The water content can only be kept exactly at a target value through permanent measurement during the drying process. Quality and yield can be increased enormously. This means that with the same drying time, there is a higher throughput and thus reduced drying and heating costs per kg of grain. The amortization of the investment costs for the FSO The online system can thus be reached in a reasonable time.

Online measurement of whole grain:
With the online measuring device FSO Schaller Messtechnik GmbH offers a complete system for measuring moisture, bulk density and temperature of grain, beans, seeds and other bulk materials. The sensors for determining the water content are based on a high-frequency capacitive measuring method. An integrated scale and an infrared temperature sensor enable the determination of the hectoliter weight and the exact non-contact measurement of the sample temperature.

The measuring system can be used in storage, in mill operation, in acceptance or in various cleaning processes. Upon acceptance, the wheat can be stored in silos according to the determined water and bulk density content. During cleaning, the consistency of the moisture content of the wheat mixture can be checked. The acquisition costs can also be amortized for online measurement of whole grain. Used in drying or cleaning, for example, the current water content can be passed on to the control system and used to control the drying/mixing ratio.

Advantages of online measurement:

With the use of an online measuring device from Schaller Messtechnik, the quality parameters of the end products are continuously monitored and registered.  This allows the constant quality of the end products to be documented. Control measurements by the laboratory are indispensable, but can be greatly reduced. The stored measured values ​​can be read out at any time and serve as proof of quality and for traceability of production.

Summary:

Periodic sampling for quality control has shortcomings. In addition, it only represents a snapshot of the production, the stability of the production can only be insufficiently documented with individual samples. A necessary correction of the process can only be made with a delay, since measuring the water content in the laboratory is time-consuming. This applies in particular if recognized reference methods are used in the laboratory. Today's quality standards require seamless monitoring of production data. Consistent quality of the end products must not only be guaranteed, but also increasingly documented. The traceability of the production data must be guaranteed. Continuous quality assurance can be carried out with an online measurement of the water content. That FSO The online system from Schaller Messtechnik GmbH helps to produce consistent quality in the whole grain area while saving costs and time.