Spinlock SRL

Spinlock SRL is an Argentine technology company focused on the manufacture, development, and application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) equipment. The company was founded in 2003 by Dr. Daniel J. Pusiol, a physicist associated with the National University of Córdoba and Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council, known as CONICET. Its origins were closely connected with a group of young researchers working to turn specialist expertise in magnetic-resonance science into commercial instrumentation and industrial research capabilities. The company’s work spans both hardware and applied research. Its equipment is designed for non-destructive measurement and analysis in areas including food processing, edible oils, agriculture, petroleum, geological samples, and multiphase flow. Product capabilities described for the company include measuring moisture, fat, oil, fatty-acid composition, protein, gas volume fraction, water cut, oil viscosity, and other physical properties. This places Spinlock at the intersection of analytical instrumentation, industrial process monitoring, petroleum technology, and scientific research equipment. One of the company’s early product families was the SLK-100 Sigmometer, an NMR spectroscopy instrument intended for food-industry analysis. Although the SLK-100 is described as discontinued, its application range illustrates the company’s emphasis on rapid and non-destructive compositional testing. Later desktop systems in the SLK-200 line expanded this approach to automated and simultaneous measurements of oil or fat, moisture, fatty acids, and protein. These instruments are intended to support laboratory and production environments where conventional chemical analysis may be slower or require sample destruction. Spinlock has also developed resonance-based systems for the oil and gas sector. The SLK-GOW multiphase water-cut meter is designed to analyze oil, water, and gas in a multiphase stream, using a bypass arrangement to divert a sample for measurement. Its stated capabilities include water-cut measurement, gas-volume-fraction determination, and oil-viscosity measurement. The SLK-MFM-III is described as a prototype multiphase-flow meter for magnetic-resonance measurement of flow and phase cut in oil, water, and gas, using a Halbach magnet configuration for a two-inch line. Additional systems address time-domain NMR, petroleum-core analysis, and unconventional-reservoir research. The SLK-MRI-1400 is a time-domain magnetic-resonance system suitable for imaging and incorporates a circular Halbach magnet with temperature control and compensation. The SLK-1000-PM and SLK-2000-PM are desktop systems for measuring sidewall cores and other rock samples. The latter adds shale-rock measurement capability, a Z-gradient for diffusion experiments, and suitability for high-pressure and high-temperature sample measurements. Spinlock’s institutional identity is strongly linked to scientific collaboration. The company has worked in close relationship with the National University of Córdoba, receiving educational and scientific support while contributing to university-related projects. Its staff has included specialists from engineering, physics, chemistry, and computer science. The organization has also disseminated technical knowledge through international publications, forums, and specialist blogs, including work concerning the determination of oleic-acid content in peanut seeds using NMR. Publicly available material provides substantial information about its technology and product development, but limited information about its ownership, headquarters, financial performance, current leadership beyond its founder, and present commercial footprint.

