STORAGE
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Picture 1: In a silo plant actually designed to move three million tonnes of wood pellets, shows the Agromatic solutions being incorporated
The importance of temperature monitoring
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gromatic AG was founded in 1979 in Switzerland by a group of experts from the grain industry with electronic backgrounds. The operational business started with the development and manufacturing of temperature monitoring systems for silos and level indicators. The monitoring systems supplied by Agromatic received wide acceptance right from the start and the company closed its first operational year with a positive result. The key milestones for the company include: • 1982 the first automatically regulating dampening system for grain has been supplied to an Austrian mill • 1984 erection and move-in of own company building • 1986 opening of subsidiary in Germany • 1987 opening of different country representations • 1991 operational business in Austria At the same time new monitoring units and products were evaluated, designed and manufactured. Nowadays, Agromatic manufactures about 230 different units for the grain and feed processing industry. The range of its own developments has been enlarged by adding specially selected external products, which are partly marketed under the name of Agromatic. Before an ‘external product’ is introduced to the market by Agromatic, it undergoes extensive quality testing. “The continuing success we are achieving proves that we can solve the problems of our customers, increase the quality of their
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products and optimise the efficiency of their production,” says the company.
Products for the grain industry
Improved and continuous monitoring of temperature during storage is essential and has been a goal of Agromatic development since the company’s beginning in 1979. Managing grain throughout the storage process pays off. It is necessary to enhance the quality control of grain from production to processing. Thus, safety of grains has to be maintained at every stage, thst is from harvesting, in storage, through transportation, processing and storage of processed food. Often storage quality control is adversely affected due to a number of prevailing circumstances such as: • Unintended temperature effects • Missing competence and management regulations • Failure to adhere to regulations Nowadays, the most important considerations are to avoid include: personal injury, damages or the ignition of an explosive atmosphere; following all equipment safety procedures during commissioning and respecting necessary security requirements; complying with all specifications in the ATEX directives, as well as international standards and insurance cover recommendations.
Renewed certification
Agromatic is pleased to announce it has renewed certification for all silo temperature cables and control systems, achieving its new ATEX accreditation.