Brabender® Moisture Tester MT-CA

User-friendly determination of moisture

and solvent content

… where quality is measured.

Quick, precise,
reproducible
Moisture Tester MT-CA

Intelligent features
Benefit from new and optimized
functions:
• Administration mode for user
access rights
• Webbased solution – possibility
of sharing information and data
with other users worldwide
• Live tracking of tests with end
time indication for logged-in
The Brabender Moisture Tester users
MT-CA is an electronic moisture • Optimized basic functions like
tester using the principle of the data recording and evaluation,
drying chamber with moving air. printing and export of test
The instrument determines the results – clearer, easier, faster
loss in weight of the sample ma-
terial which results from drying. • Central test administration and
data storage provides for quick
Due to the continuous air flow and easy access of authorized
within the drying chamber, the users
drying process takes consider-
ably less time than in a conven- • Easy definition, clear display and
tional drying chamber without quick integration of reference
ventilation.
Brabender MetaBridge software running on tablet curves
• Optimized functions for editing
The MT-CA provides an individual
and serial determination of the
The advantages • Security of tests and data through and adapting diagrams to your
password protected user log-in individual needs
water and solvent content – • User-friendly operation by touch –
quick, precise, reproducible. perfect for tablets and smart- • Live test tracking by authorized
phones users from multiple end devices
all over the world at a time Discover the
• Responsive web design: screen
resolution adjusted automatically
Brabender MetaBridge
The new software is characterized
• Ready to use, no installation
The difference necessary
by its easy and intuitive handling.
After log-in, the user finds all
Benefit from the advantages
information about the device and a
of the MT-CA as compared to
choice of options for his purpose on
other instruments and methods
the start screen.
for moisture determination (e.g.
NIR, drying balances, dielectric
instruments):
• The drying chamber method is
the reference method – no
need of special calibration
for different samples
• Gentle and uniform drying
ensures precise results
• Measure up to 10 samples at
a time
• Determine the water content
with an accuracy of 0.1%
• Profit from software-aided Turntable positioning with the MetaBridge
recording of drying curves
for determining the optimum
drying time and temperature
of your samples
• Suited for nearly all organic
and inorganic materials
Clear start screen

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Procedure Precise weighing Examples of drying times and temperatures
Select the desired drying method directly in the drying of various materials
from a list of methods, each one chamber Materials
including the drying temperature, Sample
The drying chamber of the MT-CA (others on request) Temperature Time
drying time, and sample weight weight
is easily accessible through a door [°C] [min]
incl. tolerance range. Weigh your [g]
samples with the integrated with an inspection window. Put up
to 10 samples onto the turntable Polymers
electronic precision balance in a
range from 1 g to 20 g. Place your inside the drying chamber – the PVC 10 130 150
samples onto the turntable in the timing is up to you. PE 10 130 125
drying chamber. The drying process A fan blows air through an electric PP 10 130 150
runs fully automatically. After dry- heater into the drying chamber. The Minerals
ing, re-weigh your samples directly temperature within the chamber
Lignite 10 130 45
in the drying chamber – no need is controlled by an electronic tem-
of previous cooling – and avoid Phosphates 10 130 10
perature controller and an RTD.
weighing errors by the operator. Foundry sand 10 130 20
Weigh your samples quickly and Potassium nitrate 10 130 60
Additional samples can be put reliably on the electronic high-
into the drying chamber at any Others
precision balance mounted below
time, even if other samples are still the drying chamber – outside the Cork 10 90 60
drying. drying chamber before drying, and Leather 5 105 60
automatically within the drying Casein 10 130 180
chamber immediately after drying Cellulose Products
Data output while the samples are still hot.
and networking Wood 5 130 30
Benefit from the process-technical Paper pulp 10 130 70
By connecting an optional printer, advantages of this configuration: Beech cellulose 5 130 15
you can easily file your tests: Just
• Weigh your samples directly in Fibers
print the results and the complete
the drying chamber
test protocol on this separate Lambswool 10 105 100
printer and get a complete docu- • Avoid weighing errors Cotton 5 130 15
mentation of your measurements. • Save time Jute 10 105 120
It is also possible to forward the Artificial silk 10 130 60
• Save money (no separate instru-
data via an Ethernet port (LAN) to a ment required for drying) Washing agents
data acquisition system. Basic soap 5 120 20
Soft soap 5 150 60
Detergents 5 130 90
Foodstuff
Oats 10 130 60
Noodles 10 130 60
Bread 10 130 90
Starch* 10 130 30
Flour* 10 130 60
Rye* 10 130 60
Wheat* 10 130 60
Barley* 10 130 60
*Rapid method 10 155 20
Chocolate 10 105 45
Cocoa 10 105 40
Coffee (green) 10 105 60
Tobacco 5 123 30
Malt flour 10 105 60
Hops 5 105 180
Feedstuff
Sample weighing
Extraction residues 10 130 50
Rape 10 105 160
Roughage 5 130 50
Sugar beet cassettes 10 130 60

… where quality is measured.

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Moisture Tester MT-CA

Software-aided weighing and re-weighing

operation • Entry of product and/or charge
specification
• Programming of up to 10 differ-
ent drying methods with • Possibility of barcode reader
temperature, sample weight connection via USB
(incl. tolerance range), and • Automatic positioning of the
drying time turntable
• Password protection for indi- • Free selection of the drying time
vidual methods for each individual sample
• Automatic recognition of the • Fully automatic re-weighing Drying curve
selected sample position by a after drying
position sensor • Automatic calculation of the
• Entry of any sample weights absolute loss in weight and/or Moisture Tester MT-CA
between 1 g and 20 g with the percentage of moisture
presetting of tolerance ranges – Drying oven method with fully
• Multiple determination of a Principle
no time-consuming weighing of automatic re-weighing
sample with automatic mean
constant sample weights value calculation Number of samples max. 10 at a time
• Automatic taring with variable • Automatic recording of drying
pan weights or automatic taking curves min. 1 g, max. 20 g
Sample weight
over of fixed pan weights for (optional setting of a tolerance range)

Drying temperature max. 200 °C in the drying chamber

Heating capacity 1100 W

Balance Integrated electronic load cell

Measuring range 0.1 to 99.9 % water content

Accuracy < 0.1 % water content

Display resolution 0.001 g

Reproducibility
± 0.002 g
(balance)

• Sample position in the drying chamber

• Sample specification
Memory parameters • Sample weight
• Relative loss in weight
• 10 methods

4 x USB
Ports 1 x HDMI
Brabender application laboratory 1 x LAN

The Brabender support
Our state of the art application
laboratory is always made available
to our customers.
You can choose to send material to
us for testing or schedule a specific
Lab Trial with our expert team.
Environmental
In our application laboratory, you
conditions
Temperature: 10 - 40 °C
will have access to our full product
line to help come to a solution for
1 x 230 V, 50/60 Hz + N + PE, 16 A
your application. Mains connection
115 V, 50/60 Hz + PE, 16 A
Dimensions 665 x 690 x 630 mm (without touchscreen)
(W x H x D) 825 x 690 x 630 mm (with touchscreen)
Weight 80 kg
25093-EN / Brabender C / MT-CA / 07 / 2019

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in Germany
since 1923

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