Fluence Analytics, a New Orleans, La.-based manufacturer of industrial and laboratory monitoring systems, has released its third-generation ACOMP product. ACOMP is an automated smart manufacturing system that continuously analyzes polymers during production and produces real-time insights into reaction kinetics and polymer properties, including residual monomer, monomer conversion, polymer composition, molecular weight and intrinsic viscosity.
Fluence Analytics installed its first two generations of ACOMP at an industrial facility, achieving more than 98 percent 
Source: Fluence Analyticson-stream availability. Earlier generation ACOMPs, by real-time measurement of intrinsic viscosity and monomer conversion down to low parts per million levels, enabled the customer, a global specialty chemical company, to optimize batch cycle time by an average of 17 percent.
Improvements to the third-generation ACOMP include enhanced software user interface and analytics functionality, an upgraded detector train and new smart sensors. The newest generation ACOMP also has a higher temperature throughput that allows it to process a broader range of polymer applications. Fluence Analytics recently shipped the first third-generation ACOMP to a life sciences industry leader producing medical-grade polymers.
Along with the release of the third-generation ACOMP, Fluence Analytics is launching a demo program that will allow interested companies to experience the power of ACOMP's real-time data first-hand by evaluating specific polymer chemistry applications. Demo units will also be available for purchase.
“We see a future where ACOMP’s unique real-time data, combined with, and contextualizing other process parameters, changes how polymer materials are developed and manufactured around the world. This smart manufacturing technology enables optimum efficiency, profitability and sustainability,” says Alex Reed, CEO of Fluence Analytics.
