This dust monitor uses photometric technology to analyse dust levels in seed samples continuously drawn from production and sampled immediately upstream of the bagging line. The appliance
delivers results which correlate very well with the Heubach values
runs automatically “in the background”, using the automatic sampler during seed treatment
records the measurement results
allows intervention in the control system of the coating machine (e.g. shutdown if maximum limits are exceeded)
is able to show even extremely low dust concentrations per kg seed, since the sensitivity of the system can be modified by various adjustable parameters, thus allowing the operator to enter a freely selectable trigger value
shows the course of production quality over time, since it generates not only one average value per batch but several partial measurements (the number is freely selectable), stating the exact time in each case
can be adapted to virtually any make or brand of coating equipment, thus allowing the measured dust level to be integrated into the data records of the coating machine
integrates anywhere in the production system – e.g. for grain seeds it can be installed upstream of the coating machine to determine dust levels before the coating is applied
has been approved by the Julius Kühn Institute (the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants).