Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG P.O. Box 1243 D-31042 Alfeld-Hanover Phone Fax E-Mail Inline Moisture Measurement with Infrared Technology Fire Protection Measuring Technology EN | R.02 | 2015.04 Subject to technical and country-specific modifications. © Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG

Your Benefit ■■ Avoid faults produced with wrong moisture ■■ Non-contact measuring system, measurement of chips/fibres within bins/screw conveyors through a glass pane ■■ Best quality of measured values due to 7000 measurements per minute ■■ The measuring system is pre-calibrated ■■ Check of the system‘s stability by Auto Reference Standard (ARS) Production and Quality Control with the GreCon Moisture Analyser Wherever precise product moisture is required, the inline moisture analysers provide the users with the necessary information. The continual availability of product properties allows for...

Construction of the IR 5000 The Moisture Analyser IR 5000 consists of a non-contact measuring head and a Human Machine Interface (HMI) for calibration and parameterisation of the moisture analyser. The HMI is installed near the measuring head where it is also used as an external display in the measuring position. This arrangement makes reading of the measured moisture values easy when taking samples for laboratory measurements. Analog outputs and programmable digital contacts are available for additional control tasks. The housings of measuring head and HMI are dust and water proof. For applications...

Combination with other Measuring Systems Measuring Principle To make the evaluation of the product or material features easier, the IR 5000 can be combined with other GreCon measuring systems. When connected to the GreCon Weight Per Unit Area Gauge BWQ 5000, further evaluation of the material features can be realised. Using joint evaluation of weight per unit area and moisture, the dry mass of the chip or fibre mat is automatically calculated. The non-contact inline measuring system works with an optical measurement transducer. Light in the NIR region is used, which is absorbed by the material...

Software Functions ■■ Network Connection For the data transmission to higher-ranking process control systems, different network connections are available. ■■ Online Support GreCon measuring systems are equipped with GreCon online support SATELLITE. Moisture measurement in running process This provides safe, simple and fast remote support when there is trouble or to check the system. Each online support is logged and stored in the system‘s history.

Applications ■■ Dryer A combination of two IR 5000 is preferred in dryers. With the measured product moisture before the dryer, the amount of material can be regulated via the feed velocity. At the dryer outlet, the moisture values can be used to regulate the dryer to ensure constant product moisture, and to save energy through control of the drying process. ■■ Screw Conveyor In screw conveyors, the moisture is measured directly in the material flow through a glass pane. ■■ Blender Similar to the drying process, two moisture ana­ lysers are used in the blender area. The automatic supply of glue...

References For the production of ■■ Fibreboard ■■ Gypsum board ■■ HDF board ■■ Hardboard ■■ OSB board ■■ Particleboard ■■ Wood cement ■■ Wet fibreboard ■■ Mineral fibre ■■ Poplar insulating board ■■ as well as for recycling for energy generation Measuring Device to Determine the Moisture in Drop Chutes The measuring device is especially suitable to determine the material moisture. With the measuring device, the material is collected and measured in a special collecting basin. After each measurement, a flap mechanism is opened, and the measured material is returned to the production process. At...