Fluence Analytics and Nalco Water Collaborate on an ACOMP Case History for Chemical Processing Grant Heard, Quality Manager for Nalco Water, and Scott Meikle, Global Director for Nalco Water, collaborated with Alex Reed and Michael Drenski, Fluence Analytics’ CEO and CTO, respectively, on an ACOMP case history which appears in the September 2018 issue of...Read More
New ACOMP Technical Article on Monitoring the Free Radical Batch Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Fluence Analytics latest technical article was published in the August 2018 issue of PCI Magazine (Paint & Coatings Industry). The article discusses the third-generation ACOMP and how it was utilized to characterize the free radical solution polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA). This...Read More
Alex Reed to discuss online measurement and control of polymer properties as a key enabler of smart manufacturing during ACHEMA 2018 Fluence Analytics CEO, Alex Reed, will discuss measurement, modeling, and control of polymer properties for an evolution into smart manufacturing during the ACHEMA 2018 congress on Process Analytical Technology. ACHEMA 2018 is June...Read More
Fluence Analytics CSO, Prof. Wayne Reed, will present new ACOMP data during the Polymer Reaction Engineering X (PRE 10) conference. PRE 10 will take place in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic from May 20-25, 2018 and is organized by Engineering Conferences International. The conference is a forum for academic and industry researchers to present breakthrough technologies...Read More
Fluence Analytics (formerly Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologies), a manufacturer of smart industrial and laboratory monitoring systems, recently released the third generation of its ACOMP, an automated system that performs continuous, real-time monitoring and characterization of polymers for 3D printing, smart QA, and other uses during manufacturing and post-processing. The ACOMP QA process enabled a global...Read More
Fluence Analytics and its academic research partner Tulane PolyRMC collaborated on a peer review article for Polymer Journal which describes the achievement of fully automatic, simultaneous control of polymer composition and molecular weight trajectories during free radical copolymer synthesis. This was accomplished by coupling the continuous ACOMP data stream into a feedback controller which operated pumps for...Read More
The polymerization of PMMA can occur through various methods, including in liquid-phase solution, in a bulk extrusion process, and via casting. ACOMP is an online, smart manufacturing system that continuously monitors polymer properties in real time. This technical note illustrates how ACOMP can successfully monitor and characterize the solution polymerization of PMMA in the presence...Read More
Realtime Monitoring for Polymerization Reactions ACOMP is a smart manufacturing system that provides realtime monitoring of polymerizations during production. This automated monitoring solution produces real-time insight into reaction kinetics and polymer properties such as residual monomer, monomer conversion, polymer composition, molecular weight, and intrinsic viscosity. ACOMP enables optimized process control, resulting in increased polymer yield,...Read More
Fluence Analytics collaborated with its academic research partner Tulane PolyRMC on a peer review publication in Macromolecular Reaction Engineering. An automatic molecular weight controller is used in semi-batch reactions to produce multimodal polymers that contain distinct subpopulations with different molecular weight distributions (MWD). While blending polymers with different MWD is frequently used to make products from...Read More
Launch of New Demo Program Allows Companies to Experience ACOMP’s Powerful Data First-hand (New Orleans, LA, U.S.) ‒ Fluence Analytics, a manufacturer of industrial and laboratory monitoring systems, today announced the release of its third-generation ACOMP product. ACOMP is an automated smart manufacturing system that continuously analyzes polymers during production and produces realtime insights into reaction kinetics and...Read More
