Personal Computers as Data Loggers in the South Africa Sugar Industry
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The low cost of the personal computer (PC) has made it the ideal vehicle for monitoring processes in factories and laboratories. Software developed at the Sugar Milling Research Institute (SMRI) has resulted in two PC systems that are capable of simultaneously receiving a number of signals, monitoring these graphically in real time and of storing the data for subsequent analysis. A ten-channel IBM-based data logger has been used to determine the relationship between different milling parameters. A five-channel Apple-based system is currently operating on a pilot vacuum pan to optimise boiling performance. A single channel analogue-todigital (AID) system is used to profile raw sugar colorants separated by gel chromatography.
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