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Anderson-Negele’s intelligent sensing technology ensures consistent product quality throughout your production process. By automating operations, reducing energy and resource consumption, and minimizing downtime and food waste, our solutions help you achieve efficiency and sustainability. Just as raw material quality, recipes, and processes in dairy and cheese production vary, so do the requirements for measurement technology. That’s why we offer a comprehensive sensor range with customizable options to meet the unique needs of every application and business type—from regional milk and cheese producers to large industrial dairy plants. You’ll get precisely the performance you need—no more, no less.
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After the raw milk has been received, the product is stored in a buffer tank until it is processed. When installed in insulated tanks, the sensors must take the wall depth into account. In the case of external tanks, they must also be able to withstand climatic conditions.
Various systems such as separators or centrifuges are used to separate cream from skimmed milk and to remove impurities at the same time.
Homogenization is only possible with controlled pressure.
To produce milk or dairy products with a desired fat content, cream and homogenized skim milk are mixed together again.
The products are made shelf-stable by heating them to precisely specified temperatures for a short time.
At many points in the dairy process, the product needs to be cooled to a certain temperature. Heat exchangers help to achieve this with the lowest possible energy consumption.
Many dairy products are fermented, often in aseptic vessels under pressure.
In both batch processes and continuous processes, you need to be able to control your recipes precisely.
Different filling systems are used for bottles, tanks, bag-in-box or other packaging. In bottle cleaning, sensors monitor the quality of the cleaning and the cleaning liquids.
Different sensors can be used to monitor the production of cheese specialties depending on the cheese process and the plant equipment.
In this process, the moisture is removed from the milk or whey in several drying cycles.
Fresh water control is crucial for high end product quality.
CIP systems in dairies can be designed as central or decentralized setups. To maximize efficiency, analysis sensors can monitor the return flow of cleaning media for contamination levels. When contamination is low, expensive cleaning agents can be automatically returned to the batch tank, while slightly contaminated rinse water can be reused for pre-rinsing in the next process. Conductivity measurement ensures precise monitoring and automatic control of cleaner concentrations.
Visit our CIP Control solutions page to explore how intelligent sensor technology supports resource-efficient, consistent, and reproducible CIP processes.
For a producer, reducing food waste not only means an ecological and ethical component, but also pays off in hard cash. Every liter of wasted resources means lost value. And every liter of product that ends up in the gutter even causes additional expense in wastewater treatment. Areas where intelligent instrumentation can help prevent losses include phase transition between two media, insufficient product quality due to processes that are not optimally controlled, inaccurate level control in storage or process vessels, and a CIP process that is not automated.
Our tip: Examine all your processes for their optimization potential.
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PMO stands for “Pasteurized Milk Ordinance”, a regulation that ensures that Grade “A” dairy products meet the highest safety standards in the US. The FDA issues a “Memorandum of Milk Ordinance Equipment Compliance” (M-b), a letter of conformity to show that a particular device/system has been found to be compliant with the requirements within PMO. This requires a comprehensive technical product review and in-depth evaluation of performance data by a regional Dairy Equipment Review Committee.
Our tip: We have M-bs issued for several products. This certificate confirms to the State Inspector that the device meets the standards and requirements within the PMO. If you use devices with M-b, you can confidently face the inspections.
Every production process has its specific requirements. In batch processing, instrumentation in the process vessel often conflicts with moving parts; here, factors such as installation situation, flushness, suitability for insulated tanks, and vibration resistance are important. In the continuous process, sensors are your “eye in the pipe,” your view into the process. For example, short response times, auto-adaptation to media changes, or automated error alarms are important success criteria.
Our tip: Thanks to a wide selection of sensor types and configuration options, our product range offers suitable technology for most requirements and production methods. Tell us your specific application, and we will be happy to help you select the best solution.
Anderson-Negele products are designed and built exclusively for food applications. Therefore, they meet all requirements for hygiene-sensitive production areas, as evidenced by certifications such as 3-A and EHEDG. This means maximum hygienic protection of your products, easy equipment cleaning, and ultimately, maximum peace of mind and enjoyment for your customers.
When it comes to process connections, we also offer a wide range of solutions that ensure hygienic integration into your plants through dead space-free design and superior material and surface quality.
