Mecosa (Pty) Ltd is the local representrative for Process Sensors is Southern Africa.
Erich K. Springer founded Mecosa (Pty) Ltd on the 1st of August 1982. Since then the company has grown steadily and is now recognised as a specialist supplier of process measurement equipment throughout Southern Africa. The employees of MECOSA (Pty) Ltd have experience in most areas of industrial measurement and Mecosa (Pty) Ltd represents a number of well-known and respected international suppliers as sole agent. All products supplied by MECOSA (Pty) Ltd are supported by knowledgeable sales, service and commissioning personnel.
Mecosa (Pty) Ltd has been representing Process Sensors since 2008.
Mecosa (Pty) Ltd has its main office in Johannesburg and in January of 2011, a branch office was opened in Cape Town.
In total five external sales engineers visit customers throughout South Africa and neighbouring countries.
Three trained service persons are employed for customer service such as installation, commissioning, service and repair.
Information on other products and services supplied by Mecosa (Pty) Ltd can be found on the company website www.mecosa.co.za.
Introduction to NIR measurement
Near Infrared is an ideal Technology for on-line continuous measurement of moisture in bulk solids, non-woven and web products, also for other constituents; oil, protein and coat- weight through a diverse range of applications. It is a non- destructive, safe form of radiation which doesn’t require direct contact between the hardware and the product.
Application areas
NIR measurement is widely used within the following Industries:
Tobacco, Wood, Food, Minerals, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Biofuels, Animal Feed, Paper & Converting, Non wovens & miscellaneous.
Benefits of online continuous measurement
•Increased productivity
•Improved product quality and consistency
•Increased yield
•Savings in Fuel costs
Products represented
MCT 360 – A stand alone sensor of dimensions: 317 x 175 x 191mm constructed of cast aluminium with a glass viewing window. This is mounted 150-300mm from the product surface. The gauge measures up to three constituents and product temperature simultaneously. The MCT 360 supersedes, and exceeds the MCT 300 performance in terms of measurement speed, processor speed, rate of digital data transmission and increased sensitivity and signal: noise ratio . Other models based upon the same optical bench and electronics are:
On-line gauges
| MCT 360-T | Tobacco gauge |
| MCT 360-WP | Wood products gauge |
| MCT 360-FG | Food grade gauge |
| MCT 360- ATEX 22 | Atex 22 gauge for hazardous dust environments |
| MCT 360- Exd | Exd gauge for hazardous gas environments |
| MCT 700 | High temperature gauge |
| PVDS | Scanner and profile display system |
Off-line gauges
| MCT 600 | Laboratory gauge( incorporating turntable) |
| MCT 600P | Laboratory gauge (viewing static product) |
Many accessories are available to help overcome product presentation issues and environmental factors:
Snorkel Sampler
Sample Probe
Glass or sapphire sight window
Product Loss Sensors
Calibration Check Standard
Water/Air Cooling Panel
High Temperature Enclosure
Vortex Cooler
Heat Blanket
Light Tube with window air purge Diffuser
Explosion proof OI
Please Contact us by sending us an e-mail to measure@mecosa.co.za.