KONICA MINOLTA Measurement Solutions for Alcoholic Beverages Colour Measurement for Blending, Formulation Development, Production and Quality Control Giving Shape to Ideas

Measuring colour is essential to the beverages and spirits industry, it conveys identity, quality and richness of flavour. It is often the first impression, before smell and taste, influencing the experience of the customer. The final colour can be controlled throughout manufacturing or brewing by measuring and analysing raw materials, processes, even the impact of age, temperature or other variables over time. From the selection of raw materials, through all stages to the finished product, Konica Minolta offers high-performance instruments and software used to establish and maintain colour quality...

Example Applications During the specification and ongoing control of raw materials, a spectrophotometer allows quantification and control of colour; this can be for grape varieties, cereals, fruits, colourants, flavours, sugars, etc... Process Control Measurements can be implemented to check the impact of processes and expected colour of the product throughout the whole process, for example during the stages of wine making (must, fermentation, tartaric stabilisation, devatting...). Shine Control (blur) Fermentation has an important influence on the brightness of the finished product. The CM-5...

User profiles and measurement data can be stored on a USB stick. CM-5 can be integrated into an automated beverage quality control system. CM-5 is a versatile and user-friendly stand-alone instrument with di:8° - de:8° geometry for solid, liquid, powdery, opaque, transparent and translucent products. The top facing measuring aperture offers a straight forward solution for measuring opaque products either directly or in a petri dish. The large transmission measuring compartment is used to measure transparent and translucent products.

CM-36dG is a versatile spectrophotometer with di:8°- de:8° geometry for solid, liquid, powdery, opaque, transparent and translucent products. The front facing measurement aperture is used for measuring opaque samples, whilst the large transmission measuring compartment is used for transparent and translucent products. The CM-36dG features a sample viewing camera for alignment of opaque samples for accurate sample presentation. CM-36dG can be integrated into an automated beverage quality control system.

Next Generation Colour Data Software for QC colour measurement Konica Minolta instruments utilise the newly released SpectraMagic™ NX2, developed to provide a modern, intuitive and complete software solution for measuring and communicating colour and colour difference data. SpectraMagic™ NX2 integrates the observer's visual judgement into colour approvals, offers increased versatility for user equations, user data and data tagging. The new QC template function allows for better centralisation and administration of targets within companies and between supply chain partners by including conditions,...

The purpose of colour measurement systems is to improve visual quality indicators and the customer's perceived visual assessment. Konica Minolta Sensing offers a wide range of inspection light booths manufactured by JUST Normlicht, available with programmable LED lighting. An LED control booth can be programmed with custom illuminants to allow users to replicate real-world viewing environments and quickly switch between different lighting conditions. JUST Normlicht booths provide a uniformly illuminated area for viewing and approving surface and colour characteristics.

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