Food & Beverage

The food and beverage industries place a strong emphasis on maintaining high hygiene standards in their production processes, often incorporating on-site wastewater treatment facilities. In these industries, production lines frequently rely on real-time pH monitoring from a central location. Additionally, many food and beverage packaging lines, like those in the beer industry, employ Clean-in-Place (CIP) sanitation systems, which necessitate online non-contact conductivity or concentration meters.

Consistency is paramount in ensuring the uniform taste and quality of beverages such as beer and soft drinks. In soft drink production, food and beverage instrumentation is instrumental in monitoring and measuring the concentration and addition of flavorings and other additives. Breweries use sensors and other instrumentation to oversee consistency throughout the brewing process. This entails monitoring pH levels, tracking mash temperatures, and observing the fermentation and filtration processes.

Given the critical role of water quality testing in this industry, manufacturing facilities typically feature in-house laboratories. These on-site labs perform more precise measurements than those obtained from inline monitors. In addition to selecting the appropriate meter, users must also pair meters with the right electrodes.

Furthermore, due to the biological treatment of food waste, the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) content in the waste can be quite high and necessitates proper treatment before discharge into the common wastewater system. Consequently, Hydro-Air has a rich history of providing reliable instrumentation for wastewater treatment plants, spanning from the initial stages to the end of the treatment process.