Hei-PROCESS helps labs to get their work done faster and more reliably by providing them with automated and digital solutions that adapt to their processes.

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Image: Automated solution developed for IBZ-Salzchemie GmbH & Co. KG

Case example

Hei-PROCESS is an innovative approach to realize custom automation fast and affordably. With Hei-PROCESS existing lab devices and sensors are combined through modern software technology and work together as if they were part of a same device on automating specific processes. Our solutions helped the company IBZ-Salzchemie GmbH & Co. KG to quickly custom automate one of their manual chemical processes.

Hei-PROCESS at a glance

Easily automate lab processes that save you time and increase efficiency.

Have your experimental data automatically recorded, safely stored, and always accessible.

Reduce human errors and increase reproducibility.

Increase your lab’s safety and get the flexibility to conduct your experiments at any time thanks to remote processing.

Have a solution tailored to your experiment and that you can modify on the fly.

Multi-device and multi-phase processes

Control processes including any number of devices
Program complex processes including any number of phases that can be grouped in loops
Make on-the-fly process adjustments which are automatically tracked
Interlink devices and set control loops and end-point conditions

Image: Devices connected to a gateway

Image: Customizable data dashboard

No more manual logging and errors

Let the software record all your experiment data and visualize them in a customizable dashboard
Clone process recipes for reproducible and consistent results
Create reports in one click or download data for further analysis
Have all your data saved in the cloud and accesible from any browser

Remote, continuous processing

Have devices working together for fully automated processes that do not need any manual intervention
Monitor and control your processes and devices remotely from any browser
Set individual device warnings in your dashboard

Image: Dashboard alarms

Image: Automated solution developed for IBZ-Salzchemie GmbH & Co. KG

Customizable, flexible solutions

Chose device combinations for tailored experiment automation
Modify device combinations when your experiment changes
Interlink devices to create new functionalities on the fly

Ready-to-use automation solutions

Core solutions

Get a Core license and start monitoring and controlling any of the solutions described here.

Pumping & Mixing 1

Components

1x Pump; two models are available:

1x Magnetic stirrer Hei-PLATE Mix ‘n’ Heat Ultimate

Automatically pump into your vessel while mixing your solution with a magnetic stirrer.

Pumping & Mixing 2

Components

1x Pump Hei-FLOW Ultimate 120

1x Overhead stirrers; three models are available:

Automatically pump into your vessel while mixing your solution with an overhead stirrer.

pH controller

Components

1x Pump; two models are available:

1x Magnetic stirrer Hei-PLATE Mix ‘n’ Heat Ultimate

This solution allows you to reach and control the desired pH in your vessel: when the measured pH is below your target, an alkaline solution is pumped into your vessel.

Of course, you can also define an acid-based controller that can actively lower the pH.

Gravimetric controller

Components

1x Pump; two models are available:

1x scale; two models are available:

With this solution, you can dose solutions reliably, accurately, and automatically. You set in the software UI the mass of solution you want to add to your vessel, and the pump dispenses it automatically based on the feedback from the scale: when the target amount is reached, the pump stops.

Temperature-triggered pumping

Components

1x Pump; two models are available:

1x Magnetic stirrer Hei-PLATE Mix ‘n’ Heat Ultimate

1x Temperature probe

With this solution, you can automatically stop or start the pumping into your vessel based on the measured temperature. For example, in case of an exothermic reaction, in the software UI, you can set at which temperature the pumping of a reagent in the vessel must stop and at which temperature it must start again.

Temperature controller

Components

1x Overhead stirrer; three models are available:

1x Magnetic stirrer Hei-PLATE Mix ‘n’ Heat Ultimate

1x Temperature probe

Control the temperature in your vessel with a magnetic stirrer and stir your viscous solution with an overhead stirrer.

Chemical reactor

Components

1x Overhead stirrer Hei-TORQUE Ultimate 200

1x Thermostat; three models are available:

This solution including an overhead stirrer and a thermostat enables you to program the basic environmental parameters for chemical reactions. The stirrer speed can also be controlled by the temperature in the vessel.

Expert solutions

Each solution described here is available with an Expert license.

Reactor with pH controller

Components

1x Pump Hei-FLOW Ultimate 120, Heidolph

1x pH sensor ARC Easy Ferm Plus, Hamilton

Overhead stirrer Hei-TORQUE Ultimate 200, Heidolph

1x Thermostat; three models are available:

With this solution, on top of the basic chemical reactor functionalities, you can also control the pH in your vessel.

