Instrumentation for Food & Beverage Processing
Food and beverage plants need instrumentation that keeps refrigeration systems safe, steam generation efficient and product-contact measurements hygienic. The most common needs are ammonia gas detection in machinery rooms and cold storage, O2 trim and burner management on boilers, sanitary pressure and level transmitters on process lines and tanks, gas flow control, and laboratory analysis that protects flavor and quality.
Food plants run long shifts with frequent washdowns, and an ammonia release or boiler outage can stop production and put people at risk. Instruments have to handle moisture, cleaning chemicals and temperature swings while staying easy to calibrate and maintain for plant technicians.
The food and beverage processing landscape in the Southeast
Food and beverage processing runs through every state Vaughn covers. Poultry processing is a major industry in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and North Carolina, and the region also supports meat, dairy, baking, snack and beverage bottling plants.
Florida processes citrus and other produce, Louisiana and Florida mill sugarcane, and Gulf Coast communities process seafood. Many of these facilities depend on large ammonia refrigeration systems for chilling, freezing and cold storage, along with steam boilers for cooking, sanitation and clean-in-place.
Solutions we provide
- Ammonia and toxic gas detection: Delphian GazTell electrochemical ammonia and CO detectors, controllers and multipoint systems with simple calibration. See gas detection systems.
- Boiler combustion control: LAMTEC BurnerTronic and CMS burner management, flame scanners and in-situ lambda probes for O2 trim on steam and hot water boilers.
- Sanitary and level measurement: Spectre Corp all-welded sanitary transducers, submersible level transducers for tanks and wastewater, and general industrial pressure transducers.
- Gas flow control: Parker Precision Fluidics, including Porter industrial mass flow controllers rated for harsh industrial environments. See precision fluidics and mass flow control. Vaughn represents Parker in Georgia, Florida and the Florida Panhandle.
- Quality analysis: Ohio Lumex GC-IMS analyzers for flavor, aroma and off-odor detection at ppb levels. See process analyzers.
How Vaughn Associates supports food and beverage processing teams
Vaughn Associates is an independent manufacturer’s representative and MANA member. Our sales engineers visit processing plants across the Southeast and understand how safety, utilities and quality instrumentation fit into a production schedule.
- Application review: we help map detector locations and ranges, boiler control scope, sanitary connection requirements and gas flow needs.
- Quote coordination: we work with factory engineers on configurations and documentation. Customers typically purchase directly from the manufacturer.
- Demos and evaluations: we arrange demonstrations or evaluations where the manufacturer supports them.
- Follow-through: we connect maintenance teams with factory calibration, parts and technical support.
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