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  |id          = Automate Specific Gravity Testing
  |description = Robotic Automated System for automating Rudolph J57WR-SP Refractometer with the PAL Robot
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[[Image:Rudolph_Refractometer_automated_with_LEAP_PAL.png‎|800px|thumb|center|LEAP CTC Robotic Rudolph J57WR-SP Refractometer with the PAL Robot]]
'''Automated measuring of the refractive index of a substance'''

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'''Automate Specific Gravity Testing'''

LEAP Technologies offers automation flexibility with integrating a LEAP HTC-xt-DLW PAL autosampler with the Rudolph J57WR-SP Refractometer. <br>
This is based on an HTC-xt PAL equipped with the DLW wash system and an air pump to dry the cell. The J57WR-SP has a LEAP supplied flow cell allowing direct injections of small volumes of sample. This direct injection approach significantly reduces the amount of sample required as there are no transfer lines. The sample is picked up from microtiter plates, deepwell plates, 2ml , 4 mL, or 10 mL vials. Samples can be capped or sealed. The flow cell is  flushed using the DLW 2x Solvent pumps system directly through the syringe and cleans the syringe and flow cell. The final blowout and drying of the cell will be made using a small air pump. LEAP offers many storage options for plates and vials with a variety of options including cooling and heating. Customers' unique sample bottles may be used to eliminate the need to transfer samples into specially sized test tubes.<br>
Barcode ID’s can be integrated with specific gravity readings and output directly into the laboratory data system.<br>
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=== Background ===


'''Some advantages of automation:'''

• Automated sample introduction<br>
• Automated Waste disposal<br>
• Rapid sample reading<br>
• Programmable cleaning and drying of reading cell<br>
• Minimal sample volume: 250 ul<br>
• Integration of barcodes and Specific Gravity data<br>
• Just place your sample in the autosampler and press start<br>

=== Download of WikiPage ===

[[image:Download Icon.png|40px]]  [[:Media:Refractometer_Application_PAL.pdf‎| LEAP Refractometer Information Document]]<br>

=== Other Reference Material ===

The Rudolph J57WR-SP features a fully automatic measuring system. The J57WR-SP Automatic Refractometer was designed to meet the unique needs of industrial environments in the chemical industry where the refractometer is viewed as a QC tool. The J57WR-SP was designed for chemical measurement, not food. This means a very wide measurement range from 1.26 - 1.70 enabling the instrument to measure materials like fluorocarbons and aromatic chemicals that are beyond the range of most refractometers.

[[image:Download Icon.png|40px]] [http://www.rudolphresearch.com/refractometers/j57wr.php Rudolph J57WR-SP Refractometer]

=== Accessories for the PAL ===
[[image:Accessories Icon.png|40px]] [http://www.leapwiki.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Category:Accessories Other Accessories for PAL Robots]

=== Videos of the PAL ===
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[http://www.youtube.com/user/LEAPTechnologies#g/u LEAP's PAL Application Videos on YouTube]
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[[Image:Refractometer_slide.png‎|1200px|thumb|center|LEAP CTC Robotic Rudolph J57WR-SP Refractometer with the PAL Robot version]]

=== Contact LEAP ===
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'''Keywords:''' measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance, A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction. The index of refraction is calculated from Snell's law and can be calculated from the composition of the material using the Gladstone-Dale relation.,An instrument which measures the bending (refraction) of light through a liquid. It can be used to measure the salinity of water.Simple optical instrument that measures the amount a given solution bends light and so determines the amount of soluble solids in solution (sugars) by measuring the amount of bend on the Brix scale (distilled water = 0°Brix).,An instrument for identifying or grading substances by means of their characteristic refractive index, dispersion, or percentage dissolved solids.,