New oxygen analyser for assessing beverage packaging performance

Mocon, manufacturer of gas analysers, permeation instrumentation and package integrity systems, is unveiling its “beverage instrumentation suite of products” at this year’s Drinktec exhibition.

It will feature its recently launched OpTech – O2 Platinum, a new oxygen analyser using a florescence-based system for measuring total package integrity for both rigid and flexible beverage packages.

The platinum “fluoresces” or gives off light in an amount that is directly related to the amount of oxygen present in a package.

This fluorescence can then be read optically making it ideal for non-destructive permeation analysis, headspace and dissolved oxygen analysis and leak determination.

Coupled with a bar code and scanner, the technology can also be used to measure and report O2 stability at various points in the distribution channel.

The instrumentation product line addresses a broad spectrum of beverage package shelf-life concerns for both rigid and flexible packages.