each crusher mill. Those equipments are analyzing the cane juice flowing through them at a rate of several samples per second. The objective is to determine when the cane bulk to be analyzed reaches the instrument and when leaves it. In this interval, several samples are polled and their average is accepted as the analysis result. This program works together with another two programs: The Tandem Program that sets the starting point, when the truckload falls in the conveyor, and identifies the trailer using Radio Frequency technology. The Tandem Monitoring Program, that defines the position of the cane bulk on each conveyor, and that measures the conveyors speed. The samples are tagged with a number, and the program matches that number with the trailer read at the tandem dumping station which, at its turn, is matched with the load number assigned to that trailer in the scale house.