The manufacturers of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food or beverage products are concerned about their product safety and their consumer's well-being. Therefore, control measurements are carried out throughout the production process to avoid any risks of contamination.
These can have major consequences on the public health and seriously impact the company's activities: product recall, production stoppages, legal proceedings.
By using ultrasonic flow meter to monitor their critical processes, manufacturers can avoid potential product safety hazards and reduce their water consumption.
To guarantee compliance with safety standards, it is important to know the regulatory context surrounding the manufacture of beverages, food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic products.
Regulatory requirements::
In order to ensure their products are safe, producers need to monitor critical process conditions (CCP) and take steps to avoid the contamination risk. Ultrasonic flow meters provide accurate and reliable flow measurements, and are therefore an ideal solution to guarantee product quality and safety.
Companies can prevent product contamination and protect customer’s health by avoiding contact with fluids (additives, liquids, water, active ingredients, excipients). Ultrasonic flowmeters are the ideal solution as they provide a non-invasive method of measuring fluid flows in real time. Traditional flowmeters require piping to be cut for installation. This creates areas in which microbiological proliferation can occur in the pipes, potentially contaminating food and pharmaceutical processes. Ultrasonic flowmeters avoid this risk, thanks to their non-intrusive installation (no pipe cutting). They can be used to measure fluid flow while guaranteeing process hygiene.
Ultrasonic flowmeters are effective in measuring the different types of water used in food and pharmaceutical processes:
Water is used as an ingredient in many products, but also used in various manufacturing processes such as cleaning. It has many uses depending on the industry.
In the food industry, water can be used in the manufacturing process and have direct contact with foodstuffs or be added as an ingredient in food preparation. In order to meet consumer tastes, water treatment are adapted to each production process manufacturer. For example, before bottling mineral and carbonated spring waters, ozone can be used to remove iron or manganese from water, as well as carbon or nitrate excess (decarbonation, denitration).
In the pharmaceutical industry, water is directly or indirectly used to manufacture the medicines. For instance, water is used during the active ingredient (API) synthesis, or during final product formulation. Water is also used to clean installations or to sterilise equipment. For desinfection and purification process, several water treatment are necessary: resin treatment, dechlorination, reverse osmosis, electrodeionisation, UV-ozone treatment.
As water is such an important ressource for industry, it is crucial to avoid any risk of bacterial or foreign-particle contamination that could lead to product recalls or production stoppages. Therefore, it is essential to monitor water in a 100% hygienic ultrasonic flow meter.
Water is one of the most widely used raw materials in industry. Its consumption is constantly increasing. It is therefore vital totake measures to preserve it, without contaminating it. Ultrasonic flowmeters can provide accurate and reliable data on fluid flow, which is essential to ensure that the right amount of water is used in a process. In addition, by monitoring water temperature and pressure using sensors adapted to pharmaceutical and food applications, it is possible to identify any potential problems that could impact on the process.
Fuji Electric France offers you commissioning, calibration of your measuring instruments, preventive or corrective maintenance, training of your teams and rental of portable ultrasonic flowmeters if you want to be sure that our ultrasonic flowmeters will fit your specific applications.
Non-intrusive ultrasonic liquid flowmeters optimise your industrial processes and save energy. They are essential for any manufacturer committed to produce safe and high quality products. To find out more about ultrasonic flowmeters and the benefits they can bring to your facility, please contact us today. We will be happy to answer any question you may have about our products and services.
