Sensors Features

Innovative sensor solutions help food manufacturers achieve process optimisation

Innovative sensor solutions help food manufacturers achieve process optimisation

Achieving process optimisation while controlling (cutting) costs is a constant challenge for all manufacturers, especially in the food manufacturing sector. For example, frequently varying recipes, a huge diversity of ingredients, different textures and specific filling levels places high demands on process systems, in some cases pushing conventional instruments and components to their limits.

MEMS accelerometer performance comes of age

MEMS accelerometer performance comes of age

In the June/July 2016 Uptime article, “Condition Monitoring and MEMS Accelerometers: What You Need to Know,” several attributes of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers were presented that make the technology compelling for condition monitoring applications.

Joining the Industry 4.0 dots: The IO-Link encoder

Joining the Industry 4.0 dots: The IO-Link encoder

IO-Link is a breakthrough technology that has achieved rapid and widespread acceptance over the past five years and helped ‘join the dots’ for many industrial processes working towards Industry 4.0.

ToF sensor gesture recognition and distance measurement

ToF sensor gesture recognition and distance measurement

The competing proximity sensing technologies start with simple infrared and ultrasonic sensors, gradually working up to more complex sensor systems such as stereoscopic video cameras with neural networks.

Clever level switch helps the brewing process

Clever level switch helps the brewing process

Whilst many people would probably be familiar with the Carlsberg advertising slogan from earlier days they may not appreciate the history and scale of today’s Carlsberg brewing operation.

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