How Data Loggers Are Used in the
Meat Industry
What is a Data Logger? • Data loggers are used in many industries to help assure the quality and safety of goods being processed, stored or transported. • By monitoring such things as temperature, humidity, pressure and other environmental variables, data loggers can alert users when things are not as they should be. • With sophisticated data logger software, notifications can be configured, reports generated, and information can be analyzed and shared to track consistency and identify problems.
Smoke Houses • Smokehouse processes can take many hours and the environment is very harsh and smoky . • Manually spot checking an environment such as this can be inadequate and dangerous to the individual. • Data loggers designed to withstand this environment and transmit the data conveniently to a computer are the ideal solution.
Ovens • Well designed, durable, high temperature data loggers can monitor the cooking processes inside even the hottest of ovens. • Transmitting temperature data directly to the software enables users to maintain optimal cooking temperatures. • Madgetech builds data loggers that can withstand up to a blazing 284°F or even higher using a thermocouple probe.
Freezers & Cooling • Keeping meat at the right temperature before and after it is cooked is equally important for public health as well. • Handling temperatures as low as -4°F, data loggers assist in keeping foods solid, safe, fresh and shippable.
Shipping Environments • Shipping meat to and from stores and processing can potentially cause damage or loss. • Wireless data loggers can go with the meat along for the ride and download data to the computer right from the dock. • Knowing the status of your goods throughout transit is invaluable and necessary.
Two-Way Wireless Communication • MadgeTech offers many wireless data logger models that can communicate in both directions with the computer. • This means that one PC can be used to manage and monitor a network of many data loggers.
Real Time Monitoring • MadgeTech Data Logger Software is capable of recording and displaying in real time, meaning that you can see the data as it occurs. • With configurable alarms, you or your staff can be notified if a problem arises, either by email, text, on screen or audible alert. • Mistakes can cost a company thousands of dollars. Real time monitoring means catching them before they happen.
Critical Control • Critical Controls, also known as “Coding Flags” or “Cooling Flags” are another key tool for catching potential problems. • By setting “flag” points a business can catch potentially harmful environmental trends. • Each control point can be setup differently for as strict of monitoring as needed for the process.
Easy to Use Software
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