Our tip: In addition to our “HYGIENIC BY DESIGN™” approach, which is the basis for all our products, we offer a range of specialized solutions. Process connections such as Thermowells or the CPM adapter series simplify hygienic installation and operation and can be retrofitted.
Most Anderson-Negele sensors with IO-Link are equipped with “Flex-Hybrid Technology,” i.e., digital IO-Link and analog 4…20mA communication in parallel. Even if the plant is operated analog, you can commission all sensors with only one software via computer. Specific programming can be easily transferred to other sensors by copy-paste. In the case of a sensor exchange, the entire individual programming is transferred simply by plugging it in.
Our tip: Flex-Hybrid technology allows for easier installation and commissioning. If you plan to switch to digital IO-Link technology later, there is no need to replace your sensors. Visit the IO-Link page on our website to discover the full range of our IO-Link solutions.
Many of our sensors are available in a “remote” version. The measuring device and the electronics unit with the operating display and transmitter are separated. This protects the electronics from vibrations and high temperatures and can significantly increase their service life. It is also extremely practical, as you can place the electronics and displays where they are most convenient and accessible for easy and quick reading or programming.
Our tip: With remote sensors, you can get the perfect overview of all processes and vessels without bending down or walking around, ensuring easy programming and longer service life.
Many customers use our sensors for a wide variety of everyday requirements. Discover how other dairies or cheese producers are successfully overcoming their challenges with Anderson-Negele sensors. Our case studies show how we have helped our customers achieve their goals through application consulting, product testing, or technical support.
Our tip: Our case studies can give you a small overview of various applications where intelligent instrumentation, used correctly, can make your work easier, improve quality, and reduce costs.
Let us bring solutions to you. Schedule an on-site consultation, and we’ll answer all your questions and help you find the right solutions for your needs. Contact us today!
They are indispensable in almost every step of dairy or cheese production and for CIP control. That’s why we offer our Temperature sensors in 2 standards (Big and Mini), with a comprehensive performance range and an infinite variety of customization, process connections, and options.
Keep optimum control of process or vessel pressure at all times. Thanks to many sensor options, you always find the most suitable solution for every application, requirement, and desired pressure measuring range, be it as an on-site display or for PLC connection.
Different temperatures, different vessel shapes, sometimes pressurized, different densities, different foaming media, different turbidity and solids contents – highly different requirements and dynamic changes influence the control of the filling level of your various vessels and containers. However, at any moment, you need to know exactly how much product is in the vessel or ensure that a vessel does not overflow or run dry. That’s why we offer different measuring techniques, designs, and options to get the best solution for every purpose and application.
Here’s how to keep control of your products, monitor your blending, and ensure the reliable operation of your plant: Precise flow control with electromagnetic flow meters. Flow monitors give an alarm when the flow stops and are ideal for monitoring pump systems, filters, cooling circuits, the CIP return or for detecting misdirected media.
Turbidity sensors are ideal for distinguishing liquids based on clarity and fat content. Are you looking to safeguard product quality with precise turbidity monitoring? Optimize your separator’s performance. Achieve maximum efficiency during the milk, cream, and whey phase transition. Save costs by reusing slightly contaminated CIP media? Reduce wastewater expenses through effective contamination monitoring. If so, our turbidity sensors are the perfect solution for your needs.
For active, automated phase transition, control of the CIP return of acid / caustic / water, and concentration control of the CIP cleaners, ILM-4 is your safeguard for process reliability.
For a wide range of sensor types, our connection systems offer a consistent hygienic installation concept: High-quality stainless steel or PEEK for all wetted components, simple and secure screw connection or even installation in Thermowells for sensor removal without disrupting the process.
Turn your vessel into a precision scale. When integrated level control systems fail, weighing systems come into their own. Load Discs give you full control of the contents, even with interchangeable containers for ingredients or additives.
Your key to greater efficiency: sensors with IO-Link in Flex Hybrid technology. These make planning, commissioning, and operating your plants easier, faster, and more flexible. For existing analog plants, Flex-Hybrid means easier programming, sensor changes with “plug-and-play,” and if you upgrade to IO-Link control at some point, the sensors are changed over just by plugging them in.
For continuous pasteurization systems like HTST, we have M-b’s issued for following Sensors and Process Recorders. For VAT Pasteurization we have an M-b issued for the complete VAT Pasteurization Controls Package. The entire range of certified products comprises:
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