Product safety is of the utmost importance in the dairy industry.
The origins of Milchwerke Schwaben go back a long way. As early as 1922, dairy farmers from Ulm decided to form a cooperative to produce their dairy products more efficiently. This merger resulted in a company whose products appeal to the taste of consumers not only in Germany but also worldwide.
For Milchwerke Schwaben, the farmers are not only suppliers of the valuable raw material milk, but even co-owners of the entire dairy. Over 800 milk suppliers deliver their fresh milk to the cooperative every day. They all have one thing in common: a passion for first-class dairy products!
Milchwerke Schwaben processes 410 million kg of milk and whey annually. On average, the nearly 200 employees produce 65,000 tons of yogurt and dessert specialties, 5,000 tons of butter, 33,000 tons of cheese, and 23,000 tons of milk and whey powder per year.
The problem: Without metal detection, no product safety.
The production of dairy products places the highest demands on the quality and safety of equipment and processes. Especially with a large number of suppliers, regular inspections are essential for a safe production process. The dairy industry has been a leader in quality and hygiene for years and fully assumes its responsibility for safe and high-quality products. And it is precisely according to this principle that Milchwerke Schwaben operates.
Metal detection at various control points is necessary to ensure the quality of dairy products. Butter and rice pudding, for example, are transported through raw pipelines before filling. To ensure that the products in the packaging are free of metal, metal detectors are used.
The solution: Metal detectors built into pipelines for safe end products
In various locations and different installation situations (horizontal or vertical) in production, P-SCAN RG metal detectors from Sesotec are installed for the transport of butter and rice pudding into the pipelines.
P-SCAN RG detects magnetic and non-magnetic metal contaminants at the highest level, thus ensuring product quality and protecting against complaints. The design in glass-beaded stainless steel with protection class IP 65 meets the standards of the food industry and can be easily adapted to any pipeline. The 34 different coil sizes for all common pipeline nominal widths allow perfect integration into existing production lines. The high-tech electronics GENIUS+ in combination with a metal detector is a highly precise, robust metal sensor. The automatic selection from two or three search frequencies offers the highest sensitivity for all types of metal, even when examining butter and rice pudding, where a high product effect is present due to the temperature.
The hygienic design of the P-SCAN RG metal detectors with closed housings, without dirt corners or edges, meets the customer requirement for CIP (Cleaning in place). Flexibility in installation, detection performance, and hygiene made Sesotec's offering the best choice.
The customer benefit: Metal detection makes products and processes safer.
The demands for product safety from retailers and end customers are becoming increasingly stringent. "To remain competitive, we must meet the highest quality standards, and without product safety, there is no certification," says Jürgen Knupfer, Head of the Fresh Products Department, and Meinrad Schuler, Head of the Butter Production Department, adds: "With intelligent metal detection technologies, Sesotec helps us make our production processes safe, efficient, and compliant with regulations."
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