Reactor with pH-triggered functionalities

Components

1x pH sensor ARC Easy Ferm Plus, Hamilton

1x Overhead stirrer Hei-TORQUE Ultimate 400

1x Thermostat; three models are available:

With this solution, on top of the basic chemical reactor functionalities, you can also trigger a change in the mixing speed and the temperature based on the measured pH. For instance, this solution can automate chemical reactions that must stop when a certain pH is reached.

Reactor with gravimetric dosing

Components

1x Pump Hei-FLOW Ultimate 120, Heidolph

1x pH sensor ARC Easy Ferm Plus, Hamilton

1x Overhead stirrer Hei-TORQUE Ultimate 400

1x Scale

1x Thermostat; three models are available:

This chemical reactor, on top of offering pH-triggered functionalities, allows you to automatically, accurately, and reliably add the required amount of reagent or reactant to your vessel.

Reactor with advanced pH controller

Components

2x Pump Hei-FLOW Ultimate 120, Heidolph

1x pH sensor ARC Easy Ferm Plus, Hamilton

1x Overhead stirrer Hei-TORQUE Ultimate 400

1x Thermostat; three models are available:

This chemical reactor, on top of offering a pH control functionality, allows you to automatically add a reagent or reactant to your vessel.

Advanced pH controller

Components

2x Pump Hei-FLOW Ultimate 120, Heidolph

1x pH sensor ARC Easy Ferm Plus, Hamilton

1x Overhead stirrer; two models available:

This solution allows you to reach and control the desired pH in your vessel: when the measured pH is below your target, an alkaline solution is pumped into your vessel; when the measured pH is above your target, an acid solution is pumped into your vessel.

You did not find what you are looking for?

Create your own solution – you can see any component of the aforementioned solutions as a building block. From these modules, you/we can create arbitrary new applications. Ask us for a specific device combination or build one yourself.

Read here a case example featuring a custom solution we developed for one of our customers.

License plans

Core

It includes the control of individual devices and simple, pre-defined Core solutions. With one license, you can use all available Core solutions.

Discover here all features included in Core.

Available solutions

Pumping & Mixing 1
Pumping & Mixing 2
pH controller
Gravimetric controller
Temperature-triggered pumping
Temperature controller
Chemical reactor

Expert

It includes the control of one of the advanced, pre-defined Expert solutions. The control of individual devices and of Core solutions is also included.

Discover here all features included in Expert.

Available solutions

Reactor with pH controller
Reactor with pH-triggered functionalities
Reactor with gravimetric controller
Reactor with advanced pH controller
Advanced pH controller

Looking for a solution that you can’t find? We can custom-develop it for you!

Start using Hei-PROCESS is easy!

Step 1

From us you get a gateway with a licence key and the devices part of the solution you requested. Connect the gateway to the internet and the devices to the gateway.

Step 2

Go to ospin-app.com, create an user account and enter the licence key your received with your gateway: your devices are now online and ready to be used.

Step 3

Design your process by creating phases where device settings are defined. Then click on start, sit back and relax! You can still change your process whilst it is running.

Benefits

Affordable

For the basic license only a one-time payment is required.

Easy to start

There is no need to convert your whole IT organization to our software or to buy expensive equipment. Start with a simple solution and add more devices along then way.

Easy to use

With an introduction of less than 1h you are fit to start using our software. No coding skills are needed.

Safe

All data are saved on servers in your country and are protected by state-of-the-art technology – take a look at our whitepaper about cloud safety. Of course, you can also download all your data.

Open

Our offer of supported devices is growing every day and includes Heidolph devices as well as devices of third-party manufacturers.

Feature list

Process design and execution

	Core	Expert	Upcoming
Receipe-based process control			Filling for larger column !!!
Manual and time-based phase transitions
Parallel process execution
Single device processes
Multi-device processes	Up to 2 devices and 1 sensor	Customizable, predefined solutions
Interlink devices and create controllers on the fly
Conditional phase transitions

Data and monitoring

	Core	Expert	Upcoming
Annotations			Any device combination
Timeline synchronization between datasets
Download of individual datasets
Customizable dashboard for data visualization
Alerts on dashboards
User rights management
PDF reports
GMP ready*
Custom user rights management
Digital signature
ELN
Streaming webcam	Any device combination	Any device comnination
SMS and e-mail alerts