IMKO SONO-Mix concrete moisture sensor is the toughest mixer probe for use in pan mixers, turbine mixers, planetary and twin shaft mixers. The replaceable probe head consists of steel and a solid carbide plate with a rectangular window made from special ceramic.

IMKO SONO-Mix increases safety in the production of fresh concrete including steel fiber concrete. The device measures the moisture precisely as well as the radar-based conductance up to 50dS/m. The value allows conclusions on other parameters of the material composition like the content of cement or the propagation measure of fresh concrete. You avoid recipe failures and you control quality reliably.

If you are looking for an in-situ portable moisture measurement solution for fresh concrete to make measurements on-site or in the lab, then please check out our Portable SONO-WZ Fresh Concrete Moisture Probe. 

Intelligent and Tough Probe Head:

Our SONO moisture sensors utilize patented TRIME® TDR technology whose measuring field penetrates deep into a large volume of material, resulting in highly accurate and repeatable moisture measurement values. Seztec’s moisture probes and over 20-years of expertise meet all your aggregate and fresh concrete measurement needs.

While conventional solutions in the market require the measurement to take place through a solid ceramic layer, the signal conductor in the IMKO sensors lies between two ceramic plates and is in direct contact with the material to be measured. This state-of-the-art design guarantees a long-term stable measurement, which does not have to be readjusted due to wear and also offers increased accuracy, as this direct contact with the material achieves maximum sensitivity.

Interface Options:

All SONO probes are offered with a variety of standard industry outputs and communication protocols to meet every data transfer need. The measured parameters such as moisture content, the conductivity, and temperature, can either be transferred directly into a PLC via two analogue outputs 0(4)…20 mA or imported via an RS485 and IMP-Bus interface. In addition, SONO-probes can be directly connected to a local PC (USB port) via the SM-USB module or the field display – SONO-VIEW. This allows the customer to also adjust individual measuring parameters or conduct calibrations.

Typical Applications:

› Concrete production, including ready-mix and precast.
› Production of concrete goods with various aggregates.
› Pipe production or brick production.
› Fresh concrete, including steel fiber concrete.
› All conventional concretes, whether earth-moist or flowable, can be reliably measured.
› Installation directly inside mixers.

Major Benefits:

› In case of abrasion at the probe head an automatic correction of the measuring value takes place – without recalibration.
› Precise dosage of water is possible thanks to the high accuracy of the moisture measurement.
› TRIME technology guarantees high reliability even with steam or changing particle sizes like sand and gravel.
› Extremely robust wear-resistant sensor head made of massive carbide tip and abrasion-resistant ceramic window
› Integrate with every common batching control system using analog output or communication protocols.
› Accurate real-time averaged moisture values (4Hz).

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