Category: Food/Beverage
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From Manual to Smartest: How Automated Valves Streamline CIP & SIP in Food & Beverage Plants
In any food or beverage production facility, clean-in-place (CIP) and sterilize-in-place (SIP) systems are nonnegotiable components of process integrity and safety. As you know, plants must maintain strict sanitation standards to comply with regulatory agencies and avoid product recalls, contamination events, or shutdowns. This is why automated valves in CIP and SIP play an essential…
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Automation in Human and Pet Food Production
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics are dominating news headlines. Yet manufacturers of food, whether it be for humans or pets, automate their production lines with automated valve assemblies that are driven by PLCs, HMIs, and dedicated computers designed to handle the complex operations of a factory floor. The actuated valve assemblies controlled in this manner…
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Selecting Fire Safety Shut-down Valves
Thermal shutoffs prevent overheating, trigger fire suppression, and comply with safety regulations makes them an essential component of industrial fire prevention strategies.
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Assured Automation to Exhibit at the CBC 2024
Las Vegas, NV | April 21-24, 2024 Stop by and visit Assured Automation at Booth 1489 The Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) is America’s largest craft brewing industry show serving both brewpubs and packaging breweries. The Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America® is presented by the Brewers Association, a recognized leader in the national and international brewing…
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Multiport Valves for Food Processing Skids
Application: A major food processing company was searching for multiport valves to reduce the number of valves on their cooker skids and reduce the I/O for their control panels. This plant had hundreds of 2-way automated valves on their skids. The size of these cooker skids was consuming plant production space. The electrical panels for…
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Sanitary Valves for Alcohol Process Lines
Project Showcase: BFY Series tri-clamp butterfly valves ideally suited for alcohol process lines. Application: A leading beverage manufacturer was adding an alcohol-based drink to its product line. Current regulations regarding alcohol tanks in plant production areas required explosion-proof certified limit switches on automated valves. The existing sanitary valves did not meet the insurance provider’s FM…
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Flavor and Fragrance Company Upgrades To Automated System Utilizing Clustered Angle Valves
Problem: A flavor and fragrance (F &F) company was looking to upgrade its plant from manual pours to an automated system. They utilized almost 100 different liquids and minimizing the footprint of all these automated valves was a concern. The customer wanted a fast-cycling valve to ensure they hit their setpoints of each product pour…
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Using Interactive Flow Meter Configurators to Quickly and Easily Quote and Order
Whether you run a full-scale brewery or have a home brew setup, selecting, quoting and ordering flow meters quickly and easily is of paramount importance. How many times have you called a company for a quote and had to wait days for the salesperson to get back to you, only then to encounter further delays…
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CBD Oil Basics-Market Outlook and Production
Market Outlook & Production Overview It is estimated that the global market for cannabidiol (CBD) oil will grow from $967.2 million in 2020 to $5.3 billion by 2025. The global CBD oil market is mainly driven by growing research funding for cannabinoid research, legalization of CBD in various regions and the rising occurrence of chronic diseases and…
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Low-cost Easy to Use Batch Controller
The new ABC-2020 Automatic Batch Controllerfeaturing the BIG Blinking Blue Button OverviewFlows.com and Assured Automation announce the release of the ABC-2020 Automatic Batch Controller. It is low cost and extremely simple to use. It works with any meter that has a pulse output and either a valve or pump. The operator simply uses the arrow…
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Valves and Flow Meters for the CBD Industry
The global demand for cannabidiol (CBD) oil has been projected to grow from $900 million in 2020 to $5 billion by 2025. Currently the cosmetic and food industry segments accounts for more than half of the market but over the next few years the pharmaceutical segment is expected to expand significantly. With this increased demand for…
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Assured Automation to Exhibit at 2020 Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America
April 19, 2020 – April 22, 2020 Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio, TX Assured Automation Booth: 3017 The Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) is America’s largest craft brewing industry show serving both brewpubs and packaging breweries. The Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America® is presented by the Brewers Association, a recognized leader in the national and…