Food ingredients

Preprocessing

Sugar and flour serve as the basic ingredient of many types of foods. These bulk solids are stored in silos up to 20 m high. Filling and emptying is frequently carried out via pneumatic systems which transport the product with a feed pressure of approx. +0.7 bar from the large outer silos to the decentralized production lines. Once the products arrive there, they are stored in smaller, 4 m high containers and kept ready for further processing.

Continuous level measurement in the outdoor silos with VEGAPULS 68

A VEGAPULS 68 radar sensor is deployed for continuous level measurement in the high outdoor silos. The non-contact radar measuring principle is immune to dust and noise, even during filling.

Monitoring the pressure in the pneumatic conveyer with VEGABAR 52

Conveying speed and line pressure are regulated with the help of a VEGABAR 52 pressure transmitter. Due to the abrasive medium, the VEGABAR 52 with ceramic measuring cell is especially suitable for this task. The front-flush installation also avoids clogging of the pressure fitting.