Manufacturing

Powered and fresh ingredients in dry storage

When storing foods within food processing facilities it is vital to monitor the level of humidity in an environment at all times. Monitoring moisture in the air can be used as part of your food safety management system to alert users of potential clumping with certain foods (sugar, salt, powered products). In some cases such as flour, it can be dangerous to let clumping occur due to its chemical reaction and its resulting explosive nature.

Relative humidity (RH) within manufacturing facilities must be carefully controlled to maintain food quality and can easily be achieved using the Hanwell IceSpy temperature and humidity sensor.

These chemical reactions can occur just as easily during transportation so our range of monitoring solutions provide date and time stamped temperature and humidity information throughout a journey to assist dangerous occurrences such as this.

Critical areas and equipment

High-quality food regulatory processes refer to a strict level of control in order to guarantee a safe and stable environment for foods. Temperatures are monitored for regulatory compliance and a secondary function is the generation of alarms which will eventually alert the user of an open door condition.

If a faster indication of door open is required then the use of wireless door sensors are a good solution. Door alarms have the benefit over temperature generated alarms providing a much faster response. The longer a door is left open the more energy is required.

The Hanwell transmitters with door switch can be used either on smaller fridges or larger cold room doors as part of your food safety management system.  Alternatively, refrigerated areas can be monitored with combined door and temperature alarms using the AlarmWatch series with SMS alerts.