Atago PAL-Hydrocarbon Cleaner Contamination Refractometer (4558)

The PAL-Hydrocarbon Cleaner is a specialized digital refractometer designed for measuring oil contamination that accumulates in industrial cleaning solutions. After a clean solution is recorded as reference baseline, the instrument displays the contaminated sample as 'Contam. (oil) %', enabling solution change-out or distillation timing to be determined based on reliable quantitative data.

The instrument measures across a 0.0-30.0% contamination range with ±1.0% accuracy. Only 2-3 drops of sample are required, with results obtained in approximately 3 seconds. Temperature compensation from 10-100°C allows reliable measurement even in hot cleaning lines. The IP65 water-resistant housing ensures durability in harsh workshop and production environments, while operation on 2 × AAA batteries provides convenient field portability.

Particularly suited for operations utilizing hydrocarbon-based cleaning/degreasing solutions, it delivers a fast and repeatable answer to the question of when cleaning solution should be replaced.

Technical Specifications

Applications

• Oil contamination monitoring in hydrocarbon-based industrial cleaning/degreasing solutions
• Determination of solution change-out or distillation timing
• Cleaning solution quality control in parts washing lines