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Text Box:                HK Instrument
Text Box:                                                                   Systems

HK Instrument

Text Box: process control
instrumentation

Text Box:        process 
       measurement 
  technology

Text Box: 90 Clairton Blvd., Suite 13
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
412.653.7717 ph
412.291.1245 fax
www.hkinstruments.com

Text Box: Near-infrared 
analyzers

Text Box: Microwave instrument 
systems

Text Box: Microwave Instrument Systems

Text Box: HK1-M on Vertical Pipe
Ultra Filtration of Raw Milk

Text Box: Benefits
 
·          Easy to install and calibrate
·          Contain NO moving parts for easy  maintenance
·          Safe for workers and the environment
·          Extremely versatile (liquids & solids)
·          Proven reliable and accurate
 

Text Box: Industries
 
·          Dairy
·          Milk Powder Production
·          Soft Cheese Production
·          Hard Cheese Production
·          Process Cheese Production
·          Ultra-filtration of milk/whey/lactose
·          Many other dairy applications
·          Ethanol 
·          Wet Mill
·          Dry Mill
·          Sugar Refining
·          Wastewater
·          Mining
·          Pulp and Paper
·          Textiles
·          Confectionary
·          Finished Wood Products
·          Many other Industries

Text Box: Measurement Variables
 
·          % Concentration
·          % Total Solids
·          % H2O
·          oBrix

Text Box: Equipment Specifications

Measuring method

Microwave Absorption at 2.45 & 24 GHz

Housing

   dimensions h x w x d

   enclosure rating

Cast Aluminum housing

HK1-200 x 250 x 110 mm; HK2-177 x 177 x 110 mm;HK5-200 x 230 x 110mm

IP65

Power

   analog Outputs

   analog Inputs

   temperature Input

   computer Interface

110/230 VAC

4-20 mA isolated

4-20 mA

NTC and RTD

RS232 or RS485 bi-directional

User interface

   operating

   monitoring

 

6 soft-keys in integrated keypad

2 x 24 characters in an illuminated display

Measuring precision

   rating in pipes

   rating in vessels

   rating on belts

 

0.2%  -  Ts and Liquids

0.2%   -  Ts and Liquids

1.0%   -  Moisture Content Bulk Materials

Ambient conditions

   environment temperature

   product temperatures

 

-20 oC to +85 oC

> 4 oC to +130 oC

 

Text Box: Near Infrared Systems 
(Measuring On-line and in Real Time)
 

Text Box: HK-4 NIR with Non contacting Sensor
(Measure % Fat in a Chopper)

Text Box: Equipment Specifications

Text Box: Industries
 
·          Dairy
·          Milk Powder Production
·          Swiss Cheese Production
·          Yogurt
 
·          Meat Processing
·          Ground Beef
·          Ground Pork
·          Ground Sausage
·          Liverwurst 
 
·          Flour/Corn/Soy Milling
·          High Fructose Corn Production 
·          Ethanol Production
·          Many other Industries
 
 

Text Box: Measure
Fat/Moisture/Protein/Total Solids
Brix/Fructose/Dextrose/Sucrose/Glucose
Viscosity/Ash Content 

Measuring method

Near Infrared Spectroscopy with a Spectral Range of 600—2500 nM

HK4-1 (700—1050 nM)

HK4-2A (925—1325 nM) for high moisture products

HK4-2B ( 1120—1650 nM) for low moisture products

HK4-3 (1700-2500 nM) special applications

Housing

Dimensions h x w x d

Enclosure rating

Stainless Steel housing

HK4—300 x 430 x 110mm

IP65

Power

(4) Analog Outputs

Temperature Input

Computer Interface

Optical fiber

Various 100/240 VAC

4-20 mA isolated

RTD

RS232 or RS485 bi-directional

1 connection

User interface

operating

monitoring

 

6 soft-keys in integrated keypad

2 x 24 characters in an illuminated display

Measuring precision

Rating in pipes

Rating in vessels

Rating on belts

 

CH-/NH-OH-compounds           solids/liquids/powders          0.1%

CH-/NH-OH-compounds           solids/liquids/powders          0.1%

CH-/NH-OH-compounds           solids/liquids/powders          0.1%

Ambient conditions

Environment temperature

Product temperature

 

-20 oC to +45 oC

> 0 oC to +130 oC

Text Box: Germany                 Harrer and Kassen GmbH       Manufacturing/Sales/Service
USA & Canada      HK Instrument Systems, Inc.              Sales/Service 
France, Spain &    EDIT                                                           Sales/Service 
S. America
Czech Republic    Polz                                                           Sales/Service 
Mexico                     River Solutions                                      Sales/Service
Australia                  HK Systems                                            Sales/Service
India                         ONEXIS Automation Pvt Ltd               Sales/Service
Thailand                  Contrologic, Co., Ltd                            Sales/Service
Scandinavia           Tech                                                          Sales/Service
Benelux                   Dosco Sales & Engineering               Sales/Service
Italy                           SIE di Resca Francesco & C.s.n.c.   Sales/Service

Text Box: Amalgamated Sugar
American Crystal Sugar
ARLA Fods
Beef Products
Bel Group
Boise Cascade
Bongrain Cheese USA
C&H Sugar
Cargill
Chief Ethanol Fuels
Cognis Corporation
Colgate Palmolive
Coventa Energy
Cumberland Coal Resources
Dakota Ethanol
Danone BSN
Domtar
Enbridge
Entremeont
 
 

Text Box: RJ Reynolds
Royal Friesland Foods
Savannah Sugar
Schreiber Foods
Skyline Construction
Smurfit Stone
S. Minnesota Beet Sugar
Spangler Candies
StoraEnso
The Anderson’s
Thermo Gamma Metrics
Triballat
Tyson Foods
Veolia Group
Warren Wastewater
Weeks Marine
Wolverine Packing
Xylomeca
Yokagowa
 
 

Text Box: Fleur de Lait Foods
Georgia Pacific
Glatfelter Paper
Herta/Herten Meat
IANSAGRO S.A.
Imerys Group
Kennecott Minerals
Kraft Foods
Lactalis 
Lamagna Cheese
Lehigh Cement
Madison paper
McKey Foods
Michigan Sugar
Newmont Mining
Nothern Lights Ethanol
Noveon
Philip Morris
Poraver North America
 

Text Box: A SAMPLING OF OUR WORLDWIDE CUSTOMER LIST

Text Box: HK Instrument Systems is part of the HK Innovation Group. This is a Worldwide Group of companies dedicated to supplying manufacturing companies around the world with Microwave and Near Infrared Solutions to their Process Problems.