Food & Beverage
Temperature and pressure solutions for food and beverage operations
Applications of Measurement and Monitoring Technology
In the food and beverage industry, one of the greatest challenges companies face is preventing product contamination. Whether a company produces soda pop and vegetable soup or popsicles and veggie chips, its food and beverage products must be safe for consumption. Measuring and monitoring technology—e.g., temperature, pressure, and flow instruments—help company employees achieve and maintain the proper conditions during processing, transportation, and distribution operations, ensuring consumable materials remain safe and healthy.
Ashcroft temperature and pressure instruments are used in a wide range of food and beverage industry applications, including:
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Importance of Measurement and Monitoring Technology for the Food and Beverage Industry
Measuring and monitoring instruments benefit food and beverage companies in several ways, including:
- Regulatory compliance. Food and beverage products must be safe for consumers. Regulatory standards help ensure product safety by providing guidelines about the design, construction, and/or maintenance of processing equipment, packaging, and more. Overall, the focus is on achieving and maintaining sanitary conditions. The instruments integrated into facility equipment and systems are also subject to these standards; they must be designed and built to prevent contaminant buildup and facilitate cleaning and sanitation operations. If selected, used, and maintained properly, they help companies maintain the right conditions within their facilities.
- Process optimization. Instrumentation helps operators determine whether a system could and should be further optimized. By making these changes carefully, they can achieve better processing effectiveness and efficiency.
- Cost savings. Measuring and monitoring instruments help food and beverage companies ensure their products are safe for consumers. Without it, companies face the risk of losing money on contaminated batches or, if contaminated products make it to the distribution phase, consumer lawsuits.
Ashcroft specializes in the development, engineering, manufacturing, testing, and calibration of measurement and control instruments. Our familiarity with the demands of the food and beverage industry allows us to produce sanitary products that fully comply with strict regulatory design guidelines (e.g., 3-A Sanitary Standards). Industry professionals know they can rely on us to provide high-quality instrumentation solutions that accommodate their needs.
Why Partner with Ashcroft?
At Ashcroft, we are a premier source of temperature and pressure instrument solutions for customers in the food and beverage industry and beyond. By partnering with us for their instrumentation needs, they benefit from our:
Our experts are committed to providing sanitary instruments that help keep food and beverage facilities free from contamination. Our Custom Engineered Solutions (CESSM) and Critical Application Solutions Experts® (CASE®) allow us to design and develop customized solutions for some of the toughest industry challenges.
We provide product solutions that meet a variety of national and international standards, including ISO 9001, ATEX, CE, UL, and FM. Our instruments for the food and beverage industry—such as all-stainless steel pressure gauges, compact pressure switches, transducers, and thermometers with sanitary thermowells—also comply with 3-A Sanitary standards to ensure product integrity and consumer safety.
Our experience enables us to identify inefficiencies within a facility and provide appropriate recommendations to reduce operational expenses.
Trust in the Ashcroft Experts
At Ashcroft, we are here to help you identify the right temperature and pressure instruments and understand how they can benefit your food and beverage operations. For accurate and reliable product solutions for your critical applications, you can trust us with the success and safety of your project.