PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER

Herein is disclosed a production system (1) comprising a plurality of production lines (2, 3, 4) in each of which a bulk product is conveyed, a sampling arrangement (12) for collection of samples of bulk products from a plurality of sampling positions comprising at least at each product line (2, 3, 4), and providing the material to an optical analysis system (19, 20, 21, 22), comprising at least one near-infrared spectrometer (19, 21), control means (24) having a data communication interface connecting with an interface of the near-infrared spectrometer (19, 21), wherein the control means (24) is adapted for transferring data identifying the material sample of a sample container (17) to the control means of the near-infrared spectrometer (19, 21), the optical analysis system (19, 20, 21, 22) being arranged for processing the analysis results using said data identifying the material sample and providing an analysis output accordingly to the control means (24), wherein the control means are adapted to control the operation of one or more production devices (5, 105, 205, 9, 109, 209, 10, 110, 210, 11, 111, 211) of the production lines (2, 3, 4) in response to the received analysis output from the near-infrared spectrometer (19,21).