Category: Food/Beverage
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Magnetic Flow Meter Basics
A magnetic flow meter, also referred to as mag flow meter or magmeter, is a volumetric flow meter that measures liquids or liquid slurries that have a minimum conductivity of 5 µS/cm. Magnetic flow meters will typically not work with hydrocarbons, distilled water, non-aqueous solutions and non-conductive solutions. Magnetic flow meters utilize Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic…
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Assured Automation to Exhibit at 2019 Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America
April 8, 2019 – April 11, 2019 Location: Colorado Convention Center – Denver, CO Assured Automation Booth: 21090 The Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) is the only industry event that serves both brewpubs and packaging breweries. This is an annual show that travels to different cities each year. The Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America® is presented by…
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Piggable Ball Valves
3 Way Piggable Ball Valves Save Time and Money in Pigging Systems Problem: A major pet food manufacturer was designing a pigging system to clean process lines after product runs. A piggable ball valve that would launch a pig in two possible directions was required. Pigging refers to the practice of using devices known as “pigs”…
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Valves for Craft Brewing Applications
Field trip to Beach Haus Brewery: the brewing process and automated valve selections What could be better than sampling beer at a craft brewery on a beautiful Friday afternoon at the Jersey shore. Some would call it playing hooky but I prefer to call it building a good customer relationship. Consisting of a production facility,…
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Flow Meters for the Craft Beer Brewing Process
Digital Flow Meters for Beer Brewing Assured Automation offers flow meters for use in the craft beer brewing process. For reliable performance, flexibility and endurance, brewers and distillers require flow meters which can deliver an extended cycle life with minimal space requirements. The TM Series light duty digital flow meter, G2 Series stainless steel meter…
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3 Way Ball Valve Package for Pet Food Manufacturer
A pet food manufacturing plant required a sanitary diverter valve with no cavities to divert their process between two cook tanks. Assured Automation proposed a custom 3 way ball valve package. The assembly included a 3 way, cavity free diverter ball valve, spring return pneumatic actuator and a FM approved explosion proof limit switch. This valve package solved the flow…
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Beer Brewers Use Assured Automation G2 Series Flow Meters to Maintain Consistent Quality
Problem: A craft brewery was looking for a multi purpose meter to accurately measure hot water added into the mash tank as well as measure chemicals during the cleaning process. The staff was looking for a versatile meter that would be easy to install in-line, included an easy-to-read display and could be mounted in different…
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Pro Golfers Take A Swing At Brewing
While overall beer sales have remained flat in the US over the past two years, the craft beer industry has risen from 10% of the 2012 beer market and is predicted to capture 20% by the end of 2014. Craft brewers are small, independent brewers who use traditional brewing ingredients and typically impart their own…
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Assured Automation’s FM Fire-Safe Fusible Link Valves
FM Fire-Safe Fusible Link Valve Protects Refineries and Chemical Processors from Fire Hazards The FM Fire-Safe Shutoff fusible link valve assemblies from Assured Automation are API 607 and Factory Mutual approved for flammable liquids, and are commonly used to: To shut down hazardous lines when fire occurs, and Activate sprinkler systems to control fire These…
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Brewing Industry Leaders Rely on Valves & Flow Meters to Improve Batch Quality
Valve Solutions for the Brewing Industry Beer brewing is an art form that utilizes microbiology, chemistry, engineering and mathematics, the perfect mix of these disciplines ends in a consistent, high quality beer. For reliable performance, flexibility and endurance, manufacturers require valves and flow meters which can deliver an extended cycle life with minimal space requirements.…
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Emergency Block Valves with Fusible Links & Electro-thermal Shutoffs Increase Safety Factor
The FM Fire-Safe Electro-Thermal Link ball valve is activated by either heat or signal from smoke detector to dump flammable fluids to another source. The fire safe thermal shutoff closes to prevent fueling of a fire in petroleum and chemical processing plants. In his presentation on Emergency Block Valves (EBV) to the AIChE sponsored Global…
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Soft Drink Bottling Facility Uses Kates Flow Rate Controller
Kates automatic flow control valve instrumental in maintaining constant flow rate in Beverage plant Industry: Beverage (SIC code: 2080-1) Application: Treating water from a filtration system to be injected with CO2 to provide carbonation. It is then fed to a proportioner where syrup is added to produce the soft drink. Where in the process: Assured…