Food and Beverage
What is the food & beverage industry?
The food and beverage industry includes all companies and processes involved in transforming raw agricultural goods into consumable food or beverage products. The overall supply chain includes food manufacturing and processing, packaging, and distribution. This could be anything from fresh food, processed and packaged food, and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
What food and beverage applications have our products been used for?
Applications that our products have been used for include, temperature regulation, storage, dosing/mixing, filling/batching, cleaning, inspection/error detection and much more.
Our experience in the food and beverage industry includes dairy, soft drinks, soups, sauces, ready meals and more.
We can also advise our customers on process improvements and make suggestions to improve efficiency and reduce costs if needed.
See our blog post on improving flexibility in food and beverage manufacturing.We are experienced in supplying large projects and our in-house project procurement team manage the supply chain, ensuring all parts are delivered in time. This means our customers can focus on running their project rather than worrying about managing multiple suppliers!
If you are interested in products for the food and beverage industry, email [email protected] or call 0116 284 9900 and our product specialist can guide you.
What products do we offer for food and beverage manufacturing?
See below our range of FDA approved products and hygienic instrumentation.
KES-GB-FDA Cable Entry
KES-GB-FDA
- For cable diameters 3.2mm to 20.5mm
- Double Sealing to IP66
- FDA approved material, Ecolab approved - Hygienic design for wash down
- Polymide 6.6 Glass fibre reinforced core
- Integrated strain relief to EN62444
LIQUID-TIGHT-FOOD - Protective Metal Conduit
- Food safe PU seathing
- Special fibre sealing
- Liquid tight
- Cold strip galvanised steel / PU
US-FOOD metal connector
- For Flexa FOOD -series conduits
- Stainless steel
- IP68 rated
Ultra Flat Stainless Steel
Progress® ultraFLAT A2, Progress® ultraFLAT A2 HT
- Flush fitting
- A2 - AISI 303
- FKM seals (FDA approved) or FPM seals
- EHEDG certified for the food industry
- IP68 up to 10 bar, IP69
Definox - Pigging Valves and Systems
Valves and systems
- Developed from hygienic guidelines
- Primary use for Pigging systems
- The valves are particularly suitable for CIP cleaning
- For processes with high viscosity, fast curing media
- Definox® offers a fully integrated valve solution
Jung HYGHSPIN series pump
Hygienic twin scew pump
- Flow 30l/h to 300 m³/h
- Pressure up to 35 bar
- Viscosity up to 1,000,000 cSt
- Temperature -10°C to +130°C (180°C)
- Max. particle size 45mm
Anderson Negele - Inductive conductivity sensor, 3A
ILM-4 with I/O Link
- Direct measurement of concentration
- temperature compensated
- 4-20 mA conductivity / temperature outputs
- Fast temperature response time. T90, 15 ... 60 s
- Built-in display
Anderson Negele Turbidity Sensor ITM-51
ITM-51 & ITM-51R
- Infrared Backscatter Principle
- Measuring Range > 2000 NTU (> 500 EBC)
- Operating Pressure Max 16 Bar
- Approvals: FDA; 3-A
Other related products for your food or beverage production line
P Series, Beacon, Ø75mm
- Ø75mm, Modular beacon
- Steady, Flashing, Strobe and Multi-Coloured Strobe light options
- Wide control voltage range
SIGNAL TOWER Ø 70mm PC7
- Modular signal tower
- Ø 70 mm, Polycarbonate black
- Polycarbonate, amber, red, clear, blue, green, yellow or magenta
- LED steady beacon, LED flashing beacon, LED rotating beacon or LED multi colour beacon
Flush Non-Illuminated Pushbutton
Flush Head
- IP66 / IP69K
- Spring return or latching
- Optional text or symbol
Flush Illuminated Pushbutton
Flush Head
- IP66 / IP69K
- Spring return or latching
- Optional text or symbol
- Illuminate with LED blocks
