In the food and beverage industry, the ability to accurately and reliably measure the level of materials in storage tanks and process vessels is essential, as it helps to reduce product loss and maximize production capability. Manufacturers also need to consider vital criteria, such as compliance with the industry’s stringent hygiene and food safety standards and compatibility with the process conditions and tank layout for the different applications.
Application: Stirring and mixing tanks with agitators
Challenges: Agitators, turbulence, foam, CIP/SIP processes
Solution: Rosemount 1408H Non-contacting Level Transmitter
Application: Tanks or vessels where wort ferments into beer.
Challenges: Foam, CIP/SIP processes
Application: Small open batch and/or storage tanks that contain various food ingredients
Challenges: Quick filling, possibly low DC, narrow tank geometry, no process connection.
Application: Tanks used to prepare and store cleaning agents and water
Application: Storage tanks that can be found in any industry and in different points of the process
Challenges: Measurement through a tank roof, narrow installations with metal beams on top of the IBC
Solution: Rosemount 1408A Non-contacting Level Transmitter
Additionally, the Rosemount 1408 offers a full breadth of connections, both for hygienic and non-hygienic applications. And it holds hygienic approvals that are required in the food & beverage industry, such as 3A, FDA, EHEDG.
Learn more about the Rosemount 1408H Non-Contacting Radar Level Transmitter on Emerson.com.
See the Rosemount 1408A Level and Flow Transmitter.
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