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Automated Wine Fermentation Monitoring
Automated wine fermentation provides brix calculations in real-time. With continuous monitoring, you receive valuable process data immediately, so you always know the status of the fermentation process. Explore the solution and get started today.
Smart Winemaking Valve Monitoring
Reduce water leaks with real-time valve monitoring
Scaling wine production involves significant amounts of piping and valves to control the flow of both wine and water throughout the winemaking process. Measuring seal wear in real-time helps you to avoid wine contamination and water leaks with the smart valve position sensor from ifm.
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In the fast-paced wine industry, having the right equipment at the right time is crucial. With a free my ifm account, getting a quote is easier than ever! Simply log in, click a button, and download your quote instantly—no waiting, no hassle.
Beyond quick quotes, a my ifm account offers access to exclusive tools and benefits to streamline your operations and keep your winery running smoothly.
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Improve Wine Quality with Automated Brix Monitoring
With the new pre-programmed display controller, you can start monitoring and visualizing Brix measurements without a programming background.
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Smart Wine Valve Monitoring
Reduce environmental impact of the winemaking process with increased valve monitoring. Access to your data in real time can help you reach sustainability targets. Learn more.
Eliminate Manual Water Catches
Automate water catches to reduce your water consumption.
Water pushes are an important part of moving wine from one tank to another. Without instrumentation, many wineries have an employee watch the liquid to see when the changeover happens. You can redirect scarce labor resources to more valuable tasks by implementing conductivity sensors that continuously monitor your lines. These smart sensors from ifm measure the change in wine, water, and mixed media in your pump lines.
Explore ifm solutions for accurately measuring when a wine push is complete.
Automate Your Brix Calculation with ifm’s Solution
Instead of performing these calculations manually, ifm IO-Link masters send the pressure data to any higher level software system. For example, ifm moneo software can receive the temperature and differential pressure data from the tanks to calculate the brix measurement in real-time. Additionally, using two pressure sensors to calculate brix values ensures a more accurate understanding of how fermentation is progressing throughout the entire tank. This is because density over a larger fluid column provides a more aggregate measurement.
Automated wine fermentation contributes to the production of a more stable and higher-quality product. Wineries of any size benefit from the increased accuracy when monitoring the fermentation process and logging historical data for future use. Whether small wineries monitor each batch closely for slight variations in flavor or commercial wineries monitor hundreds of fermentation tanks simultaneously, automated brix monitoring can benefit operations of all sizes. It all starts with one IO-Link master, which allows for flexible solutions that are both cost-effective and easy to implement.
Data generated from automation processes offer valuable insights for further improvements. Winemakers can leverage this data to fine-tune their operations, increase efficiency, reduce costs, and continually improve wine quality.
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ifm, developer and manufacturer of intelligent sensors and controls, offers innovative solutions to improve overall efficiency and allow winemakers to make better decisions about their processes. We offer a complete family of process sensors, diagnostic systems, networking products, and wiring solutions for food and beverage industry. The ifm product development process incorporates specific testing for sensors and controls to withstand harsh environments. ifm is committed to helping customers succeed in their business. Regional specialists help with specific applications, dedicated Service Center representatives assist in order placement, product quotes, application and technical support. Products are available from stock with 90% of orders shipped same- or next-day. Our dedication to innovation, quality and customer support has made us a global leader. Technical support information, the ability to check stock and pricing, and other self-service tools can be found by visiting ifm.com/us.
Renowned Wineries Digitalise Their Installations with IO-Link
The producers of top Bordeaux wines rely on ifm and Actemium Bordeaux Process for the reliability of their installations.
The renowned wineries Château Lascombes and Château Roylland, which produce great Bordeaux wines, have turned to Actemium Bordeaux Process to digitalise their installations.
Whether it be new installations or retrofitting existing installations, the use of IO-Link allows Actemium easy installation and maintenance while maintaining the aesthetics of the fermentation cellar.
IO-Link also offers remote diagnostics and maintenance, so producers can work without having to worry about anything, especially during the grape harvest, which is a critical time for any wine producer.
The producers also benefit from monitoring, which makes their work much easier.
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Improve Availability and Traceability
A well known juice and beverage manufacturer wanted to incorporate Industry 4.0 initiatives to improve CIP performance and profits.
- Tons of juices had to be scrapped due to residual chemicals found in test batches.
- Troubleshooting quality issues was time consuming since no documentation or traceability of each distinctive step in the CIP process existed.
ifm’s moneo Real-Time Monitoring System provides one complete platform that monitors all key processes of CIP machines. moneo detects changing conditions, displays the results, and sends a warning before damage occurs.
- moneo is easy to program and understand.
- It provides actionable insights to increase plant efficiency and mass production.
Clear overview of process condition across all sensors
Analysis provides correlation of process values of flow and return lines
Cloud Connection for All IO-Link Sensors
Monitor your chiller and heat exchanger equipment, and receive alerts to your phone immediately. As a cellular gateway, io-key from ifm gives you access to your sensor data from a secure cloud platform at anytime from anywhere. Complimentary drag and drop software provides an easy way to visualize data and trend machine health over time.
About
Since 1969, ifm has developed, manufactured, and marketed sensors and controls to industries that include food and beverage, assembly and robotics, material handling, packaging, mobile equipment, and plastics. ifm is a strategic partner to those in the wine industry due to its innovative hardware to software ecosystem of products that help you increase quality in your production by reducing waste and help you to lower production costs by reducing unplanned downtime. We do this by offering IO-Link enabled sensors that connect directly with open source software, allowing you to set parameters for the machine to monitor continuously. ifm sensors allow you to unlock your process data, so you know what happens in your plant even when you cannot be there. The ifm team of sales engineers can help you set up your system so the machine alerts you if wine in production leaves your ideal temperature range.
We can help you save time and ongoing maintenance costs because we constantly work to improve products so that you are able to focus on doing what you do best - producing some of the world's finest wines. We have a national sales team of engineers that are able to help you optimize production by working with you to figure out where you can bring more functionality to your plant within your budget. But, we also have a full team of applications engineers in-house that can answer questions anytime you may have one. When you place an order with us online or over the phone, we strive to keep 90% of our orders shipping out in under one hour.
Since our founding, ifm, Efector has experienced tremendous growth in the US with more than 120 employees at our headquarters in Chester County, PA, the expansion of ten branch sales offices throughout the country, and the opening of a manufacturing and technology center in Malvern, PA in 2012.
Today, roughly 240 dedicated individuals drive innovation and productivity and successfully service 22,000 customers resulting in $148 Million in annual sales (2017). Represented in more than 70 countries, ifm has more than 7,000 dedicated employees serving over 165,000 customers.
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| Title | Name | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Marketing Analyst | Gillian Fitzpatrick | gillian.fitzpatrick@ifm.com | 610-524-6273 | |
| Senior Sales Engineer | Jennifer Whitworth | jennifer.whitworth@ifm.com | 916-402-3923 |
Location List
| Locations | Address | State | Country | Zip Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFM Efector Inc. | 1100 Atwater Drive, Malvern | PA | United States of America | 19355 |
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