NIR Sensors

 

NIR Sensors use Near Infrared energy to make direct measurements of specific constituents or components of products during processing. They operate on the principal that certain wavelengths of NIR energy are selectively absorbed by these constituents.

NDC Infrared Engineering manufactures a whole range of NIR Sensors which use three principle configurations:

  • Backscatter (or Diffuse Reflection)
  • Transmission and Forward Scatter (or Diffuse Transmission)
  • Specular Reflection

Each configuration lends itself to particular products to offer a no-compromise measurement solution.

The advantage of NIR measurement technology is that it is completely safe, with extremely low energy levels in a safe area of the electromagnetic spectrum. This means that no special shielding is required nor any licensing or special safety training for operators.

NDC has developed NIR sensors so that they offer the highest measurement resolution of any NIR on-line sensor and each sensor makes one complete measurement every 7.5 milliseconds.

The product range and application area are shown below. Click on the Sensor name to go to the page for that product:

 

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