Digital Polarimeters from Bellingham + Stanley

Over 100 Years Polarimeter Experience

Bellingham + Stanley harnesses over 100 years of experience in optical engineering to design and manufacture high quality polarimeters for use in a variety of applications, along with a range of sample tubes and quartz control plates for instrument validation. With three distinct series choices, including polarimeters with Peltier temperature control, Bellingham + Stanley can provide the right polarimeter or saccharimeter for your precise business or research needs. 

Common software is present throughout Bellingham + Stanley's range of polarimeters and refractometers, through coloured accents to the integral Methods systems and key commands. Choose to make Bellingham + Stanley standard in your lab or factory and benefit from joined up thinking across instruments such as the polarimeters you see here, or our range of accurate, high-quality refractometers.

The ADP polarimeters are built using a corrosion-free polyurethane foam case - designed to prevent moisture and dust ingress to its optics. Low power consumption and low maintenance keeps running costs to a minimum.

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Quartz Control Plates for Polarimeter Verification

Bellingham + Stanley offer a choice of Quartz Control Plates (QCP) for verifying and calibrating polarimeters. QCPs are made to the highest standard and may be supplied with an optional UKAS Certificate of Calibration, showing traceability to PTB. When used with an ADP polarimeter manufactured by Bellingham + Stanley, a thermal block or XPC adaptor may be used to provide mechanical contact to the instrument’s external temperature sensor and Peltier hardware, ensuring ultimate temperature control and allowing the use of quartz temperature compensation for added accuracy.

As part of Good Laboratory Practice, it is recommended that Quartz Control Plates are sent to our UKAS laboratory at regular intervals determined by the user’s own Standard Operating Procedure for inspection and recertification. Buy now or contact us today to find a dealer. 

A Range of Polarimeters to Suit Your Needs

ADP600 Series polarimeters are Peltier temperature controlled polarimeters designed to meet the needs of the most demanding applications within the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. ADP600 Series polarimeters vary by wavelength and are ideal instruments for scientists wishing to research the characteristics of chiral compounds. They are capable of measuring to 4 decimal places.

ADP400 Series polarimeters offer measurement to 3 decimal places and come packed full of features normally reserved for high-end instrumentation, available with or without Bellingham + Stanley’s patented XPC temperature control technology. 

ADP400 Series Polarimeters

The ADP450 digital polarimeter with patented XPC technology features interchangeable contact Peltier plates facilitating measurement at a stable temperature using Peltier control. XPC technology conveniently stabilises the temperature of the sample being measured. With SMART temperature stability enabled, the ADP450 will only give a result when the instrument has displayed a stable temperature over a predetermined timeframe, making for reliable results in compliance with good laboratory practice. The ADP430 Polarimeter is a fully featured single wavelength polarimeters without XPC Peltier technology. It is suitable for non-temperature critical measurements, or where a water-bath is already being used. Click here to learn more about the ADP400 polarimeter with temperature control, or if you don't require temperature control click here.

ADP600 Series Polarimeters

Available as single, dual or multiple wavelength derivatives not only covering the visible spectrum, the ADP600 Series of Peltier temperature controlled digital polarimeters are capable of measuring optical rotation to four decimal places in the highly sensitive ultra-violet region. This capability makes the instrument particularly suited for use by scientists wishing to measure chiral compounds and other optically active substances in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food sectors as well as for use in academic research.

The ADP600 Series Polarimeters have two pre-set operating temperatures being 20 and 25 °C in accordance with European and United States Pharmacopoeia respectively whilst other user temperatures between 20 and 30°C may be configured via the touchscreen user interface. Click here to explore the series.

ADS400 Series Saccharimeters

The ADS400 Series Saccharimeter is a purpose built polarimeter that displays results in the ISS (°Z) scale. This series of Bellingham + Stanley instruments has been primarily designed for busy sugar laboratories, factories and tare houses. The ADS400 Series is available in 2 wavelengths: Sodium (589nm), and NIR (850nm) that facilitates “lead-free measurement”. Both models can be purchased with or without XPC Technology – Xylem’s patented on-board Peltier temperature control system for measuring optically active samples at stable temperatures.

Funnel flow tubes are easily installed thanks to the interchangeable lid of the ADS400 Series, which also offers stability to the measuring tube. Funnel flow tubes are ideal for areas of your business that have a rapid throughput of samples. Customers may use standard size tubes having a 30mm collar size with the ADS400 Series, so existing tubes can be used whilst replacements are easy to obtain. Click here to learn more.