Electricity + Control September 2017

Measuring and Regulation Technology in the Brewing Process

Markus Unglert, GHM Group

Sensors and measuring technology have become an indispensable part of nearly all sectors of industry and modern life.

T here is not a single industrial sector in which measuring, testing, monitoring or automa- tion is not used. This applies to everything from the recording of process variables in process technology to the analysis of product characteris- tics in the entire producing industry, such as the food and beverage industry. Sensors are used with increasing success in order to give products com- petitive features that set them apart without signif- icantly increasing production costs. In this high-tech field, Europe and Germany in particular play a leading role in terms of technolog- ical standard and global market share. Based on turnover, European providers cover about 35% of world demand for sensor products. The AMA Association for Sensors and Meas- urement Systems estimates the number of manu- facturers of industrial sensors and measuring sys- tems in Europe to be around 1 000 companies. In total, there are about 3 000 European companies that work in the field of sensors, including man- ufacturers, retailers, engineering offices and spe- cialised service providers. Against this backdrop, it is clear that measuring technology is a future-ori- ented sector with a high demand for innovation and is of existential importance for a country like Germany. This also means that companies must combine their strengths in terms of quality, pro- duction and innovation in order to succeed in the highly competitive world market. GHM Messtech- nik GmbH is one of these companies. In 2007 it developed the vision of combining different areas of expertise and profiling itself as a hidden cham- pion for the development of customer-oriented solutions that are appropriate for the market. The GHM Group, consisting of Greisinger, Honsberg,

Martens, Imtron and the Italian environmental measuring technology manufacturer Delta OHM, currently concentrates on the bundling of syner- gies of these five tradition-based companies. The Martens location has been focused on producing hygienic sensors for conductivity and temperature for several years. This has been expanded over time into a complete product portfolio of modern and extremely compact sensors for breweries and beverage producers. Two application examples from these areas are described. “We see many opportunities for our range of hygienic instrumentation in the South African food and beverage market,” commented Jan Grobler, Managing Director of GHM Messtechnik in South Africa. “From our hygienic flowmeters, level and temperature measurement devices through to our

precise and ac- curate benchtop measurement, we know that the accuracy, reliabil- ity and quality of our technology is what gives GHM Messtechnik the edge in this sec- tor,” Grobler said. Grobler add- ed: “We recently introduced the GHM Messtech- nik Turbidimeter, MAT 433/437 which is used for phase de-

Block Diagram: Equipment for Micro Breweries with GHM Messtechnik

GHM - ONE Multifunction Controller

GHM - CAT

GHM - CAT

Windows -Tablet Recipe

Windows - PC Laptop WLAN Gateway Ethernet

GHM Sensors GTL, MFI, MLP

GHM Sensors GTL, MFI, MLP, MLC

GHM Sensors GTL, MFI, MLP, MLC

GHM sensors MFI

HK

Lauter tun

Mash tun

GHM sensors MFI Piping Three-wayValve FlowVolume

501

Pump Levels

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