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Moisture Analyser (Halogen / IR LOD Balance)

A balance with a built-in halogen or infrared heater. It dries a sample on the pan and calculates the loss on drying automatically, usually in a few minutes.

  • Pharmaceutical
  • Food
  • Plastics
  • Chemicals
  • Agriculture
Photo of a Moisture Analyser (Halogen / IR LOD Balance)
Photo: Nick Birse, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons
CALIBRATION

Moisture analyser calibration procedures

Heating temperature calibration

Uses the manufacturer's temperature calibration kit, placed where the sample sits, to check and adjust the heating temperature.

Open procedure

Balance check

Checks the built-in balance with a calibrated weight close to the sample mass range.

Open procedure
QUALIFICATION

Instrument qualification (DQ · IQ · OQ · PQ)

  1. 01

    DQ — Design qualification

    Defines readability, temperature range, sample size and data handling needs.

  2. 02

    IQ — Installation qualification

    Confirms the model, location, power and accessories, including the temperature calibration kit.

  3. 03

    OQ — Operational qualification

    Checks balance accuracy with weights and heating temperature with the calibration kit.

  4. 04

    PQ — Performance qualification

    Shows the method gives results equivalent to the reference oven method for the products tested.

In LimsPulse · Calibration Management

Keep every Moisture analyser in control: usage logs, calibration and maintenance schedules, and automatic blocking of overdue instruments.

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