The Konica Minolta CM-5 is bench-top spectrophotometer with top-port alignment for measuring powders and granules, pasty materials in reflection and transparent liquids and solids in transmission.
Such samples are found in foods, ingredients, drinks, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
The CM-5 can be used in 'stand alone' mode thanks to the multi-language firmware, large colour screen and control key panel, or connected to the optional PC software Spectramagic NX.
The functional design and flow of operations suit all requirements for easy, flexible and fast routine measurements in a laboratory environment or for production control, with a minimum time for sample preparation and instrument settings.
This is assured by functions such as automatic calibration, individual user setting storage on USB stick as well as an 'operation wizard' with illustrated step-by-step operation guide in seven languages.
The Konica Minolta CM-5's top-port concept allows easy sample positioning and measurement of solid samples as well as samples in pasty, granule or powder form in a glass cell.
Simply sliding the top cover opens the large transmission chamber to measure transparent solids, such as foils or glass plates, or all kind of liquids in transmission mode.
Full stand-alone functionality is assured by an extensive firmware in seven languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese) and a full-colour LCD screen able to present pass/fail judgment or measurement data numerically or graphically.
Other features such as automatic calibration, individual user setting storage on USB stick and an 'operation wizard' make the CM-5 extremely easy to use.
The CM-5 uses a large sphere with a gloss trap to measure sample with or without specular components of the surface and a newly developed monochromator with 10nm interval from 360-740nm.
Like in most Konica Minolta instruments, the pulsed xenon flash illumination system assures long life and high accuracy on dark samples.
For measurements of samples in reflections, aperture masks of 30, eight and 3mm are available.
The large transmittance chamber allows measurements in transmission mode of solid subjects such as films or glass plates of up to 60mm thickness.
Liquids can be measured with glass or plastic cells of optical path up to 60mm depending on their transparency level.
An optional adapter allows the use of 12.5mm-wide standard cells, which are used throughout the industry.
The measurement data and the instrument settings can be easily stored on a USB stick.
If required, the CM-5 can be connected with the optional PC QC software Spectramagic NX via USB or an external printer via RS-232C interface.
The features to cover the vast range of products, the compact and functional design and unprecedented ease of use make the CM-5 suitable for routine measurements in the laboratory or in production control.
The CM-5 covers industry-specific indices such as Gardner, Iodine, Hazen (APHA), European pharmacopoeia, and US pharmacopeia next to all classic colorimetric evaluation systems.
