PICTOS & Co.

The powerful and proven system components of QICPIC are also available for process integration. With PICTOS & Co disperser and sensor of QICPIC are integrated into one robust body, developed specifically for dry and wet on-line applications. Process-related particle size and particle shape characterization is realized with integrated image analysis sensors PICTOS, PICTIS & PICCELL covering a size range from 1 µm to 10,000 µm.

PICTOS integrates QICPIC dynamic image analysis and RODOS dry dispersion technology in a robust body, which was specifically developed for on-line applications. PICTIS combines image analysis and gentle gravitational disperser GRADIS, allowing at-line or on-line applications in process environments. And PICCELL with its flow-through cuvette finally transfers wet dispersion to on-line operations of image analysis. Feeding of PICTOS is realised either with dynamic and representative sampling system TWISTER , blending MIXER or static L-probes . Also, automatic or user-operated manual feeding is an option. PICTIS is fed manually or automatically by existing samplers and PICCELL is connected to the process line via a bypass.

An integration into control systems for processes or for automated laboratories is realised with common communication standards such as Modbus®, Profibus® or OPC (Open Platform Communications) with TCP/IP, RS232 or RS485. The system performs the measurement and reports back the measurement results to the control system. The process-specific dynamic image analysers PICTOS & Co. find a wide range of applications from foundry sand to pharmaceutical products, from roughest industrial conditions to GMP environments.

The PICTOS family includes different solutions according to their installation environment:

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