FT-NIR
Technology In Some Typical Applications
I.
Non-destructive, non-intrusive near infrared spectroscopy was used
to identify different cable insulation types and formulations installed
at several nuclear power plants.
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A
representative near infrared library of cable insulation collected
from several nuclear plants was initially developed. This was then
complemented by incorporating specially formulated and certified
samples by cable manufacturers
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The
validation of the near infrared cable insulation library was achieved
by five different methods: self-test against the original spectra,
repeatability, reproducibility, independent chemical tests, and
field trials
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The
complete near infrared technology was put through the nuclear audit
process and accepted as a viable technology to identify the cable
insulation in nuclear power plants
II.
Quality Assurance for incoming inspection of plastic packaging components
for pharmaceutical industry.
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Numerous
plastic packaging components from different manufacturers and/or
distributors that had been tested as reference materials were used
in the development of a robust FT-NIR identification library and
used as a fast, accurate and reliable tool for Quality Assurance
of new shipment
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Typically,
the waiting period for testing was reduced from 10 working days
to same-day service
III.
Quality Control of finished shampoo products for potential use as
a Quality Assurance test prior to importing products to Canada.
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Several
batches of each product were collected and used as reference samples
for finished product FT-NIR spectral reference library development
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The
FT-NIR spectral reference library demonstrated capability of distinguishing
the finished products according to product group
IV.
In-vivo human fat content measurement.
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Obesity
in North America has become a major health issue. NIR Technologies
Inc. has recently developed and patented a quick, reliable, and
accessible method to monitor obesity (
Canadian
Patent No. 2,404,891
)
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The
first challenge was to develop reliable reference materials with
known fat content for comparison purposes and then to find a suitable
body part to provide reliable fat content measurements
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An
indirect comparison of the FT-NIR results with MRI results for subjects
with comparable gender, weight, height, and age showed a strong
correlation in total body fat content
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