Portable temperature monitoring
PRODUCT FOCUS AUGUST 2016 In every edition of Milling and Grain, we take a look at the products that will be saving you time and money in the milling process.
Digital temperature sensor lances and portable handheld readers make it easy and affordable to monitor the temperature of grain, hay, or silage. Detect hot spots and spoilage in grain where cables are either impossible to install, cost prohibitive, or are just needed on a temporary basis. The rugged digital temperature sensor lance can be used to measure the temperature of grain in piles, warehouses, barns, railcars, wagons, trucks, or ships. It can also be used to detect high temperatures in hay or silage that could lead to combustion or compromised quality. This solution requires no power, no installation, and can be set up quickly and easily. Simply insert the lance into the grain, wait a few minutes, and the current temperature is displayed on the handheld reader. Alternatively, up to 20 lances can be inserted and daisy-chained together and left in place for longer term monitoring. Temperature data history can be transferred to a PC using a memory stick that comes with the handheld reader.
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Perten IM 9500 Whole Grain NIR Perten Instruments’ IM 9500 Whole Grain NIR with Results Plus software tests whole grains for constituents such as moisture, protein, and oil in 25 seconds – making it the fastest NTEP approved analyser. The instrument is rugged and designed for use in elevator and grain processing environments. In combination with NetPlus Remote, users can administrate multiple instruments from anywhere in the world. NetPlus Reports allows users to view data from web-enabled devices 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Instruments are fully networkable allowing users to view single or multiple instruments’ results from any net connected device. Additionally, the IM 9500 is supplied with a synthetic sample to monitor hardware by checking wavelength scale, path length and test weight quickly and simply. It comes with a 5 year warranty on the monochromator, a spare lamp for maximum up-time, and includes all available calibrations at no additional cost.
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MPE Chain-Vey
Roto-Disc II spherical valve
MPE’s Chain-Vey ® is ideal for the unique layouts and tight constraints of brewery facilities, but also provides a unique alternative when it comes to the transportation and clean-out of Spent Grain.
Roto-Disc, Inc, now offers a spherical valve for applications where the valve outlet has to mate to a downstream flange that matches the valve’s inlet orifice. When provided with an optional Inlet Flange Adaptor, the Roto-Disc II can mate to common ANSI 150# Flanges on both the inlet and discharge side, eliminating the need for flange and piping transitions while maintaining a full-orifice valve solution. Typical applications include hopper fill & discharge, blender discharge, loss-in-weight feeder re-fill, bulkbag unloading and other gravity or low-pressure applications.
Traditional cavity or fluid pumps used to transport spent grain to outdoor silos require more than routine maintenance and spare parts, eating into a brewery’s production time and bottom line. The Chain-Vey is the most reliable and robust conveying solution on the market, and with its completely enclosed design, it can easily adapt between dry and semi-wet materials. Additionally, the ChainVey is considered a “no-touch” machine, requiring zero unscheduled maintenance per year and less than $100 per year in consumable parts. Spend less time on your spent grain.
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Like the Roto-Disc, the Roto-Disc II slices through material build-up and wipes itself clean with each cycle. The sealing surfaces are not exposed to the flow of material and there are no hidden places inside for material to build-up. The valve maintains all other essential features of the original Roto-Disc spherical valve and all spare parts are interchangeable with equivalent sized Roto-Disc valves. The Roto-Disc II can be supplied in Airlock/Double-Dump assemblies for processing material into and out of differential pressure environments. Roto-Disc also offers a full line of splitter/convergers and piping and flange process transitions.
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