Agriculture
Sherwood Scientific products are used throughout the Agricultural Industry; for Quality Control testing of Fertilisers, Soil Nutrient Studies, Seed Storage Trials, Feed Analysis; Raw Ingredient and finished product Quality Control, are a few examples
Fertiliser Manufacture
Soil Analysis
Plant Analysis
Feed Analysis
Seed Drying/Storage
Baking
Consistent quality in baked goods relies greatly on consistency of ingredients. Sherwood Scientific products are used for Quality Control testing of ingredients and raw materials and also in R&D studies e.g. moisture content and its affect on performance assessed using our lab-scale fluid bed dryer.
Cake and Flour Manufacture
Quality Analysis of Final Product
Chemical Additive Analysis
Calcium in Biscuits
Flour Classification
Brewing and Beverages
Its all in the taste: Sherwood Fluid Bed Dryers are used in the Tea and Coffee Industry for rapid cropping assessment whilst our Chloride Analysers and Flame Photometers are used for other beverage analyses.
Water Analysis Prior to Brewing
Added Salts Quality Control
Calcium in Beer
Sodium, Potassium, Calcium in Fruit Juice
Chloride in Fruit Juice (Tomato)
Phosphate in Fruit Juice
Tea
Coffee
Hops
Cement Manufacture
Sherwood Scientific Flame Photometers and Chloride Analysers are used to ensure cement product quality as defined in standard test methods; for example ASTM C114-15.
Quality Control of Cement
Preparation of Gypsum and Plaster Board
Chemicals Manufacture
All Sherwood Scientific product lines are utilised within the Chemical Manufacturing Industry; either for material studies (Fluid Bed Dryer, Magnetic Susceptibility Balance) or for chemical analysis; Flame Photometer, Chloride Analyser and Colorimeters.
Catalysts
Cellulose
Chemical Precipitates
Chromatographic Supports
Ion Exchange Resins
Metal Hydroxides
Metal Oxides
Molecular Sieves
PVC
Gelatine
Food Manufacture
Food manufacture, in particular processed foods, is a sector that sees widespread use of the Chloride Analyser, for Salt determinations and the Flame Photometers for Sodium declarations.
Chloride Determination in canning Liquors, Brines
Chloride in Yoghurt Manufacture
Butter
Canned Vegetables
Cheese Analysis
Dressings - (French Dressings, Mayonnaise, Mustard)
Milk
Processed Meat - (Bacon), (Sausage: Beef Frankfurter, fermented Summer, ring Bologna), (Turkey: Frankfurter, Legs, Breast)
Snacks - (Potato Chips, Crisps)
Spices - (Currey Powder, Mixed Spice, Seasonings
Tomato Products - (Ketchup, Pastes, Juice)
Metallurgical Analysis
Numerous colorimetry methods exist to investigate composition of Metal Alloys whilst the study of Magnetic properties is achieved using Sherwood Magnetic Susceptibility Balances.
Phosphorus in Copper Alloys
Aluminium Alloys for Copper, Nickel, Iron, Manganese and Titanium
Titanium in Aluminium Alloy
Bismuth in Free Machining Aluminium Alloys
Chromium in Aluminium Alloys
Arsenic in Copper and Copper Alloys
Alum. in Paper
Iron in Ammonium Sulphate and Sulphuric Acid
Manganese in Aluminium Alloys
Iron in Aluminium and its Alloys
Nickel in Iron and Steel
Manganese Oxide in Slags and Similar Materials
Chromium in Cast Iron and Steel
Silicon in Steel
Titanium in Steel
Analysis of rare earth elements and their oxidation states
Qualitative analysis of metal complexes
Mineralogy
Numerous colorimetry methods exist to investigate composition of Minerals whilst Magnetic properties may be studied using Sherwood Magnetic Susceptibility Balances.
QC of industrial diamonds for trace metal contaminants
Mining
This is where it all started for the Fluid Bed Dryer: drying coal samples to assess moisture content.
Coke and Coal
Sodium and Potassium in silicates, minerals and ores
Oil Industry
As you might expect for an industry responsible for the manufacture of numerous products from a wide variety of feedstock materials: nearly all Sherwood product lines find a use in this sector.
Determination of Salt Concentration in Bore Slurries
Colloidal Graphite in Oil
Vanadium in Fuel Oil
The determination of Sodium in Fuel Oil
Molybdenum Disulphide in Oils
Wear particulate analysis directly on Lubricating Oils
QC of catalysts in the petrochemical and plastics industries
The determination of Lithium in greases
Pharmaceuticals
The Pharmaceutical industry is responsible for production of numerous products: nearly all Sherwood Scientific product lines find a use in this sector.
Water Analysis
Quality Control of Chemicals used in Drug Manufacture
QC of Contrast Agents
Tablet Ingredients Preparation
Water Industries
Water analysis for Sodium, Potassium and Calcium is achieved by Flame Photometry and Chloride analysis.