Brand-specific taste and maximum production efficiency are two fundamental goals that one have to keep in mind in beverage manufacturing.
Taste is influenced by many factors. According to whether it is about brewery, wine press house, dairy or juice and soft drink manufacturing, critical factors include the concentration of original gravity, alcohol, whey or sugar, which can all be controlled within the production process. The manufacturing process should be conducted as efficient and resource saving as possible. Therefore, it is necessary to minimise the use of resources under meeting the quality requirements.
With the help of inline analysis measuring technology, quality can be monitored continuously during the various phases of the beverage manufacturing process. In addition, a reproducible process management will enable the manufacturer to increase outputs and to save resources and energy costs. For this purpose SensoTech has created the inline analyser LiquiSonic®.
Bypass-free and directly integrated into the pipeline, the sensor precisely measures the concentration. Thereby, sonic velocity is being used as measuring method. The measuring data is stable, reproducible and is being updated every second. The sensor fully consists of stainless steel and works maintenance-free, deposit-free and drift-free. Furthermore, various process connections, such as Varivent, DIN, Clamp, APV or hygienic fitting for dairy, are available.
The controller of the system manages and visualizes the measuring data. Through the connection with control systems, process monitoring is being integrated in the automatic controlling process.
In breweries, LiquiSonic is applied for instance at the lauter tun, wort boiler and cooler, filter and filler. The sensor measures highly accurately the concentration of wort or alcohol, identifies phase transitions and controls blending processes.
Also in wine press houses, the LiquiSonic® sensor identifies continuously and with maximum accuracy the concentration of alcohol. Moreover, the sensor measures the extract concentration of wine for quality control and wine blending.
In dairies, the system monitors the concentration of milk during the membrane filtration and further serves the product and energy-optimised controlling of the whey concentration up to a dry matter content of 60 percent.
In juice and soft drink manufacturing, a precise measurement of the extract or sugar concentration, respectively the Brix content, is realised by LiquiSonic in order to produce reliable, quality-conscious and efficiently.
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