Inductive Conductivity Measurement Sensors

The inline analysis of media based on their conductivity values enables automated, high-precision operation in many applications.

Here are examples of typical applications:

• Product differentiation
• Phase separation
• Process control
• CIP media concentration control

Product differentiation:

the distinction of liquids within one second ensures the correct processing, storage or filling of products, such as:

• different fruit juices and juice mix drinks
• product and water, e.g. when flushing beer, wine, milk or water

Phase separation:

the continuous media analysis enables real-time inline CIP stage control.

• The phase separation in real time between water - caustic - acid - product ensures a verifiable, safe, efficient and resource-saving phase transition and cleaning quality.
• These media can be passed on or returned to the stacking tanks in the highest possible purity by means of precise and accurate conductivity measurement. The multiple use of the cleaning media also ensures maximum cost efficiency and protection of the environment.

Process control:

by continuously measuring the conductivity value, a deviation of the actual value from the specified target value can be detected with very high accuracy and immediately signaled.

• If the conductivity and thus the concentration of a CIP cleaner falls below a certain specified concentration value, the cleaning quality is impaired
• If the value rises above this, additional costs are incurred
• During the last rinsing cycle with water, it can be monitored if there are still residues of cleaning chemicals in the rinse water

CIP media concentration control:

For an optimal and reproducible cleaning result, each cleaning agent must be adjusted to the specified value by re-dosing with concentrate and fresh water. This is ensured by the highly precise conductivity measurement with the ILM-4 in a separate process line.

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In a variety of production processes and in CIP Systems,  CIP skids in dairies, breweries, the beverage industry, wine production, juice production and other food companies, integrated conductivity probes can measure liquids according to qualitative criteria in-line, in real-time and fully automatically. Ideal applications are:

• Differentiation of products such as juices and other liquids in a fast and reliable way, according to their conductivity and their monitoring in the process (automated phase separation in real time). Result: Maximum resource efficiency
• Differentiation of CIP agents in the CIP process in real time to discharge them or return them to the respective stacking tanks (automated phase transition). Result: Maximum cleaner efficiency
• Monitoring of the concentration of CIP cleaning solutions in the ongoing CIP process, detection and signaling of any deviations between nominal and actual value. Result: A verifiable cleaning quality monitored according to hygiene requirements
• Control and dilution of the concentration of caustic and acid in the stacking tank to the specified value, e.g. 1.5%. If after several CIP cycles the actual value deviates from the specified value, automatic dilution by conductivity measurement with ILM-4 ensures correct cleaning at all times. CIP-Process deviates from the nominal value, an automatic sharpening by the conductance measurement is included ILM-4 correct cleaning at all times. Result: A verifiable cleaning quality monitored according to hygiene requirements