Facilities

Major equipment:

• Biospectrophotometer
• NIR Analyzer
• Digital Moisture Balance
• Red wood Viscometer
• Mini Spectrophotometer
• UV Cabinet for TLC
• Optical whitener Detector
• BOD Incubator
• Muffle furnace
• Hot Air Oven
• Microwave Oven
• Orbital Shaker
• Shaking Platform with thermostat
• Power Supply

TESTING

• SONASTARCH (Sona Science centre for Testing and Applied Research) is a  state-of-the-art testing facility  for the following : Sago, Starch & allied products, Oils, Soaps, Protein, Fiber, Cat& Poultry Feed, Sugar, Natural products, Soil, Fertilizer, Ornamental Silver, Gold, Water, Wastewater, Irrigation water, Industrial Waste, Minerals, Metals, Lime, Cement, Alloys, etc.
• The testing centre is authorized by SAGOSERVE (A Government of Tamil Nadu undertaking, ) and Tamilnadu Starch and Sago Manufactures Association (TASSMA) for testing their Sago/ Starch products before commercialization.

The following testing facilities are available in SONASTARCH.

I.Water Quality Parameters as per BIS and WHO norms

II.Starch and Sago products as per BIS, India and International Starch Institute, Denmark norms

III.OILS

IV.SOAPS

V.EXTRACTIONS

VI.POULTRY AND CATTLE FEED

VII.SUGAR

VIII.SOILS AND FERTILIZERS

IX.MINERALS/ORES

X.FUELS

XI.CHEMICALS