Lovibond® Colour Measurement
Tintometer® Group
Lovibond® Model Fx
■ Automatic Colour Measurement for the Edible Oils Market
■ Measures Lovibond® RYBN, Lovibond RY10:1, AOCS RY, Chlorophyll & b-Carotene
■ Ensures Compliance to Standards
■ Allows the Measurement of Hot Samples (Integrated Heater)
■ Reports Oil’s Sample Temperature to Avoid Misreadings from Crystallisation
■ Simple to Operate with Integrated Help Menus
■ Robust, Chemically Resistant Housing for Continual Use in Edible Oil Refineries
■ Aluminium Casing - 100% Recyclable and Sustainable
■ Sealed Unit & Removable Sample Chamber (Oil Spillages will Not Impact Accuracy)
■ New Technology Giving High Resolution, Repeatability, Reliability and Accuracy
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The increasing trend of oil usage worldwide and the resultant effect on
price fluctuations is driving the need for more accurate analysis within
the supply chain. Non-repetitive analysis across refineries, however, is
still an issue.
Many edible oils are also unique in their fractionation – resulting in
different melting points for different applications. This makes the
sample temperature, and sample heating to maintain the temperature
during measurement, more important since temperature and colour go
hand in hand.
Temperature and duration times must be accurately set to ensure
heating to the full liquid phase for measurement, while bearing in
mind that overheating can cause the oil to turn darker. Microwave
heating is faster but may not result in uniform temperatures of the oil.
Further, due to the high melt temperature, certain oils shorten very
quickly: as soon as the temperature is removed, they start to solidify,
visually turning the sample increasingly whiter.
“The Lovibond® Model Fx solves the problem of measuring the colour of edible oils with its unique
ability to not only keep the oil at a constant temperature but also to measure and report on the
temperature of the sample, avoiding any misreadings from crystallization.”
Technical Specifications Physical & Environmental Specifications
Measurement Method Spectrometer Enclosure Aluminium
Lamp Source Tungsten Halogen Dimensions 301mm w x 152mm h x 331mm d
Wavelength Range 380 - 780nm Weight 5.16Kg
Photometric Measuring Range 0 - 100% T Environmental Humidity: Up To 90% non condensing
Conditions (operating) Temperature: +5°C to +40°C
Wavelength Accuracy 0.2nm
Environmental Humidity: Up To 90% non condensing
Spectral Bandwidth < 15nm Conditions (storage) Temperature: -20°C to +85°C
Photometric Linearity ± 0.01% T
Wavelength Selection Software Additional Technical Data
Stray Light < 0.01% T Input Voltage Universal via External Power Supply
Repeatability ± 0.5% T Interface USB, RS232
Detectors Spectrometer Certification CE
Languages English, French, German, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese
Standards Compliance
Lovibond® RYBN AOCS Cc 13e, AOCS Cc 13j, ISO 15305,
MS 252: Part 16, IP17 Method A
Lovibond RY10:1 Chinese GB/T 22460-2008 Standard
adopted from the ISO 15305-1998
AOCS RY AOCS Cc 13b-45 the Wesson Method,
AOCS Cc 8d-55, AOCS Cc 13j-97
Chlorophyll AOCS Cc13d-55
b-Carotene BS 684 Section 2.20
Order Code Product
169200 Lovibond® Model Fx
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