Case study

Online moisture measurement of wood shavings on a carriage
Wood industry | M-Sens 2
Customer: Manufacturer of wood pellets (Germany)
Product: Wood shavings
Material humidity: 7-14 %
Conveyor mechanism: Conveyor screw
Installation location: Sensor is fastened to a carriage
According to the client, the M-Sens-system offers the following advantages:

  • Continuous humidity measurement
  • Maintenance-free
  • More cost-effective than optical measuring procedures
Client benefits:

  • Quality control of the incineration process, the lower the material humidity, the better the heating value of the wood chips
  • Customer can determine from the humidity what quantity of wood chops need to be fed into the oven
  • Control of coal consumption