Anton Paar has launched its next-generation inline beverage analysers, Cobrix 5501, Cobrix 5601, Cobrix 7501, and Cobrix 7601. Features such as “Measurement Check” and Cobrix’s advanced diet measurement bring a new level of quality control to the beverage industry. Designed for comprehensive real-time monitoring of critical parameters in soft drink production, these models offer precise tracking of °Brix, % Diet, CO2 levels, and Total Acidity (TA), ensuring optimal taste and quality consistency.
Key features:
- Density and sound velocity sensors: Equipped with either a p/T CO2 measurement or an optical CO2 measurement.
- Maintenance-free: Cobrix 5601 and 7601 have no service requirements
- Versatile installation: Suitable for inline and bypass installation options.
- Patented CO2 technology: Ensures accurate CO2 measurements and eliminates incorrect readings.
- Hygienic applications: Ideal for maintaining sanitation standards.
- Digital signal processing: Enhances measurement accuracy and reliability.
Pre-calibrated at the factory, Cobrix inline beverage analysers simplify the setup process, eliminating the need for time-consuming, product-specific adjustments on-site. The addition of TA measurement offers a more comprehensive analysis, aiding producers in maintaining optimal taste and quality consistency.
The advanced diet measurement feature, available for Cobrix 7501 and 7601, employs dual measurements for up to 10x faster response times, improved accuracy and stability, reducing calibration needs, and increasing efficiency in quality management programs. By comparing component ratios to ionic fingerprints, measurement check ensures product composition accuracy and identify any discrepancies, such as sugar carry-over, missing ingredients, or sensor malfunctions.
Anton Paar’s Cobrix inline beverage analysers deliver the highest accuracy and repeatability for measuring key parameters like % Diet, CO2, °Brix, sugar inversion, total acidity, alcohol concentration, colour, and oxygen content. These analysers help safeguard product quality through application-specific detection of production anomalies, preventing unnecessary raw material use and ensuring in-spec production.
Designed for flexible production needs, the Cobrix analysers can be installed inline or in a bypass version. The evaluation unit can be positioned up to 250 meters from the sensor, providing easy access to production data. It features a standard Ethernet connection to Anton Paar’s Davis 5 software for visualising statistical production data and trends across the plant, and can also be integrated with laboratory equipment if needed. The system offers various communication options, including analog outputs, digital I/Os, and fieldbuses.
With high-grade housing materials and an IP65 or higher rating for sensors and the evaluation unit, these analysers are built to withstand rigorous cleaning processes, including chemical foaming and pressurised water cleaning.
To learn more about the inline beverage analysers visit our website or contact us via email, for the UK info.uk@anton-paar.com and for Ireland info.ie@anton-paar.com.
About Anton Paar
Founded in 1922 in Graz (Austria) by Anton Paar, the company is the world market leader in the measurement of density and concentration, the determination of dissolved carbon dioxide, and in the fields of rheometry and viscometry. Anton Paar’s customers include most of the major beer and soft drink manufacturers worldwide, companies active in the food, chemicals, petroleum, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as leading academic groups.
For many decades, Anton Paar has combined precise mechanical production with the latest achievements in the fields of research and development. In recent years, the Anton Paar GmbH invested up to 20 % of its annual turnover in research and development. The company offers analytical solutions that are produced within the 11 producing sites (in Europe and USA). Additionally, there is a soccer simulator: in the so-called skills.lab professionals, amateurs and youth players can perfect their skills under real conditions.
Anton Paar is active in more than 110 countries with 39 sales subsidiaries. Meanwhile, more than 4,500 employees in a worldwide network of research and development, production, sales, and support are responsible for the quality, reliability, and service of products made by Anton Paar. Since 2003, the Charitable Santner Foundation has been the owner of Anton Paar. It is dedicated exclusively and directly to charitable purposes. In 2023, the company generated net sales revenue of 618.2 million Euro.
Besides focusing on research and development, Anton Paar’s growth is also based on strategic acquisitions. In 2007, the company acquired Dr. Kernchen GmbH near Hannover (Germany, special field optical metrology, Anton Paar OptoTec) followed by Petrotest Group (Germany, special field measurement technology for the petroleum industry, Anton Paar ProveTec) in 2012, and the addition of CSM Instruments SA in Switzerland in 2014 (special field surface analysis, Anton Paar TriTec). In 2016, Anton Paar acquired a product line of Raman benchtop devices from BaySpec Inc. (USA, CA) and licensed the technology for Raman handheld instruments from SciAps Inc. (USA, MA). In 2017, Anton Paar integrated technology for particle size analysis bought from Cilas (France) into the product portfolio. With the acquisition of Quantachrome Instruments (USA) in February 2018 and AXO Dresden in February 2019, Anton Paar further expanded its range of measurement technology in the characterization of pores and porous materials and X-Ray optics. With the purchase of the Brabender GmbH & Co. KG (Germany, 2023, Anton Paar TorqueTec), the portfolio was expanded with special measuring solutions for the characterization of kneading properties and lab extrusion.
