2. Solutions
  3. Food and beverage
  4. Sensors for storage tanks and silos

Together, we can guarantee food safety, availability and production planning capability for your business.

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Enhancing food safety from farm to fork

First in first out with reliable batch separation and raw material handling. 
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Reduction in inventory costs

Reliable material detection guarantees a high level of availability.

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Increase in productivity

Completely empty status warning from the silo or tank results in raw material savings.

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Improvement in product quality

Stable conditions guarantee high level of safety when handling raw materials and products.

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Long service life

Built for the application in question drawing on decades of experience, our sensor solutions support both indoor and outdoor applications.

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Everything from a single source

A comprehensive package of high-performance sensor technology from goods receipt to packaging.

Sensor solutions for storage tanks and silos

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Bucket conveyor blockage detection

A blockage can result in mechanical damage and unplanned production downtime. The CleverLevel LFFS limit level sensor reliably detects blockages and improves system availability.

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Lower blockage detection on bucket conveyor

A blockage can prevent the conveyor from starting up or cause it to stop during operation. The CleverLevel LFFS with sliding connection can be used to precisely align the measuring tip in order to detect a potential blockage at an early stage and initiate countermeasures.

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Silo overflow protection

Overfilling can damage the silo and cause elevators and conveyors to become clogged. This leads to production downtime and expensive maintenance work. The LBFS suspended version, which is installed from above with a special cable holder and is ATEX approved, is not only the safe choice, but also easy to install for any high-altitude application.

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Empty silo warning

The reliable detection function prevents mixing of different batches, thus contributing to food safety. The CleverLevel limit level sensor is reliable at detecting if a silo is empty, even if media is stuck to the tip of the sensor.

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Bridging detection

Bridging is a common problem when emptying silos. This can be reliably detected using an additional CleverLevel above the empty signal position.

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Big bag level measurement

Continuous measurement of the volume still available in a big bag unloading station provides greater certainty for production planning and prevents unplanned changes during production. Simply screw the DST20 strain sensor onto the existing structure to determine the volume of granules available.

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Empty big bag warning

A reliable empty bag handling system can be used for automatic bag replacement. The compact, minimally invasive design of the CleverLevel device ensures that the bag can be placed correctly at the very end of the emptying line, thus reducing the risk of residual waste.

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Spiral conveyor blockage detection

A blocked chain or screw conveyor can lead to long system downtimes. To improve system availability, the CleverLevel PL20H device with its compact hygienic design can be installed anywhere at the source of the disruption in order to detect or prevent potential blockages.

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Spiral conveyor empty warning

It is essential for product quality that each material is dispensed in its entirety. The CleverLevel in the outlet of the screw conveyor detects when all solids have been discharged, thus ensuring that the quality of the mixed product remains consistent.

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Head pressure measurement

Measuring the head pressure is half the battle when it comes to process reliability and avoiding system downtime. The pressure sensor PP20H with its dual-channel signalling is the ideal sensor for this application.

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Foam detection

When emptying and filling tanks, unwanted foam can cause the pumps to run dry or the tanks to overflow. The CleverLevel limit level sensor detects all types of foam and can prevent this.

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Hydrostatic pressure measurement

To improve the accuracy of hydrostatic level measurement in pressurised tanks, this should be carried out with high-precision pressure sensors that can take measurements regardless of the process temperature. Our hygienic pressure sensors combine high precision and robustness with ease of use.

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Hydrostatic pressure measurement

To improve the accuracy of hydrostatic level measurement in pressurised tanks, this should be carried out with high-precision pressure sensors that can take measurements regardless of the process temperature. Our hygienic pressure sensors combine high precision and robustness with ease of use.

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Tank temperature measurement

Accurate temperature measurement is critical in maintaining food safety, quality and viscosity. The CombiTemp TFRH temperature sensor with its bright DFON touch screen display alerts the operator with a colour change as soon as the temperature is outside the specified range.

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Tank temperature measurement

Accurate temperature measurement is critical in maintaining food safety, quality and viscosity. The CombiTemp TFRH temperature sensor with its bright DFON touch screen display alerts the operator with a colour change as soon as the temperature is outside the specified range.

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Empty tank warning

Ensuring that a tank is completely empty helps to save raw material, and reduce waste water and cleaning costs. Thanks to automatic parameterisation, the CleverLevel PL20H limit level sensor can automatically detect any type of medium and even suppresses foam and accumulations.

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Loss-free and automatic tank changeover

When emptying mobile aseptic tanks, gas bubbles can form in viscous media and interfere with empty status detection, often resulting in material being left in the tank. The PAD20 analysis sensor detects the volume of gas bubbles and determines the ideal changeover point for changing from one tank to the other to ensure that losses are kept to a minimum.

Free-flowing foodstuffs

  • Safety

Sensors that have been developed and certified for installation in explosion-proof environments protect the raw grain silo from explosions.

  • Greater transparency throughout the process

Proper mechanical integration of the CleverLevel device enables detection of bridging and cavity formation. 

Liquid foodstuffs

  • Reduction in cleaning time and improvement in food safety

Eliminate dead spaces with the BHC - Baumer Hygienic Connection to improve hygiene conditions and achieve greater cleaning capability.

Webinar: Implementing adaptable limit detection in a reliable manner
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How to implement clever level detection solutions - without any parameterisation work

Growing numbers of product variants and sudden changes in demand are some of the latest challenges in industrial and hygiene applications. Meeting such demands calls for flexibility in terms of system control.
The sensors ability to adapt to applications such as the reliable measurement of limit values is crucial in this respect. We will show you how to efficiently control processes involving frequent media changeovers or accumulation and even implement media differentiation, using the example of level detection.

Though the live webinar has already taken place, the video is available for streaming.

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Technology

Frequency sweep technology

Frequency sweep technology

Sensors operating on the frequency sweep technology reliably detect all media – whether solid, liquid or adhering. Learn more about this technology.

Mounting of level sensors

Mounting of level sensors

Find out how CleverLevel level switches with sliding connection are correctly installed in your system and what should be observed.

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IO-Link in process automation

Data is the most important basis for process and product optimization. Thanks to the digital IO-Link interface, valuable additional data can be made accessible. Learn more about how IO-Link can help you in process automation to optimize processes and make them more efficient.

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