KPM Analytics Launches UCAL™ 5 for NIR Calibration
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WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 28, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- KPM Analytics, a global leader in scientific instrumentation, has introduced UCAL™ 5, a new guided near-infrared (NIR) calibration customization platform for its SpectraStar™ XT Series analyzers. This innovative tool aims to simplify and enhance the calibration process, ensuring that users adhere to industry standards and best practices.
UCAL 5, which comes in three editions, Lite, Pro, and Enterprise, provides users with a comprehensive workflow that reviews every calibration against ASTM E1655 and ISO 12099 recommendations. As users work, the platform automatically builds a comparison calibration and offers built-in lessons to guide them through the process. The Pro edition, in particular, offers 18 calibration methods, including Modified PLS and three neural networks, along with advanced tools for sample selection and instrument standardization.
The KPM Analytics Web Store now offers over 250 calibrations for food, feed, and agricultural products, covering properties such as moisture and protein. These calibrations can be purchased individually or in one of 15 ready-made bundles. A calibration is ready to use, loading directly onto a SpectraStar XT analyzer for one instrument or as a single file for a full fleet. Users can also purchase a calibration library with its spectra, which opens in UCAL 5, allowing them to add their own samples and keep the calibration current for their own products.
UCAL 5 Lite, currently included with new SpectraStar XT analyzers, provides guided calibration development with the essential methods and tools. It allows users to collect data, clean and build the calibration in the Workbench, and validate it against unseen samples. The Pro edition, designed for analysts who build and maintain calibrations, offers no limit on samples and includes 18 calibration methods. The Enterprise edition, intended for large teams, installs on a company server and is licensed per user.
UCAL 5 Lite provides guided calibration development: the lessons, UCAL Insight, UCAL Autopilot, and four calibration methods, with up to 500 samples per calibration from the user's own files and no limit from KPM library files. It is currently included with new SpectraStar XT analyzers, available at an introductory price to other SpectraStar XT owners, and upgrades to Pro with a license key.
UCAL 5 Pro gives one analyst the full toolset: 18 calibration methods, including Modified PLS and three neural networks; advanced tools for sample selection and instrument standardization; and no limit on samples, so laboratories can build from years of historical data.
UCAL 5 Enterprise brings Pro to large teams. It installs on a company server, is used through a web browser, and is licensed per user, so data stays on the organization's network. Each project can be private or shared.
UCAL 5 opens UCAL 4 files directly, and calibrations already on SpectraStar XT analyzers give the same results, so UCAL 4 users move their work without losing anything; they can upgrade to UCAL 5 Pro at a discount. Pro and Enterprise licenses include yearly maintenance for new versions. All editions are available in 11 languages.