ATS=™12-0-0-26S
Ammonium thiosulfate
Nitrogen and sulfur, used alone or blended with UAN. Made at all three plants.
thiosulfate · homogeneity · sulfur figure
Agriculture & Sulfur Solutions · Brookfield, WI
Hydrite thiosulfates, read the same way everywhere.
ATS=™ ships from Terre Haute, Waterloo and Sacramento Ag Products, Thio 25-17™ from Terre Haute, and MTS from Sacramento Ag Products. Inline means the probe sits in the reaction line, the tank or the load-out line itself. Spectrally X1 INLINE reads the thiosulfate there about every 5 seconds, with the same analyzer, software and record at each plant.
~5 s per reading2 measurement points per cabinetOne record format per plantValues to your control system
One spectrum from the liquor
Four values from one spectrum.
- Thiosulfate concentrationThe figure each thiosulfate grade is sold on. A Raman-active oxyanion in a weakly scattering water matrix; the feasibility study sets the model and its accuracy.
- Solution homogeneityA reading in the tank recirculation loop that holds steady over a full turnover indicates a mixed volume.
- SulfateIts own band at 976 cm⁻¹ sits close to the thiosulfate bands and tracks the oxidized side of the liquor.
- Sulfur figureThe S on each label follows the thiosulfate reading; nitrogen, K₂O and magnesium stay on your lab method.
Iodometric titration typically answers in 20 to 30 minutes. The analyzer returns a reading about every 5 seconds, and titration stays on as the periodic reference.
Group
Hydrite, Brookfield, WI
Founded in 1929, family-owned, about 1,000 people.
Agriculture & Sulfur
Three thiosulfate plants
Terre Haute, IN · Waterloo, IA · Sacramento Ag Products, CA.
Sulfur assets
Six sulfur burners
Thiosulfates and bisulfites from Hydrite's own sulfur burning.
Where Raman fits
One measurement layer
The same analyzer family and software at every plant.
01The portfolio
Liquid sulfur products with strong Raman bands.
Each liquor ships on its own analysis. The thiosulfate grades share an oxyanion with strong Raman bands.
ATS=™
Thio 25-17™0-0-25-17S
Potassium thiosulfate
A chloride-free potassium and sulfur liquid at 12.2 lb/gal, per Hydrite's flyer.
thiosulfate · sulfur figure
MTS=™MgS₂O₃
Magnesium thiosulfate
Magnesium and sulfur for sandy, low-CEC soils, the West Coast and potatoes. Made by Sacramento Ag Products.
thiosulfate · sulfur figure
Hydri-GroOrtho pop-up starters
Starters with added sulfur
Low-salt ortho starters; the +S grades carry added ATS=™.
thiosulfate in a phosphate blend
BisulfitesNH₄ · Na · Mg · K
Bisulfite liquors
Ammonium, sodium, magnesium and food-grade potassium bisulfite from the same sulfur assets.
a bisulfite model of its own
Product, field and plant images: Hydrite.
02Three plants
One figure, read the same way in Indiana, Iowa and California.
Terre Haute, INATS=™ and Thio 25-17™, serving grain, fermentation and agriculture, with rail service.
plant
plant
Waterloo, IAHydrite's largest plant, making ATS=™ since 2012.
plant
plant
Sacramento, CASacramento Ag Products, the joint venture with Thatcher: ATS, KTS, MTS, STS and bisulfites.
joint venture
joint venture
Brookfield, WIGroup headquarters.
headquarters
headquarters
03One measurement layer
The same analyzer, software and record at each plant.
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One analyzer family
Spectrally X1 INLINE at each plant, two measurement points per cabinet as standard.
2
Models that travel
A model built on ATS=™ at one plant is the starting point at the next, and the feasibility study checks how far it carries on each liquor.
3
One record format
Values, spectra and alarms stored the same way at every site, exportable as CSV, PDF or raw data.
04New capacity
A new line is the simplest place to add a measurement point.
USDA's 2024 grant for Terre Haute and Waterloo targets added potassium thiosulfate and low-salt fertilizer output by 2027. A process connection is simplest to add while a line is being built, and a model built on the potassium thiosulfate already made at Terre Haute is the starting point at start-up, retrained on the first campaigns.
05The lab loop
The liquor keeps moving while the titration runs.
Titration in the lab
20–30min
Draw a sample, carry it to the lab, titrate, report. The result describes the liquor at the moment of the draw.
Spectrally X1 INLINE
~5s
The probe reads the liquor where it flows and the value reaches the control system over Modbus. With a reading every few seconds, a drift shows while the feed can still be corrected.
Per reading
~5s
From spectrum to a process value. Acquisition time is configurable from 5 to 300 s.
Reagents
0
Routine operation runs without reagents or consumables. Rated laser lifetime is a minimum of two years.
Channels
2
Two measurement points per cabinet as standard, for example the reaction line and the storage tank.
To the line
5.5mo
Typical time from the first workshop to a running installation: 3 to 5.5 months.
06Who this is for
Three desks in Brookfield, one number from every plant.
Sales & business development
A guaranteed analysis with a record behind every load.
Each load leaves with its own time-stamped thiosulfate reading, so a question about a delivery has an answer from the run itself.
- One record per load, from every plant
- The same figures read the same way at each site
- The lab certificate stays as it is
Operations
The same number, read the same way, at each plant.
One analyzer family and one software layer at Terre Haute and Waterloo, and at Sacramento Ag Products with its joint-venture partner, make plant performance comparable on the same figures.
- Shared alarm limits and PASS/FAIL logic
- Start-up training for up to 10 operators
- 3 to 5.5 months from workshop to a running point
Safety & environmental compliance
Fewer manual draws of process liquor.
Each routine sample from a warm or ammoniacal line is a handling step. A probe in the line takes part of that routine off the operator's round, and the lab samples on its own schedule.
- Fewer manual sample draws
- Probe retracted and rinsed automatically
- Readings and alarms logged with time stamps
Aleksandra Łukasiewicz
Head of International Sales
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