Navigating today’s industrial landscape is an ongoing challenge for manufacturers, with dynamic regulatory issues, emerging technologies and global competition placing a premium on innovation and creativity.
How Applied Spectral Knowledge Delivers Decisive Results
As a result, manufacturers seek better ways to manage their supply chains, reduce waste and off-specification product, and increase production yields. For some, even small savings and minor process improvements can be the difference between achieving success and building a strong brand or merely surviving and being an afterthought.
That’s where optical sensing solutions like spectrometers, cameras and multispectral sensors come in. Ocean Insight offers robust, scalable sensing tools and deep application knowledge, design and manufacturing expertise to help customers unlock the unknowns of industrial applications. Machine learning and custom algorithm development capabilities add another layer of insight.
Why Choose Optical Sensing for Industrial Processing?
For the uninitiated, spectroscopy is the study of how light interacts with matter. Spectral measurements involve shining light onto or through a sample and capturing a spectrum that shows the wavelengths of light removed by the sample through absorption and scattering. With information on how specific wavelengths of light interact with samples on a process line, manufacturers can identify samples in real time through a spectral fingerprint or determine the chemical composition and concentration of the components.
Inline monitoring of industrial processes enables manufacturers to manage production from raw materials to finished products. Optical sensing measurements can be made at critical stages throughout the process, allowing for quick intervention when parameters go beyond specified ranges. A more tightly controlled process leads to less waste and more consistent product quality.
Spectroscopy is well suited for industrial environments, where a wealth of information can be derived from instrumentation that monitors raw stock, processes and finished goods. Non-contact, non-destructive spectral measurements are easily deployed across a production line for process monitoring and control in real-time. Custom imaging systems can be integrated into process setups to extract high-contrast spectral information at visible and infrared wavelengths.