Detect them in minutes.
picoG-lite detects quality-killing coarse particles in recovered Carbon Black-fast, reliably, and affordably. For production-line QC that doesn't compromise.
Fused agglomerates in rCB wreck end-use performance.
A single laser particle sizer costs a fortune. Five for your production lines? That's capital you can't justify.
Precision ≠ accuracy: there are systematic deviations in the D97 between instruments - and low accuracy is expensive.
picoG-lite does something no laser ever will: it weighs every single particle. Mass is an intrinsic and fundamental property-reproducible, reliable, and free of assumptions.
2–4 minutes from powder to result. Up to 100,000 particles counted per run. QC at the pace of your production line.
Mass is physics, not opinion. Two picoG-lite units in two plants give the same answer for the same rCB. No more arguing over whose D97 is "right".
A fraction of the price of a laser particle sizer. One next to every line instead of one locked in a central lab.
Counting single particles makes picoG-lite blind to the few pellet fragments that wreck laser diffraction results. Incoming inspection of pelletized rCB-finally practical.
ASTM WK87480 Compliant
Convert the particle mass into a D97. Your existing spec framework stays intact.
Particles are dispersed and fall through the analyzer one by one. Hover the highlighted points to see what happens at each stage.
picoG-lite measures both non-pelletized and pelletized rCB. Before the inlet, the sample is broken up and the particles are individually dispersed into a controlled single-particle stream for analysis.
Each particle falls through the instrument and impacts a piezo element at the bottom. The impact is converted into an electrical signal that weighs the single particle directly, giving its mass in picograms - the intrinsic, reproducible metric at the heart of picoG-lite.
picoG Pro adds an extra detector that measures particle size. Combined with the mass signal, it reveals particle structure and agglomeration through the individual particle density - one particle at a time.
2–4 minutes per run. Get results while your batch is still warm.
Same material, same result-every time, every instrument, every plant.
Deploy QC across your lines without breaking the capex budget.
Inspect incoming pelletized rCB. No more laser-sizer sample prep headaches.
| Measurement Principle | Single-particle acoustic impaction (particle mass in picograms) |
| Detection Range (rCB) | 60–100,000 pg (coarse particles ≥4 µm) |
| Result | Content of coarse particles; correlates with D97 (laser diffraction) and ASTM WK87480 |
| Analysis Time | Typically 2–4 min (up to 100,000 single particles) |
| Sample Form | Powder and pelletized rCB; dry dispersion, online sampling ready |
| No Calibration Needed | No refractive index, no density input required |
Technical note
Deep-dive into the acoustic impaction measurement principle and mass-based particle characterization.
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picoG-lite results compared to D97 from laser diffraction, with ASTM WK87480 compliance validation.
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Discuss pilot validationpicoG-lite is open for preorder now. Secure early delivery and pilot pricing for your production line.
We're partnering with select rCB producers to validate picoG-lite in real-world workflows. If this sounds like your operation, let's talk.
For custom pilot setups or specific documentation inquiries, you can also reach us at:
rCB-analysis@femtoG.com