Automatic Cloud and Pour Point Analyzer
Automatic Cloud and Pour point tester AirStar
AirStar automatic Cloud and Pour point analyzer with built-in cooling.
Methods: Automated execution of
Cloud point: ASTM D2500, ISO 3015, IP 219, EN 23015, JIS K2269
Pour Point: ASTM D97, D6892, D5853, ISO 3016, IP 15, JIS K2269, Chinese GB/T3535
- Temperature down to -105ºC
- No external chiller required
- Stepped and linear cooling profiles
- The built-in camera can detect Cloud and Pour Point as accurate as the human eye.
- As the manual methods described, the jar lifts out from the cooling bath for sample detection.
- Camera for cloud & pour point detection.
- The cloud and pour point analyzer head is powered via induction when placed in the Cold Block or the Cleaning-Docking Station.
- Ability to store camera images within each result.
- Linear cooling speed 1˚C – 120˚C per/hour
- Temperature Range: -105˚C to 65˚C.
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Description
AirStar automatic Cloud and Pour point tester with built-in cooling
All parts required for Cloud and Pour Point testing are inside Cloud and Pour Point Head.
The AirSTAR CPPP Head with a modern camera and LED lights for Pour Point detection. During the lift & tilt procedure, this camera monitors the top of the sample for movement. Upon detecting a slight movement in the sample, the lift & tilt procedure will stop and the test jar moves back into the bath. The test continues as per the method.
Crude oil, dark samples or other common “difficult” samples is not a problem for AirSTAR’s camera-based detection technology.
ColdBlock
Cold Block is AirSTAR’s Stirling Motor Cooling technology that requires no external chiller even when cooling down to -105˚C.
Stirling cooler
AirSTAR’s ColdBlock is efficient and powerful based on the free-piston Stirling cooler principle. Homogeneous cooling of the bath jacket by special-designed heat pipe technology.
Cloud and Pour Point head.
CPPP Head contains all parts required for the Cloud and Pour Point test
- Test jar
- Lift & tilt mechanism
- Camera for cloud & pour point detection
- 2 x temperature probe (click-insert) + chip for calibration memory (1 x long probe for Cloud Point, 1 x short probe for Pour Point)
- Wireless power supply (from the ColdBlock / Cleaning-Docking station)
- Wireless data communication with iPad (secured local network)
User Interface
- Built-in iPad with in-house iLabCB app makes the operation easy.
- Along with easy navigation, the app includes:
- Pre-installed and customisable methods.
- “Start at” temperature of the first detection: ambient or custom.
- Programmable cooling profiles (stepped & linear)
- Result report in both 1ºC & 0.01ºC (cloud point)
- Camera images are stored within each result.
- Multi-level access with password protection
- Easy to use calibration menu with service login
- iLabCB app + updates are available for free from the App Store
- Results options include export to LIMS / Windows PC or print PDF/kiosk printer. With the 16Gb iPad, unlimited results storage.
No Cables
The absence of cables makes AirSTAR flexible and works with different CFPP/CPPP Heads in one installation.
Automatic Detection of Test Head
ColdBlock recognizes the type of Head used (CFPP or CPPP).
New AirSTAR instruments are factory calibrated and supplied with a calibration report.
Technical Details
| CFPP Head | |
| Methods Automated execution of | Cloud point: ASTM D2500, ISO 3015, IP 219, EN 23015, JIS K2269 Pour Point: ASTM D97, D6892, D5853, ISO 3016, IP 15, JIS K2269, Chinese GB/T3535 |
| Sample detection | HD camera in combination with smart detection algorithm. |
| Sample temperature measurement | Pt100 metal thermometer. 0.01˚C resolution. ˚C/˚F. Automatic probe ID detection with built-in calibration data storage. Calibration certificate included with probe. Two sizes: long probe (CP) and short probe (PP). |
| Test Settings | Start test at room- or custom temperature. PreCool function brings bath jacket to first heating or cooling step before entering sample jar. Test intervals programmable. |
| Power | Wireless, powered from ColdBlock / Cleaning Docking Station. |
| Weight | <1 kg |
| Cold Block | |
| Cooling | Integrated cooling based on stirling motor technology. Maximum capacity -105˚C to 65˚C. No external chiller, |
| liquids or moving parts involved. Stepped and linear cooling profiles programmable. Linear cooling speed | |
| capacity 1˚C – 120˚C p/hr. | |
| Software interface | iPad mini (Retina touch screen) fixed inside ColdBlock. iLabCB software application. |
| Connectivity | RJ45 LAN port for connection to Windows PC / network / LIMS / printer. |
| Sample temperature measurement | Pt100 in-glass thermometer. 0.01˚C resolution. ˚C/˚F. Automatic probe ID detection with built-in calibration |
| data storage. Calibration certificate included with probe. Metal probe optionally available. | |
| Data formats and storage | PDF (send & print), XML, JSON. 64Gb |
| Power | Wireless, powered from ColdBlock / Cleaning Docking Station. |
| Weight | 25 kg |
| Dimensions | 16cm x 59cm (W x D) |
| Ambient conditions | Ambient temperature: min: 10˚C – max: 35˚C |
| Ambient humidity: max: 85% | |
Application
- Distillate fuels
- Biodiesel
- Base stock oils
- Lubricants
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