TECHNOLOGY 76 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2025 MOBILIZING FEED MILLS’ IN-HOUSE NIR CAPABILITIES Using mobile NIR technology allows companies to extend their existing laboratory capabilites into the field. They can access ready-to-use applications or develop customized mobile NIR solutions within trinamiX's open ecosystem. This flexibility is particularly valuable for feed producers already using NIRS in their labs and production facilities. By transitioning to mobile solutions, companies gain greater operational flexibility, shorten turnaround times, improve efficiency, and deliver enhanced value to their customers by bringing labgrade analysis directly to the field and on farm. SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING SPECTRA DATA Building a new spectral database can be resource intensive. To simplify adoption, trinamiX offers a database transfer service that allows companies to migrate existing spectral data into the mobile ecosystem. The process requires: • Exemplary measurements with the trinamiX PAL Two • Corresponding benchtop spectrometer data • Corresponding reference analyses The transfer function compensates for differences in resolution and wavelength range, enabling a cost-effective and fast transition to mobile NIR. Based on an exemplary small data set measured with a benchtop spectrometer and the mobile spectrometers, a transfer function can be set up. This transfer function can translate an existing database of benchtop NIR spectra to trinamiX PAL Two spectra, circumventing the need to create a new database from scratch. In this way, already existing NIRS databases can be used to build calibrations for the mobile spectroscopy solution (Figure 2). Custom applications can be hosted in the trinamiX cloud or integrated with the users' own infrastructure. A dedicated API allows seamless data exchange with ration formulation software, ensuring smooth workflows and consistent user experiences. CUSTOMIZING THE USER EXPERIENCE The Guide App provides access to various applications via intuitive icons. Companies can brand these icons and even co-brand the app interface to reflect their corporate identity. This enhances user engagement and reinforces brand recognition while maintaining a streamlined measurement process. PAL Two Transfered Transferfunction FOSS Wheat Sample Spectra Transfered FOSS Wheat Sample Spectra Wavelength [nm] Wavelength [nm] Wavelength [nm] PAL Two Wheat Sample Spectra 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 1st Derivative Absorbance [a.u.] 1st Derivative Absorbance [a.u.] 1st Derivative Absorbance [a.u.] 0.012 0.010 0.008 0.006 0.004 0.002 0.000 -0.002 -0.004 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.00 -0.01 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.00 -0.01 Figure 2. The spectral transfer of wheat samples measured using both a FOSS benchtop spectrometer and the trinamiX PAL Two mobile spectrometers
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