IDM ¦ Dairy sector
Dairy Technology
Award 2021
Concepts for increasing hygiene standards and efficiency
in production and cleaning
The Dairy Technology Award is made every three years
by the trade journals molkerei-industrie and IDM International
Dairy Magazine together with the Association
of Ahlem Engineers. The award was supposed
to be presented to the winners at Anuga FoodTec in
April, but Corona threw a spanner in the works.
The jury, consisting of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Hinrichs, Faculty of
Dairy Science and Technology, University of Hohenheim, Dipl.-
Ing. Klaus Schleiminger, KSI Ingenieurbüro, Krefeld, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Saskia Schwermann and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Weiß, Hannover
University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Faculty 2 Mechanical Engineering
and Bioprocess Engineering, made a selection from the
15 applications submitted in a video conference at the end of
2020. The winners are: the Baumer Group, Fischer Planning and
Joachim Löw.
In the following, we briefly describe the concepts that were
awarded. On moproweb.de, interested readers will find the appreciation
of these concepts by our jury and recordings of the
individual award presentations.
Baumer PAD20 sensor
Higher plant availability, saving of
valuable resources
Thanks to an air trigger function, the Baumer PAD20 sensor
enables more efficient use of fruit preparations in yoghurt
production, thus reducing plant downtimes. This is due to the
fact that the Baumer sensor can precisely measure the fill level
of containers with fruit preparations. The sensor measures air
in liquids of all kinds – whether liquid, pasty or sticky – reliably
and quickly.
This means that the containers can really be emptied during
production. Until now, up to 8 kg of fruit preparation had
to remain in the container for safety reasons, so that no nitrogen
got into the piping system and pumps were protected
from running dry. The PAD20 sensor, which is equipped with
Thanks to the PA25 analysis sensor for air detection, air
pockets are reliably detected in a filled pipe (Fig.: Baumer)
an air trigger, shows its particular advantage when there are
frequent changes of type of product. Raw materials, time and
cleaning chemicals are saved and the efficiency of yoghurt
production is increased.
The Baumer PAD20 has already been installed several
times; the pioneering development took place together with
Sachsenmilch and Bawaco.
Fisher Planning
Sterile milking technology
Fisher Planning has developed a patented process for hygienised
milking technology that does not allow that raw milk
is contaminated by stable air. The development, in combination
with a Sterivent type overpressure filter technology for
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