One Piece Pilot Lights
Complete Pilot Light With Integrated LED
- IP66 / IP69K
- 12-24V, 115V, 230V ac/dc
- Compact 37.2 mm behind panel depth
- Long lifetime up to 100,000 hours
Control boxes, complete
Crouzet - BLDC SQ75 motor with integrated SMi22 CANopen drive
- 9→75 V dc, 310→600 W, 1000→1900 mNm, 1→5000 rpm *Motor only data*
- Speed, torque & postion control. CANopen network
- Holding Brake, Planetary & Worm gearboxes options available
- 2 Safe Torque Off (STO) inputs
- IP67 & IP69 as standard
Minimotor - DBS brushless servomotors with integrated drive
- Efficient and compact
- Saves seperate cable runs
- Up to 2.1Nm
- Open Bus protocols
- Reduce machine build components
Electromen - EM-269A BLDC motor 2Q drive 12-35 V dc, 2 A
- 12-24 V dc, 2 A continuous, 3 A peak
- Open & closed loop (hall sensor feedback) control operation
- Speed, direction, current limiting and soft start/stop control
- Compact, din rail mountable
Technosoft IPOS2401
Motion controller drive - 1A
- Power up to 24W, continuous and peak current 0.9A, power supply voltage 12-24VDC
- Built-in motion controller
- For brushed DC, BLDC and stepper motors
- Communication RS-232 (TMLCAN) and CANopen (default) or EtherCAT (optional)
- Open PCB design
IDEM Non-contact RFID locking switch MGL Stainless Steel
- Heavy or medium duty holding force
- Available in 316 grade stainless steel
- Operates with most safety relays to achieve up to PLe/Cat.4
- RFID master coded or unique coding
IDEM - Safety non-contact switch CMC-F
- Stainless steel housing
- Mounting screws from the bottom
- For demanding food applications
- Switching range - 14 mm
- No dedicated controller
IDEM Stainless steel IP69K guard locking switch KL3-SS-P2L
- Power to lock; spring to unlock mechanism
- Slim stainless steel body
- Suitable for applications where immediate unlocking is required
- IP69K enclosure protection
- 8 actuator entry positions
IDEM - Stainless steel IP69K guard locking switch KLT-SS-RFID
- Anti-tamper tongue technology
- Mirror polished Ra10 Stainless Steel 316
- Will fit on 73mm fixing centres
- IP69K
- LED diagnostics for Solenoid, lock/faults
Duelco - NST-2007F Safety Relay
- Safety Category 4 (PLe)
- 3 NO safety outputs
- 1 NC status output
- Status-/fault indication via LEDs
- Short circuit monitoring
Kubler Slip ring SR085B
- Compact modular system
- Speed max. 200 rpm
- Lifespan 500 million revolutions
- two-chamber system
Kubler Slip ring SR120
- Modular system
- Ethernet compatible
- Transfer speed up to 100 Mbps
- Shielded metal casing
Datalogic Matrix 320 Imager
- 2MP imager
- Detects 1D and 2D code types
- Frame rates up to 60fps
- Integrated communication via Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbit/s, Serial RS232/RS422FD, OPC UA
Computar VSW Series ViSWIR Lens
SWIR lenses Lite
- Designed for Visible + SWIR Imaging Sensors!
- Available in 5…50mm focal lengths
- 1/2" and 2/3" sensor size
- Designed for C mount cameras
Basler Racer Line Scan Cameras
GigE & Cameralink Line Cameras
- 2 k to 12 k resolution
- Up to 80 kHz Line Rate
- Monochrome Cameras
- GigE Vison Compatible
Datalogic P2x series smart camera
Most Powerful Smart Camera
- qHD (960x540) or 2MP (1920x1080) resolutions
- Interchangable lenses(upto 7.5mm), illuminators(36 or 14LED) and filters
- Mono or colour CMOS image sensors
- Rotating connectors
Datalogic SMART-VS
Smart sensor based on machine learning
- The first smart sensor based on Machine Learning
- Ease of use and installation
- Up to 150mm operating distance
- AI enabled and MLAS - Machine Learning Assisted Setting
- **PLUS version now available**
If you are interested in products for the food and beverage industry, email [email protected] or call 0116 427 0125 and our product specialists can guide you.
Alternatively,
See our blog post on improving flexibility in food and beverage manufacturing.
