Weighed, packed, ready-to-eat: Highly accurate weighing of food

Today's food production depends on both efficient processes and, in addition, meeting consumer and business requirements as well as national and international hygiene regulations.

Pressure and level measurement in the food, dairy, beverage and pharmaceutical industries require very specialized, highly accurate pressure sensors/transmitters. The sanitary process market requires pressure sensors that can withstand clean in place (CIP) and sterilize in place (SIP) rigors, provide fast temperature recovery, digital outputs and specific wetted parts. Applications include balance tanks, silos, surge tanks, batching or mixing processes, flavor systems, pasteurization, emulsifying, filling machines, meat processing and homogenization. WHsensors offers several application notes explaining how our pressure transmitters are used in the the sanitary industry. Below are two such examples.

Cold-Filtered Pressure Solutions

Beer manufacturers use cold filtering to eliminate sediment, bacteria, and yeast from beer. Manufacturers claim that this process, unlike heat pasteurization, preserves the true taste of beer. Pressure sensors are used in beer and other beverage manufacturing to hydrostatically monitor tank level and to measure build-up across filters. Sanitary fittings and equipment are required so that the process fluid will not become contaminated. To learn more about how a brewery in upstate China measured the pressure drop across a 6 foot diameter yeast filter to signal necessary cleaning or replacement of the filter, please click on the application note Cold-Filtered Pressure Solutions.

High Pressure Measurement in Food Processing

Equipment in the food processing industries generates high pressures. These pressures causes pikes, high temperatures and vibrations, which are very hard on controlling instruments. WHsensors has developed a method to accurately measure pressure while protecting the instrumentation. WHsensors's  Series isolator is an ideal solution for food processing applications. Existing T-mounts have recesses and dead pots where process media accumulates. This requires more flushes and cleaning solvents for clean in place (CIP). With some T-mount process slurries, complete disassembling may be required. Click the application note High Pressure Measurement in Food Processing to learn about WHsensors's unique solution to eliminate recesses or dead spots in process piping.

Thermistors,thermocouples, and RTD's each FDA compliant for contact with food and meet appliance requirements are available as standard items or ones precisely engineered to your application.

Configuration example:

WH132 Series
0-100 PSIS
4-20mA output signal
316L SS with internal restrictor
CE

WH131 Series
0-100 PSIS
4-20mA output signal
316L SS with internal restrictor
CE

WH311 Series
0-100 PSIS
4-20mA output signal
316L SS with internal restrictor
CE

WH132 Series
0-100 PSIS
4-20mA output signal
316L SS with internal restrictor
CE

• FDA Compliant for contact with food
• Custom Engineered, off the shelf solutions and same day availability
• Long life, High Reliabilty and Repeatability
• Wide variety of Food Grade material available (316SS, Polyproylene, Kynar)

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