Microwave moisture monitoring technique gains momentum.
On-line microwave moisture analysers are fast proving themselves as a reliable method for transmitting
real-time results from a moving conveyor belt.
Let's look at what this technology can achieve.
Moisture measurement has always been an important process parameter, traditionally carried out using the
conventional laboratory analysis of a manual sample.
Not only is this process expensive and time consuming, but the time taken to provide the result means
that the information is only of historical value. For instance, during the time interval between taking the sample
and reporting the result, operational conditions may have changed so that the reported result is no longer valid.
Using the Moist Scan
on-belt moisture analyser, companies can achieve accurate and real-time results.
Thirty of these fully commercialised systems have been sold in Australia and Internationally for installations
involving nickel ore, coal, bagasse and minerals with more units to
come on-line during 2004.
The ready availability of moisture information allows proactive process control actions including:
Metallurgical/process accounting.
Diverting excessively moist material away from
vulnerable downstream processes.
Feedback control to a dryer circuit.
Feed forward/back control to spray bars for dust control.
Product nett weight monitoring for quality control.
Product moisture/dry mass contract compliance.
Why use microwave technology? find out
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