Manufacturer: V&F
V&F PETSense
IMR-MS sniffer for the fast, accurate detection of contaminated refillable PET bottles, installed in a master inspection system (supplied as OEM via Krones as Aircontronic).
Key features
- Response time T90 < 20 ms for inline bottle inspection
- Analysis time from 1 ms per amu
- Compact unit for integration into a master system
- OEM supply via Krones AG (Aircontronic)
Technical data
- Measuring principle
- Ion-molecule reaction mass spectrometry (IMR-MS)
- Mass range
- 7–160 amu
- Resolution
- < 1 amu
- Analysis time
- >= 1 ms/amu
- Measuring range
- 10^5
- Response time
- T90 < 20 ms
- Concentration drift
- < ±5 % over 24 h
- Accuracy
- < ±3 %
- Precision
- < ±3 %
- Ambient temperature
- 20–35 °C
- Max. humidity
- 80 % (non-condensing)
- Gas consumption
- 30–250 ml/min
- Gas inlet temperature
- 140 °C
- Power supply
- 230 V/50 Hz or 115 V/60 Hz, 800 W
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- 500 x 570 x 560 mm
- Weight
- 67 kg
Description
The V&F PETSense is an ion-molecule reaction mass spectrometer (IMR-MS) designed to detect contaminated refillable PET bottles quickly and accurately. It works as a sniffer and has to be integrated into a higher-level (master) system.
V&F normally supplies the PETSense as an OEM product through its partner Krones AG, which markets the complete system under the name Aircontronic.
Typical applications
- Detection of impurities in refillable PET bottles
- Detection of impurities in PET flakes
- Leak detection in food packaging
Application examples
Beverage industry
- Inspection of refillable PET bottles for contaminants
Food industry
- Quality control in PET recycling (PET flakes)
Values marked as application-dependent (measuring range, response time, detection limit, gas consumption) depend on the compounds measured, the system configuration and the instrument settings.
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