Abstract 015
Brewing Laboratory Automation. A review with special emphasis on the use of microcomputers
J. Amer. Soc. Brew. Chem. 40: 9-14, 1982
K.J. Siebert
Most laboratory procedures contain the same 7 stages; various automation approaches address different combinations of these. Automation of major instruments or the use of programmable calculators, computers, continuous flow analyzers, or programmable analyzers can improve efficiency in more than one step of a procedure. The usefulness of each of these techniques in a brewing laboratory is discussed. General-purpose microcomputers provide a particularly attractive approach to automation because they can be applied to many different procedures and to most of the stages of an analysis.
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