What is Hybrid Automation?
The optimal balance between human control and automatic dosing — without expensive sensors in the coolant, without maintenance contracts, without failure risk.
Robust and Economical Coolant Automation
DOSIMETRIX® combines reliable measurement data acquisition with automatic refilling and precise concentration control. The critical measurement is performed in a controlled manner with a digital handheld device, while the eMix system automatically calculates the correct refill concentration, performs dosing and fills the CNC tanks.
This automates exactly the part that causes the most effort in daily coolant maintenance: the correct top-up with the right concentration. The measurement itself remains simple, fast and transparent. The operator can assess the condition of the coolant directly at the CNC tank and immediately recognize anomalies such as contamination, tramp oil or foaming.
Measured values are automatically transferred to the eMix system. This eliminates reading errors, typing errors and incorrect entries. On this basis, DOSIMETRIX® reliably controls re-dosing and ensures stable coolant concentrations in real manufacturing operations.
DOSIMETRIX® is thus a proven, robust and economical method to implement coolant automation simply and reliably. Maintenance effort remains minimal since no sensors permanently immersed in the coolant need to be cleaned, monitored or regularly recalibrated.
With fully automatic systems with sensors permanently installed in the coolant, this can become a problem: particles, tramp oils, additives and residues can coat sensor surfaces. When measurement values drift as a result, concentration control also works on the basis of incorrect data. In practice, this can lead to incorrect dosing, additional manual sensor cleaning and higher maintenance costs.
The result: reliable measurements, stable coolant concentrations, minimal maintenance costs and an economical automation that works in everyday industrial operations.
Reliable Control
Controlled measurement with digital handheld device. Only reliable measurements feed into re-dosing and concentration control.
Minimal Maintenance
No sensors permanently stressed by the coolant. Less cleaning, less calibration, less service effort.
Economical Automation
Automatic measurement transfer, intelligent re-dosing and stable concentrations — simple, robust and economical.
How DOSIMETRIX® hybrid works
The human measures — the machine doses. Simple, precise, without sensor in the coolant.
Measure
The operator measures the coolant concentration 2× per week with the digital hand refractometer — directly at the machine, with a single button press.
Record
The measurement value is automatically saved and evaluated in the FLUIDAS analysis portal. Limit values, trends and alarms are immediately visible.
Dose
The eMix1500 doses and fills the tank fully automatically to the setpoint. No manual refilling, no guessing, no wear from under- or over-concentration.
Document
Every measurement, every dosing, every deviation — completely logged. Compliance and audit evidence is retrievable at any time.
No Internet Connection Required
DOSIMETRIX® hybrid works completely offline. The FLUIDAS analysis portal is optional — additionally available for operations with cloud connectivity.
DPMA-protected hybrid measuring and dosing logic
The hybrid measuring and dosing logic of DOSIMETRIX® is jointly registered by Brisco Systems and GIMAT as a utility model at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). 1:1 reproductions are excluded.
The only ATAGO Service Center in Germany — and Central Europe
GIMAT GmbH is the only authorised ATAGO Service Center in Germany — and simultaneously the only ATAGO Service Center in Central Europe. Sales, calibration and service of PAL refractometers directly from the manufacturer partner.
Hybrid Automation vs. Full Automation
| Criterion | Full Automation | Hybrid Automation |
|---|---|---|
| Sensor in coolant | Yes — contaminates, drifts, must be replaced | No — measurement outside the medium |
| Maintenance effort | High — regular calibration, cleaning, spare parts | Minimal — digital refractometer, robust and durable |
| Failure risk | High — sensor in process, measurement drift possible unnoticed | Low — operator recognizes anomalies immediately |
| Installation time | Weeks — sensor integration, calibration, commissioning | Hours — plug & play, no modification |
| Investment costs | Very high — sensors, controls, integration | Low — fast ROI, usually under 12 months |
| Internet connection needed | Often yes — cloud platform, remote service | No — fully offline capable |
More on the concept: Hybride Automatisierung (Wikipedia)
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Installed in hours. Amortized in months. No sensor in the coolant.