Smart Sensor Solutions for Food and Beverage

Pressure, level, flow, conductivity and temperature - for these important variables for the efficient control of fluid processes, Baumer offers customers state-of-the-art sensor solutions with best-in-class performance.  Superior response times and reliable, accurate measured values help you to increase process quality and save resources. With smart, field-proven sensor solutions, you can easily detect air or gas bubbles in the system, continuously measure level, or accurately determine flow even at low speed, for example.

With our broad sensor portfolio, excellent technology, and application know-how we can solve your automation task quickly. Baumer sensors provide the required signals, data and information in the appropriate form and quality – whether you need conventional analog, digital IO-Link or Industrial Ethernet communication. This enables flexible and cost-efficient 24/7 production. An important part of this overall solution is software tools to quickly understand and use the functional diversity of smart sensors. Industrial Ethernet sensors from Baumer offer convenience with integrated web servers. IO-Link devices can be evaluated, visualized and parameterized independently of the manufacturer via the Baumer Sensor Suite. These tools ensure intuitive use of the sensor functions, accelerate engineering, commissioning, and maintenance. This enables the full potential of smart sensors to be exploited.

High process reliability in the control of machines and robots increases plant efficiency. Baumer position sensors and code readers are well suited for this requirement. Systems are ready for operation more quickly because the built-in “smart” functions save time from design-in to commissioning. The comprehensive Sensor Toolbox by Baumer for object detection, identification and positioning allows the selection of the most suitable sensor in each case. Applications across the entire factory automation spectrum, such as assembly and handling, packaging or intralogistics, can be solved.

Maximum accuracy and repeatability even in the most demanding applications. This is guaranteed by the potentiometric level sensor CombiLevel PLP70 thanks to its media independent measuring principle. Examples of this are processes with pasty, sticky or foaming media with extremely low conductivity that are difficult to measure. Thanks to its short response time, the PLP70 is particularly suitable for highly dynamic processes with rapid level changes in filling systems. The intelligent sensor automatically adapts to a wide range of media and offers convenient process monitoring thanks to the large touch display.

The unique PAD20 bubble sensor detects even the smallest air and gas bubbles in liquid media, thereby increasing resource efficiency, food safety and overall system efficiency. In addition to the food industry, it can also be used in industrial applications. For example, it optimizes the energy efficiency of cooling and heating systems and protects pumps from running dry. Thanks to precise early detection, it also avoids maintenance work and downtime.