Fwd: Re: Fwd: Soil Moisture Meters suitable for use in dried fruit?

[Marty Grogan]

Marty Grogan writes to the sowacs list:
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I would be interested to learn more detail about the need, i. e., volume 
of bins, temperature range, humidity range, rate of process, etc.  Might 
a sensor installed in an outlet duct work -- something similar to those 
used in microwave ovens?

Marty

Bruce -owner of sowacs wrote:

>Jason D. Emiliusen writes to the sowacs list:
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>I am involved in a design project where we are drying fruits(like
>apples) and we need to know the moisture content of the shredded fruit
>throughtout the drying process.  I was wondering if a soil moisture
>meter would work for this application or if anyone knew of something
>that would work.
> Thanks.
>
>[Bruce comments
>I will be interested to hear of other users' replies to this, as it
>may well be possible that some of the simpler ready-to-use sensors could
>be put to this use.
>However, there are two more suitable products listed on my new website under the categories
>Moisture Content : hay
>Moisture Content : grain/seed
>
>Environmental Sensors Inc. (ESI) supplies the GroáPoint^(TM) which is
>designed for just this function.
>
>Measure Instruments:
>MI-7 - Moisture analyser with interchangeable sensors and programmable.
>SH-7 - Moisture, temperature and weight sensor for grains, powders, granules and triturated product.
>SH-6 - Moisture sensor for bales of hay cubes, silopack, soils, cotton cubes and grains.
>SH-5 - Moisture sensor for hay row, woods, paper, cheeses, granules and powders.
>SH-3 - Moisture and temperature sensor for soils and grounds.
>ST-2 - Temperature sensor for soils, liquids, hay cubes and grains.
>
>Admittedly these are unusual requirements (from a soil point of view:),
>and there are not many suppliers yet listed on these pages...
>
>Bruce]
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> I am involved in a design project where we are drying fruits(like 
> apples) and we need to know the moisture content of the shredded fruit 
> throughtout the drying process.  I was wondering if a soil moisture 
> meter would work for this application or if anyone knew of something 
> that would work.  Thanks.
>


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