Reliable liquid detection is an essential requirement in many industrial sectors, including plant engineering. To meet these needs, Elesa introduced two new products: the HSC capacitive level sensor, suitable for conductive liquids such as water and non-conductive liquids such as oil/diesel, and the HSO optical level sensor, ideal for translucent liquids.

Food and beverage plants increasingly operate with a blend of equipment generations: legacy machinery that has served reliably for years, and newer automation technologies designed to enhance efficiency, traceability and sustainability. This hybrid setup gives manufacturers flexibility to modernise gradually, but it also presents a growing challenge: how to maintain ageing assets while integrating more advanced systems without disrupting production. The experts at CJS Automation explain.

Sensor specification is an important consideration when choosing process monitoring and control equipment. However, in the following article, Juhani Lehto from Vaisala explains why the quality of a sensor can be difficult to determine from a spec sheet alone.

Plant-based processing to produce meat alternatives raises the stakes for inspection, as Miriam Krechlok, Segment Marketing Manager, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection, explains.

Choosing the right pasteurisation regime and equipment for processing egg products is vital to minimise and prevent unwanted effects, as Matt Hale, Global Key Account Director, HRS Heat Exchangers, explains.

Start-up business Matta says it is building industrial AI for factory sentience - giving factories the ability to see, understand and improve themselves in real time.

Meat processing is raising the stakes for product inspection, as Miriam Krechlok, Segment Marketing Manager, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection, explains.

ifm introduces its new robust fail-safe inductive sensors, engineered for the food and beverage industry. The company says these all-metal sensors establish a new standard for safety and reliability in extreme conditions.

Fortunately for process managers, changes in the level of dissolved compounds in a liquid result in changes in the refractive index (RI) of that liquid. Vaisala's inline refractometers have exploited this phenomenon, providing accurate liquid measurements for many years in a wide range of industries.

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has unveiled the new X3 Series of bulk flow x-ray inspection systems, designed to deliver class-leading physical contamination detection, precision waste reduction and simplified operation.