Real-time hygiene testing
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Key Diagnostics Pty Ltd
The SystemSure Plus rapid hygiene system is a cleaning validation tool that provides an answer in seconds. It is a palm-sized system that is easy to use, with applications in large and small food processors, hospitals, restaurants, supermarkets and other industries where rapid detection of contamination is critical. It allows companies to determine the cleaning efficiency and hygienic status of surfaces and water, ensuring product quality.
Brewery automation
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd
Braumat Compact has been designed for start-ups and smaller brewery projects, while Braumat Plus, with its integrated plant asset management, is suitable for large brewery projects. Both packages are based on the Siemens Simatic PCS 7 process control system, which can be deployed in a variety of industry sectors.
Jet cleaning head
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Matrix Process Solutions Pty Ltd
The Toftejorg TZ-82 Rotary Jet Cleaning Head provides a tank cleaning diameter of up to 60 m.
Single function controller
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd
The Wallace & Tiernan Single Function Controller (SFC) is a single measurement unit which is suitable for the measurement and control of disinfectants, allowing devices such as dosing pumps, electric stroke positioners and continuous actuators to maintain accurate and measured concentrations.
Cooking oil quality measurement
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Testo Pty Ltd
The electronic testo 265 oil tester is a compact, electronic handheld instrument that is suitable for daily use. The main part of the instrument is a sensor developed by Testo, which can be immersed directly in the hot cooking oil. After approximately 25 to 30 s, the instrument shows the number of polar components directly in the display. The current cooking oil temperature is shown in a second display line. Two limits, which trigger a light-emitting diode whose colours depend on the oil quality, can be set in the instrument making operation easy.
Acrylamide mitigation
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: DSM Food Specialties
DSM Food Specialties’ PreventASe has been given regulatory approval for its use as a processing aid in Australia and New Zealand. This latest approval for PreventASe opens up a key market; clearly demonstrating its commercial viability and international application as an effective method of acrylamide mitigation.
Safe and non-toxic sanitiser
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Citrox NZ Ltd
Citrox is a natural safe and effective replacement for toxic sanitisers. It is a wholly natural biocide intermediate, which has been developed from soluble bioflavonoids taken from immature oranges.
Cooker-extruder
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: SPX FLOW TECHNOLOGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
The Baker Perkins SBX Master twin-screw cooker-extruder is a solid barrel extruder offering process flexibility through a modular barrel design and a high torque motor and gearbox combination.
Quality assurance software
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Sartorius Stedim Australia Pty Ltd
The Sartorius ProControl@Informer software module has been released for the Sartorius ProControl for Windows (SPCfWin), a QA system that can collect process data on a wide variety of quality attributes in samples with individual values, as well as in condensed form from dynamic checkweighers.
Level detector and flow actuator
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: SanTron (Aust) Pty Ltd
The Microprecision Electronics MP300 switch series feature an attached floater actuator for easy liquid detection in industrial refrigeration and other process control applications. By adding a floating polypropylene ball mounted on a stainless steel level actuator to a switch from the V3 size MP300 switch series, Microprecision has designed a simple solution that accurately determines when a specified liquid level is reached. Once the switch is activated, the MP300 switch series can trigger a signal as an input for a PLC or directly switch power of up to 6 A.
Handheld hygro-thermometer
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Practical Control Solutions
The GFTH95 digital hygro-thermometer is suitable for fast response measurements of atmospheric humidity and temperature in EDP rooms, storage rooms and production rooms, as well as for checking the performance of air conditioning and cooling plant.
Electromechanical drive
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Festo Limited
The EGSA linear actuator features a spindle-driven cantilever axis. The EGSA reduces cycle times to the minimum. High-performance mechanical components and a wide choice of motors ensure the device suits the needs of any application.
Compressed air usage audit
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: CompAir (Australasia) Limited
CompAir’s Airnergy Analysis provides a totally integrated and comprehensive demand side audit of a business’s compressed air usage with a full measurement of energy use, actual airflow rates and pressures.
Real-time process control for food processors
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Omni Instruments
Real-time process control for food manufacturing has come closer, due to pioneering research work at University College Dublin into viscosity measurement techniques for characterising the flow and mixability of highly non-Newtonian fluids. At the heart of the researchers’ experiments is the TorqSense transducer made by Sensor Technology in Oxon, which monitors the constantly changing flow characteristics of materials as diverse as tomato sauce, chocolate, pasta sauce and chicken tikka massala as they are mixed.
Check-metering kit
01 April, 2009 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd
The Sitrans FUP1010 check-metering kit is a portable clamp-on unit, designed for the water and wastewater industry to measure the performance of existing flowmeters with accuracy, performance, versatility and compatibility.
