Automated Hydrolysis System cuts cost of fat determination thanks to full automation of laborious sample preparation

The development of an automated hydrolysis system HYDROTHERM by C. Gerhardt sets new standards in fat analysis.

The first system in the world, to fully automate the labour-intensive steps of acid hydrolysis including addition of hydrochloric acid – hydrolysis – dilution – rinsing – filtration – cleaning. An easy walk-away system, saving time and money in the busy modern laboratory.

HYDROTHERM is already proven in several laboratories. Extensive tests with a wide variety of different samples have been performed – HYDROTHERM passed the tests with excellent reproducible results.

Conformity of methods
HYDROTHERM is working according to a variety of national and international regulations and fully meets the required analytical standards.
Examples:

• Milk and dairy products, e.g. L01.00-20 §64 LFGB
• Cereal and cereal products
• Meat and meat products, e.g. L06.00-6 or L07.00-6 §64 LFGB
• Chocolate and cocoa products
• Oil and oil seeds
• Bread and bakery products, e.g. L17.00-4 §L64 LFGB
• Fruits
• Feed
• Eggs and egg products
• Dietary products
• and many more

Operational safety
HYDROTHERM is safe to use as all liquids are added and removed in a closed system. No more handling hot acids. The instrument can also be safely operated outside a fume cupboard.

Cost benefit
The hydrolysis of 6 samples at the same time and the high level of automation saves up to 80 % of the costs per sample, compared to manual analysis.

Modern Software
HYDROTHERM is operated and controled by HYDROTHERM-Manager, a user friendly monitoring software program. Efficient total control reduces operator time to a minimum whilst, at the same time, giving maximum process control.

Software Functions

• Clear overview of the 3 modules on one screen
• Programming of sample sizes, heating phases and cooling down periods
• Display of the current process state
• Manual intervention possible at any time
• Creation of methods
• Individual programming of each module with its two heating places
• Documentation of methods, users, comments, results, etc
• Monitors services for safety, water pressure and temperature

Hydrolysis and extraction equipment from one expert
The combination of HYDROTHERM with an automatic SOXTHERM extraction system from C. Gerhardt reduces the very costly and labour-intensive fat analysis considerably.
SOXTHERM extraction units have been successfully proven for decades.

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