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checks and representative measurements across the entire pipeline cross section.
• Cost reduction through optimized resource use and precise compliance with legal requirements – avoiding unnecessary safety margins that can lead to increased fat content and significant financial losses.
The measuring principle
The measurement system generates microwaves that interact with the water molecules due to their high dielectric constant. This interaction causes an attenuation of the microwave energy, which can be detected as phase shift and attenuation. Since the phase shift and attenuation change are directly proportional to the water content in the product, the concentration
or solids content in the medium can be determined with high accuracy. The superior multifrequency technology from Berthold ensures very stable and reliable measurements, unaffected by interfering reflections or resonances from the measuring environment.
About Berthold Technologies
As a world technology leader in the field of radiometric measuring systems, Berthold products convince with outstanding measuring performance and reliability. The main fields of application are, for example, in chemical & polymers( etc. fertilizer industry), steel and power plants, mining & mineral processing, waste & recycling, refineries, paper, glass and as well as in the food industry( etc. sugar beets). In addition, microwave measuring systems for the determination of moisture and concentration belong to our extensive portfolio. The production of high-quality measuring systems for industry and research began more than 75 years ago in Bad Wildbad in the Black Forest.
For further information please visit this link: www. berthold. com / dairy
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