Developing more sustainable dairy processing
that maximizes efficiency and yield
The growing number of world
population, increasing consumer health
consciousness and longing for new
tastes make dairy producers diversify
their product range and increase
production capacities. Moreover, there
are strict food safety and process
hygiene regulations that dairy processing
must comply with. Finally, the highest
product quality, cost and resource
efficiency and overall operations
sustainability need to be taken care
of. All these goals can be successfully
achieved using in-line total solids or Brix
measurement.
In-line Brix and TS measurements with sanitary
process refractometer bring immediate results!
In-line Brix and TS measurements are
an indispensable tool for optimizing the
complete dairy line from the receipt of
raw material to the packaging of the
finished product.
Sanitary process refractometer
measurement of TS or Brix brings a range
of economical, operational and quality
improvement possiblities, namely:
• Optimal performance at every stage of
the process
• Quick response to product quality
deviations
• Reduction of energy consumption and
operational costs
• Compliance with legal milk composition
standards
• Automated accurate in-line dosing of
ingredients
• High product quality and safety
The Vaisala K-PATENTS® Sanitary
Refractometer is ideal for measuring
dairy fluids content offering the
following benefits:
• Temperature-compensated output
in Brix or any other preferred
concentration measurement unit,
such as dry solids (DS), total solids
(TS), density, Oechsle, Baume, etc.
• 1-second response time
• Certified to 3-A Sanitary Standard
• Ethernet and mA output signal for
control purposes
• Measurement unaffected by bubbles,
particles, or vibration
• Withstands high process
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temperatures (compact type up to
130°C (265°F) and probe type up
to 150°C (300°F)), clean-in-place
(CIP) and sterilization-in-place (SIP)
processes, and cleaning and rinsing of
facilities
• Sensor material made out of AISI 316L
stainless steel, protection class IP 67,
Type 4X (for outdoor use)
• Operates across the full range of
0–100 Brix
Learn more details on how the process
refractometer can substantially
improve dairy processing operations by
downloading the new free Dairy eBook on
In-line total solids measurement in dairy
fluids processing.