Alex 500 is a compact alcohol and extract meter that frees wine producers from the need for external laboratories. The reliable lab-grade analyzer determines your wine’s alcohol and total extract content whenever you wish. Now easily able to monitor your entire production from grape to bottle, you can always be sure to reveal all of your grapes’ hidden treasures and your bottles contain what their labels say: With Alex 500, you always keep your customer promise.
Key Features
Patented technology
Patented combination of absorption measurement via NIR spectroscopy and density measurement based on the oscillating U-tube technology
Comprehensive statistical model for determination of alcohol and total extract content
Quality, pure and simple, from the world’s leading provider of density and alcohol measurement in the wine industry
Solution equally suited for highly reliable measurement of beer
Certainty from fermentation monitoring to final quality control
Two operation modes: fermentation monitor mode and standard mode
Display of fermentation curves based on density measurement (apparent extract), assigned to a tank via sample ID
Measurement of alcohol and total extract content towards the end of your wine’s fermentation
More than a hydrometer replacement
Covers the entire wine measuring range
Provides direct, real-time results at all times, without any separate calculation or distillation
Documentation and perfect traceability of measured data
Wireless printout of data via Bluetooth or data transfer to a PC
Robust, low-maintenance and easy to clean
Quick and intuitive operation
Simple, standardized sample preparation
Unique sample naming
Storage of customized measuring methods
Automatic filling of sample via integrated peristaltic pump
Easy adjustment with deionized water