Level solution

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 communications.