PRESSURE SENSORS
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COMPACT PRESSURE SENSORS ENSURE SAFE MILK STORAGE AT AL RAWABI DAIRY COMPANY Dairy products are very popular in the United Arab Emirates. Due to the high outdoor temperatures, every step in the production of these products is closely monitored. This requires continuous reliable measurement. That’s why the new VEGABAR series of measuring instruments have been entrusted with this important task at Al Rawabi Dairy Company. Germany, the company now has 13,500 cows on its own farm in Al Khawaneej. These supply the milk to produce 275,000 litres of milk products per day. A whopping 15,000 litres of juice are also produced on a daily basis.
Innovation is a state of mind at Al Rawabi The company meets all global requirements when it comes to quality and hygiene. It has also received several international awards for its innovations in this field. One component enabling this success is reliable measurement technology. It is absolutely essential for being able to adhere precisely to recipes and measure levels in the various processes correctly. And this is why Al Rawabi Dairy Company and VEGA (the German expert in pressure and level measurement) met.
A patented technology to suit all process conditions
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l Rawabi Dairy Company is a leading dairy and juice company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a wide range of products, which includes milk and yoghurt, the sour milk product Laban, as well as pasteurised juices and functional dairy products. At present, Al Rawabi Dairy Company products are available in more than 12,500 shops in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman and Qatar. Starting in 1989 with 500 cows imported from
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In one of the three, 5-metre-high tanks, which hold about 30,000 litres of milk, a VEGABAR 38 pressure sensor now carries out the level measurement. With a patented ceramic CERTEC® measuring cell, the sensor can sustain temperatures up to 135 °C for 1 hour. It can thus withstand both sterilization and cleaning cycles in the milk storage tanks. What is more, the measuring cell has excellent long-term stability and high overload resistance. In the Al Rawabi Dairy Company, the pressure sensors measure the hydrostatic pressure exerted by the milk in the tank, which in turn is used to determine the level.
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