Process Analysis
Company Announcements
In September, AdEdge Water Technologies joined Endress+Hauser’s OEM Business Partner Program. The new Program enables a higher level and more strategic OEM customer relationship that is focused on tangible business results and product development. AdEdge will develop its specifications around Endress+Hauser technologies.
Endress+Hauser inaugurated a new campus in September in Lyon, France. The €4.9 million ($5.4 million) building holds 25 process control employees and its advanced analysis Kaiser Optical Systems subsidiary. Endress+Hauser France has more than 250 employees.
In October, Endress+Hauser opened a €5 million ($5 million), 7,546 ft2 (2,300 m2) building in Santiago, Chile. The sales center is currently home to 44 employees.
Also in October, Endress+Hauser announced the dedication of a new €6.6 million ($7.3 million), 11,811 ft2 (3,600 m2) facility in Brussels, Belgium.
Product Introductions
In September, Metrohm Process Analytics introduced the online 2026 Titrolyzer, suitable for titrimetric, ion selective or pH measurements, and the 2029 Process Photometer for photometric absorption measurements in the visible light range. Both are available in several application-specific configurations for monitoring up to two process streams.
Hiden Analytical launched in September the Hiden ExQ quantitative gas analyzer, a compact MS system providing continuous on-line analysis of dynamic gas streams at pressures from sub-atmospheric up to 30 bar. A range of process interface options enable direct connection to the majority of standard TGA/TA instruments.
In October, Mettler-Toledo debuted the Cross-Pipe GPro tunable diode laser 500 analyzer, which combines the laser source and receiver into a single unit, maintaining the accuracy of the parts’ alignment. A 2D corner cube array is positioned in the pipe, opposite the analyzer head, so exact alignment is not required.
Sensorex released in October the SensoPro Toroidal Conductivity Monitoring System, combining the TCS3020 probe with the new EX2000RS transmitter in a single package.
IONICON Analytik introduced in October the CHARON, a new sample introduction system for aerosols for its PTR-TOFMS system. It allows the molecular-level characterization of sub-µm particulate organic matter in real time.
In October, AMETEK Energy & Process Instrumentation launched the new WellPro process MS for near real-time quantitative analysis of C1 though C7 components of mud gas in less than 10 sec.