High-speed batch dosing in filling lines, typically seen within the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, is a modern process that increases production throughput and efficiency, as well as saving on cleaning costs associated with traditional batching processes.
Historically, small turbine flowmeters have satisfied markets where reasonable volume batching is used, such as beer wall dispensing or ultra-pure water dispensing. These flow measurement devices have excellent response times and are highly effective for low viscosity dosing systems. However, turbine flowmeters do have moving parts within the flow line which can limit the life of the flow device due to mechanical wear and tear. Mechanical devices also require hygienic cleaning which adds to downtime and associated cost implications.
For processes requiring high-speed integrated batch dosing, ultrasonic flow meters, such as Titan’s Atrato® flow meter, provide an easy-to-clean system with no moving parts. However, as with all electronic flow devices, there is a trade-off between response time and affordability.
The goal of the investigative trials was to determine the optimum results for high-speed (at sub three second) batching using an electronic flow meter that can be achieved with an accuracy higher than ±0.5%. Titan worked with their ultrasonic device, the Atrato®, to resolve these and achieve a cost-effective solution for high accuracy, rapid batch control.
Significant increases in high-speed batching performance were shown using the Atrato® ultrasonic flowmeter, together with bespoke AI learning software, and an appropriate system set-up in laboratory conditions.
Neil Hannay, Titan’s Senior R&D Engineer, said “Our Research and Development is driven by helping our customers address challenges within their process systems. This could be enhancing existing technology and performance, trialling different materials and characteristics, or designing new flow measurement devices to meet specific customer needs and liquid flow conditions.”
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For Batching Processes in the Food & Drink Sector
Following the publication of a whitepaper, Titan reports on the considerations required when choosing a flow measuring device for batching control.
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Neil Hannay, Senior R&D Engineer at Titan Enterprises looks back on times of constraints with Covid-19 and Brexit, design improvements in flowmeters as well as their use in the production of biofuel.
For Batching Processes in the Food & Drink Sector
Titan’s Oval Gear range of flowmeters offer excellent chemical resistance whilst maintaining high performance and 0.1% repeatability
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They offer low-cost solution for liquid flow in the food & beverage industry
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Titan Enterprises have seen demand for their NSF-certified beverage and 800-series flowmeters grow significantly
The ideal choice for the metering of aggressive chemicals, including ultra-pure water
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They are the ideal choice for metering aggressive chemicals
Ideal for monitoring bar tap flow
Reliable flow monitoring of refrigerant liquids is a vital requirement for cooling equipment used in data centre facilities
Titan Enterprises offers special options for its Oval Gear flow meters to ensure safe operation in potentially explosive atmospheres
They offer low-cost solution for liquid flow in the food & beverage industry
Titan Enterprises have released video tutorials illustrating correct wiring of their pulse precision flow measurement devices to support customers with the installation of flow meters into their applications.
Contacted by IEN Europe, Neil Hannay, Senior Development Engineer at Titan Enterprises explains us what are the main challenges of metering fluid flow in Healthcare applications
Easy to clean between experiments in laboratory applications
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