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MEET Ltd of Coldrerio (Switzerland) and the R&D and Technology Transfer of SUPSI (University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Manno) have jointly developed a new system for the analysis, the characterization and the quality control of materials used by the processing industry active in the fields of food, paper, wood, construction and many more.
The measure is carried out in real time, allowing for a use on moving enclosures travelling on conveyor belts or on pallets.
There are countless applications for this technology, among them - as an example - the moisture monitoring on perishable vegetal goods with the purpose of reducing scrap due to moisture hot spots and consequent product degradation. This problem is particularly of concern whenever big quantities of a perishable product are stocked or transported (e.g. by ship) over longer periods. The system is able to detect inhomogenities, density or moisture variations, product composition on packaged material, without requiring the extraction of material samples, but simply through a "non contact" measure. It is therefore also possible to measure across closed boxes.  

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