BWI: Alicat Mass Flow Controllers Maintain Process Integrity and Product Quality in Food and Beverage Processing

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Alicat
Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:01 AM IST (04:31 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Food & drink; Business: Business services, Chemicals, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical; Healthcare
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Alicat Mass Flow Controllers Maintain Process Integrity and Product Quality in Food and Beverage Processing


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, December 08, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Alicat Scientific's MFC series Mass Flow Controllers provide precision gas flow control for a variety of food and beverage processes. The units accurately regulate flow of process gases, attaining and maintaining flow setpoints in less than 100ms. Alicat's MFC series can be used in sparging, blanketing, filling and injection processes in food and beverage production.

The MFC series units are calibrated for 30 inert gases and a number of corrosive gases to quickly and accurately measure pressure, temperature and volumetric flow in addition to mass flow. Alicat's patented laminar flow differential pressure technology delivers highly accurate results with a much faster response time than that of competing technologies. The MFC has a response time of less than 10ms and a control time of 100ms, making it one of the fastest naturally responding mass flow controllers on the market today.

Successful food and beverage MFC installations include:

-- Air sparging in ice cream production and CO2 sparging for pH control in beverages
-- N2 blanketing in winemaking
-- Inert gas filling in meat packaging
-- Flow control of N2O for whip cream production
-- Corrosive and carrier gas handling in flavor science and spice production

Simple to install and cost effective, the MFC operates simply as a stand-alone device. Its integrated digital display enables users to change the configuration of the meter without the need for computers, complicated software or scripts. For more complex operation, the MFC also interfaces with most process control software without requiring any additional equipment or controllers. The dependable units deliver NIST traceable calibrations and are backed by a lifetime warranty.

About Alicat

Alicat Scientific (www.alicatscientific.com) designs and manufactures mass flow devices used in medical and scientific instrumentation, as well as specialty industrial applications, for high-precision measurement of gas and liquid flows. Its products include mass and liquid flow meters and controllers; pressure controllers; digital pressure and vacuum gauges; portable flow meters; calibration standards; software and accessories.

About Halma

Alicat is a subsidiary company of Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.cn), an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has approximately 4000 employees in 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as energy, manufacturing, healthcare, water and waste treatment, construction and transport. Halma has a hub office in Mumbai.

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Photo: Alicat's MFC series can be used in sparging, blanketing, filling and injection processes in food and beverage production


CONTACT DETAILS
Sathish Kumar, Aeronics eMaROh, +91 (80) 23459590, sathish@aeronics.in
Santosh Sen, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400/ +91 9820247680, santosh.sen@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 (0)1494 789152, dcorbet@halmapr.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FOOD, BUSINESS SERVICES, CHEMICALS, HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE

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