Witt Gas Techniques Ltd, the Warrington based gas safety, control, mixing and analysis equipment supplier, has announced the launch of its LabOx product, a brand new non-invasive O2 measurement analyser for use with Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) in the food processing and packaging industries.
LabOx is designed to measure the oxygen concentration in sealed packages including blister packs using multiple checks over a period of time, with the added ability of being able to measure oxygen in headspace and dissolved liquids. The device measures oxygen levels using oxygen quenching of a fluorescent dye in transparent, translucent and semi-transparent packages, bottles or containers – as long as the material can transmit light in the 470nm and 610nm range.
The system can be used in R&D and Quality Control departments for oxygen permeation, shelf life, oxidation and oxygen scavenger studies as well as Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) integrity, including fresh food, wine, beverage and pharmaceutical packaging.
LabOx allows packaging companies to monitor every package as it comes off the production line and passes through the distribution chain, without the need to continually extract samples, open or destroy bottles or sealed closures and reducing operating costs and expensive returns as a result.
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