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Reliable quality start with control: Instrumentation for soft drink production
Ensuring consistent product quality is a top priority for the beverage industry. In this context, product safety, exact dosing of the raw materials, monitoring of all critical process parameters, complete data recording, but also cost awareness are important factors. Innovative process instrumentation helps to meet these challenges, from delivery and dosing of the raw materials to blending and filling of the beverages.
Process overview
Application and process knowledge for soft drink production
Reliable soft drink production depends on consistent control of a key measurement parameters such as flow, level, pressure, temperature, density, conductivity and pH. Each step of the process, from degassed water supply to syrup preparation and carbonation has its own instrumentation requirements. This process map visualizes the relevant key parameters at each production step to support stable operation and consistent product quality.
Measuring points in the syrup preparation and mixing process
Measure the sugar concentration inline and manage your process in real time.
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Optimize quality with real-time measurement of sugar concentration
The sugar concentration is an important parameter for the consistent quality of a soft drink or juice. The concentration can be easily calculated by measuring the density or speed of sound. Inline measurement technology enables permanent quality monitoring based on real-time product data. This reduces time-consuming manual sampling and production downtime.
How does inline concentration measurement improve quality?
Endress+Hauser offers various technologies for precise inline concentration measurement in soft drink production.
- Determine fluid density in pipes using Proline Promass Coriolis flowmeters, such as Promass Q 300.
- Discover real‑time inline concentration measurement with Teqwave H by analyzing ultrasonic sound velocity and temperature, producing accurate °Brix values through optimized algorithms.
- Differentiate process media in real time using the density calculator QML51 in combination with point level switch Liquiphant FTL63 and a temperature sensor like iTHERM CompactLine TM311. The system performs in‑process density evaluation to reliably distinguish sugar‑based syrups, artificially sweetened syrups and pure water.
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Ensure product consistency with precise dosing of additives
The correct conversion of the soft drink recipe depends on the precise dosing of ingredients and additives. On the one hand, this has a direct influence on product quality and, on the other hand, it also guarantees efficient handling of cost-intensive raw materials.
Why is precise dosing critical in soft drink production?
Due to their low conductivity, it is necessary to use highly accurate flowmeters to dose additives, such as sweeteners, flavors or colors.
- Use Proline Promass F 100, the flowmeter with premium accuracy and an ultra-compact transmitter.
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Secure manufacturing compliance with digital data management
The key to product traceability lies in seamless data recording. It enables targeted monitoring and optimization of your beverage production process.
Enhance compliance and protect data integrity with Endress+Hauser data managers, which clearly visualize and securely store the recorded process values while ensuring FDA 21 CFR part 11-compliant access control.
- Select the right data manager from a large portfolio depending on your specific process requirements and application.
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Reduce product loss with innovative phase separation sensors
No more guessing: From now on, you know exactly what's in your pipes. Sensors for phase separation enable exact detection of the phase transitions between end products, discharge and cleaning media or the degree of contamination in the respective medium.
Optical sensors for precise inline color measurement in liquids detect even the slightest color changes. You can see whether and in what quality the product, cleaning agent or rinsing water are in the pipe.
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Maintain safety and quality with calibration services
Strict requirements and regulations in the food and beverage industry with regards to safety, quality and reliability make regular calibration a must. The focus is on measuring instruments that are integrated into a quality management system (e.g. ISO 9001, HACCP, IFS).
Improve efficiency with professional instrument calibration
Endress+Hauser's seamlessly traceable calibration - either on your premises or in our calibration laboratories - ensures long-term product quality, increases plant availability and increases the cost efficiency of your processes.
- Keep your soft drink production processes reliable and compliant with our calibration services.
Takeaway
Our offering in soft drink quality control for safe and stable production
Endress+Hauser understands the high demands and challenges faced by manufacturers of soft drinks. We offer a complete portfolio of hygienic flow, level, temperature, pressure and analytical sensors designed, manufactured and optimized for the food and beverage industry. Our common goal: increase, maintain and ensure product quality and consumer safety in the long term.
- Precise and reliable measurement technology optimized for the requirements of the beverage industry.
- Easy to clean and absolutely tight sensors. Ingress protection class up to IP69K available to withstand high pressure and steam cleaning.
- Hygienic sensors meet global sanitary standards and are certified according to EHEDG test procedure.
- Food contact material compliant to FDA "GRAS", EC 1935/2004 and China GB4806.
- Seamless integration into any control system.
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