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What is the value of water?

By producing products 1% closer to target through better monitoring with ProFoss, savings of up to €50, 000 Euros per month can be made, based on a sales price of €1.00 per kg and a production of 5,000 tonnes per month. This calculation is made on water. Other parameters such as protein and fat gives further cost savings.

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FOSS service and support

More than just an instrument, FOSS solutions are supported by a global network of more than 250 highly trained service engineers.

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A full range of solutions for petfood production

FOSS offers the full range of pet food analysis solutions for dry and wet pet food production all the way from incoming raw materials through to the final product.

High performance technology and ease of use

The NIR technology in InfraXactTM is so easy to use that analysis can be carried out on the production floor. It delivers accurate, instantaneous analysis both at-line and in the lab.

NIR technology

Precision analysis in pet food ingredients

For the main quality parameters, NIR analysis methods can be used with the same accuracy as the reference method and it has the advantage of giving results within minutes

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NIR gives the results within minutes from the time you took a sample. This makes it possible to take immediate action and adjust the production accordingly. Multiple parameters are analyzed simultaneously, often at accuracy well within the standard error of the reference method. NIR gives the unique possibility to create reproducible and comparable results, which is vital in the decision making process and for trend analysis. Today it is also possible for your NIR to be ISO certified according to ISO 12099, which further confirms that NIR can be a powerful QC tool in a local as well as a global operation.

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Improve production quality and profitability

The ProFoss in-line NIR analyser monitors multiple quality parameters such as protein, fat and moisture. By providing quality consistency, it reduces variation in pet food production processes and can lead to significant cost savings and a consistent high product quality.

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Artificial neural networks(ANN)

Global ANN calibrations for Petfood

Foss has been the Petfood segment for many years and the result of that experience has ended up in robust, reliable and accurate calibrations that are ready to use from day one. The calibrations for petfood and petfood ingredients are covering samples from around the world.

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ANN is a technology making it possible to build calibrations based on large databases with high complexity. This means that we can without loosing any performance, mix different products in one large calibration, which makes our calibration very robust against product changes over time. This allows you to focus on improving your petfood products and controlling your costs, relying on robust and consistent information from a Foss NIR solution.

The benefits of ANN calibrations compared with traditional PLS calibrations are:

  • Inclusion of more information in the same calibration model without loss of accuracy (thousands of samples in the calibration set instead of 100 - 200)
  • Ability to solve non-linearity problems
  • Ability to handle larger concentration ranges, i.e. fewer calibrations needed to cover a wide range products and raw materials
  • A higher degree of transferability between instruments
  • Increased robustness and less work in adjusting and up dating the calibration
  • Possibility to use calibrations from day one only with minor adjustments
  • Accurate and reliable global calibrations.