Level solution
March 1st 2011 Well known for Crabbie's Green
Ginger Wine, John Crabbie & Co
also produces Crabbie's Alcoholic
Ginger Beer. To meet increased
demand, it needed to boost
production capacity.
Earlier this year, nine new
storage tanks with a capacity of
54,000L each were installed.
The company also wanted an
accurate contents measurement
for each vessel. Data needed to
be shared with production planning,
as well as having a local display that
operators could view.
VEGA supplied its Vegapuls plicsplus
radar. These new devices look at
product level echo in high definition
with an accuracy of ±2mm. Units are
installed on 3in ANSI flanges in the
roof of each vessel and fitted with
encapsulated antennae to comply
with the manufacturer's hygiene
requirements. They were calibrated
with individual vessel strapping
tables, using the integral
linearization table program within
each sensor. The gauged tank
volume is calculated internally and
the result is transmitted digitally
without the need for external
software, calculation or controller.
The Vegapuls sensors are
connected using HART multi-drop
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