GlassChem

Glasschem was established in 1991 by Sarel Rautenbach with the aim to provide wet chemistry solutions to industry as well as produce standard glass items. Their expertise ranges from semi mass production of standard glass items up to individual design … Continue reading →

Alcohol Stills

GlassChem are well known in Australia for their Sulphur Dioxide and Volatile Acid stills, but they also manufacture stills for the determination of the alcohol content in wines. These stills are designed for simplicity and reproducibility and GlassChem have addressed … Continue reading →

Aspiration Sulphur Dioxide Stills

GlassChem’s SO2 stills were designed to provide a sulfur analysis in wine and grape juices by the aspiration method. The design criteria was to follow the traditional Rankine method with an instrument that was user-friendly and eliminated the common errors found … Continue reading →

Volatile Acidity Stills

GlassChem’s VA stills are designed to determine the amount of volatile acid present in wine measured as grams per liter. Steam distillation is used to separate the volatile acids from the non volatile components in the wine. GlassChem VA stills … Continue reading →