fabrelac wins "Best Practice in Process" Award for Automation Solution with OPTIQUAD Analysis System
The Belgian cheese manufacturer fabrelac receives the "Best Practice in Process" award from ITM magazine for an automation project for continuous monitoring and control of product composition.
Günter Pinkowski, Vice President Marketing KROHNE, and Jos Peters, Managing Director of fabrelac, with the ITM award "Best Practice in Process".
KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH
Changes in composition are a constant challenge for anyone working with natural products such as milk, which have large variations in fat and protein content. In order to guarantee a comprehensive process control, fabrelac was looking for an inline measuring solution for continuous monitoring and control of the product composition.
The cheese manufacturer based in Bree, Belgium, turned to KROHNE for this purpose and after a successful pilot project to monitor the quality of the raw product with the OPTIQUAD-M 4050 W, fabrelac decided to equip the production lines with the inline analysis system: Today fabrelac uses a total of 10 OPTIQUAD-M systems for monitoring and controlling the product composition as well as an OPTIQUAD-WW 4050 W for measuring the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the waste water. fabrelac decided to lease the systems from KROHNE, a special financing option for OPTIQUAD systems.
The ITM jury appreciated fabrelac's innovative approach to automation, not only because of the advanced process control and the results achieved, but also because the challenge involved both sides: fabrelac and KROHNE worked closely together to implement this application to determine the relevant parameters for each application and make them available in the process control system. Thanks to the use of inline analyzers, the company guarantees high product quality and uniform product composition documented throughout all process phases, while at the same time increasing the degree of process automation.
The OPTIQUAD-M 4050 W is a spectroscopic analysis system for continuous inline measurement of protein, fat, lactose and dry matter in dairy products, including cheese. The instrument works with up to 12 wavelengths (UV/VIS/NIR/IR - from 200 to 4000 nm) and combines up to four optical principles (transmission, scattering, fluorescence and refraction). The underlying calibration is automatically calculated from application-specific reference data.
Following the same functional principle, the OPTIQUAD-WW 4050 W is a spectroscopic analysis system for the continuous inline measurement of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the waste water of dairies or cheese dairies.
About KROHNE:
KROHNE is a supplier of complete solutions for process measurement technology for measuring flow, mass flow, level, pressure and temperature as well as for analysis tasks. Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Duisburg, Germany, the company employs over 3,000 people worldwide and is represented on all continents. KROHNE stands for innovation and highest product quality and is one of the market leaders for industrial process measurement technology.
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