Model IPS-4 Integrated Process Spectrophotometer0 pages

PROCESS

PROCESS INSTRUMENTS

Model IPS-4 Integrated Process UV / Visible
Spectrophotometer
Features and Benefits
t Measures up to eight analytes
t Low cost of ownership
t Long lamp life
t No moving parts
t IP65, weatherproof
t Integrated, customizable sample
system
t Fast Ethernet and MODBUS
communications
General Purpose IPS-4

The Need
Today’s chemical producers and
consumers are under tremendous
pressure to cut costs, lower
maintenance expenses, and improve
product quality. In order to meet these
demanding objectives, process
engineers and operators need
analytically capable and reliable
process analyzers which require
minimal maintenance and operator
intervention. The analyzers also
need to be easy to use and capable
of communicating in a wide variety
of ways. It is also a benefit if the
Xe Flashlamp

analyzer is durable enough to be
installed in outdoor, wash-down,
hazardous, and other environmentally
harsh locations.

The Solution
AMETEK’s IPS-4 UV analyzer
is a huge step forward in
capability and reliability for process
spectrophotometers. Using the most
modern electronics and diode array
technology, the IPS-4 is engineered
to perform a wide variety of liquid
and gas analyses using UV-VIS
spectroscopy.

Lens
Mirrors

Grating

Diode Array

Sample Cell

Focusing Mirror

Schematic of the IPS-4 UV’s Optical System

Analytical Performance
The IPS-4 is capable of detecting,
quantifying, and compensating
for multiple chemicals of interest
and interfering species. Up to
eight analytes of interest can be
measured simultaneously through
the combination of a modern, diode
array-based optical system with our
proprietary process-ready electronics.
t This combination offers many
advantages such as no moving parts,
a high signal-to-noise ratio, minimized
stray light effects, fast and full spectral
acquisition, and wide dynamic range.
These traits help to make the IPS-4 a
highly capable process analyzer.

Optical System
The IPS-4 UV’s optical system is
designed to increase reliability
and dramatically reduce the need
for routine maintenance, thereby
drastically cutting its cost of
ownership. The lamp used in the
optical system is a xenon flash
lamp which has a greater than two
year expected life. Use of the diode
array and fixed optical bench means

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