Compressed Air Monitoring for
Food & Beverage Plants

In food and beverage production, compressed air comes into direct or indirect contact with products and packaging. WiseAir sensors continuously monitor dew point and system quality giving your HACCP and quality teams the real-time data they need for safe, compliant operations.

Keeping Moisture Out of Products and Packaging

When compressed air touches food, beverages or packaging, excess moisture can support microbial growth, cause clumping in powders, and spoil seals on filling and packing lines. A dryer that slowly drifts out of range often goes unnoticed because the air still looks and feels normal at the point of use.

Fitting a WADS 201 dew point transmitter for food and beverage plants after the dryer gives your team a continuous reading on the main line. For lines that supply sensitive filling or packing areas, a WADS 205 / 206 dew point sensor for food and beverage plants can be placed closer to the point of use. The pressure dew point calculator helps you check what your target dew point means at your operating pressure.

Understanding Air Demand Across Filling and Packaging Lines

Food and beverage plants often run in batches, with air demand rising and falling through the day as filling, packaging and cleaning cycles start and stop. Without flow data, it is hard to tell whether a high energy bill comes from real production demand or from air lost during idle periods.

An WAFS 105 inline thermal mass flow sensor for food and beverage plants on the main supply or on a major branch shows how much air each part of the plant uses and when. Over a few weeks, the pattern shows whether consumption drops properly between shifts and cleaning cycles, which makes it easier to spot waste and plan compressor capacity.

Removing Condensate Reliably

Compressed air cools as it travels through the system, and the water that condenses has to leave through drains. A drain that sticks closed lets water collect and carry downstream, while one that sticks open wastes compressed air continuously.

A WAM magnetic smart drain for food and beverage plants removes condensate without relying on a simple timer, so water is discharged when it builds up rather than at fixed intervals. Reliable drainage, together with continuous dew point monitoring, helps keep the air supply to your production areas consistently dry.

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