Food and Beverages

Knick advises and supports companies in the food and beverage industry around liquid analysis with process reliability. pH, oxygen, and conductivity are the most frequently used critical parameters for optimizing these processes.

With a wide product range of sensors, industrial transmitters, fittings, and cleaning and calibration systems, Knick provides custom solutions and services.

Product Safety and Quality Remain a Major Challenge

Quality assurance in the food industry consists of monitoring and controlling various parameters in order to ensure that the products meet the desired quality standards and are safe to ingest.

The requirements for measuring technology include all hygienic aspects (SIP and CIP capability), preventing glass breakage, and continuous measurement since food is produced on many lines with high throughput. At the same time, fats, oils, and viscous media make it difficult for sensors to work. Here, the trend is toward fully automated measuring loops that include the cleaning and calibration of pH sensors.

Beer Brewing

Sugar

Dairy

Chocolate

Why Knick?
Knick supplies everything from portable transmitters for the laboratory or sample measurement in the field to fully automated in-line measurement solutions with sensor maintenance – everything from a single source. Of course, they are hygienic, safely isolated from the process, and glass-free.

Related Applications

Monitoring Brewing Processes

The taste and quality of beer are highly dependent on the quality of the water used for brewing it. It is determined by pH and conductivity measurements.

Monitoring Sugar Production

Sugar production places extreme requirements on pH sensors. As early as the beet washing phase, it is important to monitor the pH value since the lime is metered on the basis of the pH measurement.

Customer Success Story Azucarera

A successful cooperation for more than 10 years - Reduced maintenance and increased accuracy through automated pH measurement with cleaning and calibration

Quality Control for Raw Milk Delivery

High quality requirements are placed on raw milk, and online monitoring of truck unloading procedure at the dairy prevents inferior quality (sour milk) from spoiling the entire stock of the storage tank.

Monitoring Raw Water Inlet

Quality control of the raw water used in the treatment of drinking water is key.

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