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What can a quality moisture meter do for your farm?
Protect your grain when storing by reducing risk for mold and toxin growth by knowing the real, accurate moisture content.
Optimize grain drying by monitoring moisture values in essentially real-time on hot grain. Allows you to hit the optimum moisture value without the time and expense of over-drying.
Since the AM 5200-Farm uses the same, new technology as the USDA, elevators, and terminals, there will be no surprises at delivery.
Use the Perten AM 5200-Farm Moisture Analyser from PerkinElmer to test for:
Moisture
Test weight
Temperature
On the following products:
Grains
Oilseed Rape
Lentils
Pulses
... and more
Features of the Perten AM 5200-Farm Moisture Analyser from PerkinElmer
Test hot grain from the dryer – No waiting for grain to cool - minimize temperature errors and risk
Fast & accurate – Moisture, test weight, & temperature in 25 seconds
Simple operation – Pour and GO
Robust – It’s a solid 40 lbs. for a reason
Rapid payback - Stop over drying, save dryer costs, and match the moisture at the local elevator
Test frozen stored grain – Up to 18% moisture
Data storage - Test results, date, time, and your farm or field ids are easily stored and exported
USB connectivity - Connect and supply results, farm, field info etc. to farm management software
Technical Information
Products: Grains, oilseeds, pulses, lentils & more
Parameters: Moisture, test weight and temperature
Analysis Time: ~ 25 seconds
Display: 5.7” color touch-screen
Connectivity: Ethernet, USB
Technique: RF dielectric constant at 150 Mhz
Sample Temperature: -13 to 150 F (moisture <18%); 32 to 113 F (moisture >18%)
Sample Size: ~ 1 quart (700 ml)
Power Requirement: 115/230 V, 50/60 Hz
Net Weight (lb): 40.3
Customer Review
"Just to let you know the moisture meter is paying itself back immediately. I was drying rape and the new meter allowed me to reduce the drying time significantly compared to using the old meter. Very pleased with it.
It’s a Protimeter I’ve always had and even when I calibrate it every year, it always tended to read higher than actual, especially for rape. When I got the Perten and checked the first drier batch, it showed 7.7% whereas the Protimeter read 8.8%. So I ended up cutting back the next cycle by 1 hour whereas based on the Protimeter I would have increased the next batch by 30 mins.
The results were validated at the grain store with all the loads since getting the Perten were about 8.5% but the loads before were in the 7.5% range! I did about 10 batches before getting the Perten and then another 10 batches after.
So you can estimate that probably saved me 15 hours drying alone. Factor in the diesel cost, electricity cost (24 tonne drier), and time.