Spinlock SRL was established in 2003 in Argentina by Dr. Daniel J. Pusiol, a physicist specializing in nuclear magnetic resonance and nuclear quadrupole resonance. Pusiol was a professor at the National University of Córdoba and a member of CONICET. He led a team of young researchers in creating a company that could manufacture NMR spectrometers while also developing new industrial and scientific uses for resonance technologies. The company’s development model combined commercial instrumentation with research and development services. Rather than limiting its work to general-purpose laboratory spectroscopy, Spinlock pursued application-specific systems for sectors in which non-destructive measurement could provide operational or quality-control advantages. Food and agricultural analysis became an early area of application, including the measurement of moisture, fat, oil, fatty acids, and related compositional properties. The SLK-100 Sigmometer represented an early product in this direction. It used NMR spectroscopy for food-industry analysis, including measurements involving oily seeds, olives, cheese, chocolate, and other dairy products. The instrument is now described as discontinued. The later SLK-200 desktop system continued the food and agricultural focus with automated, simultaneous analysis of oil or fat, moisture, fatty-acid, and protein content. Spinlock subsequently extended its magnetic-resonance expertise into petroleum and multiphase-flow measurement. The SLK-GOW system was designed to measure oil, water, and gas in a multiphase stream, using a bypass line and resonance-based analysis to determine water cut, gas volume fraction, and oil viscosity. The SLK-MFM-III prototype addressed multiphase flow and phase-cut measurement in a two-inch line and used a Halbach magnet arrangement. The company also developed systems for imaging and rock analysis. The SLK-MRI-1400 used time-domain NMR and a circular Halbach magnet, with temperature control and compensation, for magnetic-resonance imaging applications. The SLK-1000-PM was designed for sidewall cores and other petroleum-rock samples under ambient conditions. The SLK-2000-PM expanded the platform to shale-rock measurement, diffusion experiments using a Z-gradient, and samples measured under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. Throughout its history, Spinlock maintained a close relationship with the National University of Córdoba. The relationship involved participation in projects, educational support, consultation, and access to scientific expertise. The organization’s technical base has drawn on engineering, physics, chemistry, and computer science. It has also shared technical knowledge through international publications and specialist forums, including research on measuring oleic-acid content in peanut seeds by NMR. Available reference material documents the company’s founding, scientific orientation, product families, and university links, but does not establish detailed information about ownership, revenue, headquarters, international distribution, current executive management, or later corporate events. Those areas therefore remain unreported in this dossier.

• 2003

  Spinlock is founded

  [1]Spinlock SRLen.wikipedia.org

  Dr. Daniel J. Pusiol establishes Spinlock with a team of young researchers to develop NMR and NQR equipment and related applications.

A specialist scientific-instrumentation and applied-research company using NMR, NQR, and magnetic-resonance methods for non-destructive analysis in food, agriculture, petroleum, geological, and industrial-process applications.

• Food and agricultural NMR analyzer

  SLK-100 Sigmometer

  A discontinued NMR spectroscopy instrument for food-industry analysis. Its documented applications included measuring moisture and fat in food products, as well as oil and fatty-acid characteristics in oily seeds and olives. It was also described for determining solid-to-liquid fat ratios in cheese, chocolate, and other dairy products.

• Desktop magnetic-resonance analyzer

  SLK-200

  A desktop magnetic-resonance system for automated and simultaneous measurement of oil or fat, moisture, fatty-acid, and protein content. The product is positioned for laboratory and industrial quality-control work where rapid, non-destructive compositional analysis is useful.

• Oil and gas multiphase measurement equipment

  SLK-GOW Multiphase Water-Cut Meter

  A magnetic-resonance instrument for multiphase measurement of oil, water, and gas. The system uses a bypass arrangement to divert a multiphase sample into a secondary line and is described as measuring water cut, gas volume fraction, and oil viscosity.

• Multiphase flow-meter prototype

  SLK-MFM-III

  A prototype magnetic-resonance flow meter for measuring flow and phase cut in multiphase mixtures containing water, gas, and oil. The documented design was intended for a two-inch line and used a two-inch Halbach magnet.

• Time-domain NMR and imaging system

  SLK-MRI-1400

  A time-domain magnetic-resonance system suitable for imaging applications. Its described configuration includes a four-inch circular Halbach magnet together with temperature control and compensation features.

• Petroleum-core analyzer

  SLK-1000-PM

  A desktop magnetic-resonance system for analyzing sidewall cores, also known as core plugs, and other oil-rock samples. The documented equipment is intended for samples measured at ambient pressure and temperature.

• Advanced petroleum-core and shale-rock analyzer

  SLK-2000-PM

  A desktop system for magnetic-resonance measurement of sidewall cores and other petroleum-rock samples. It adds shale-rock measurement capability, a Z-gradient for diffusion experiments, and support for high-pressure and high-temperature sample measurements.

1. 1Spinlock SRLen.wikipedia.org