Refrigeration and freezing
Ammonia refrigeration plant rooms, compressor halls, freezer stores and cold rooms. The machinery room is the classic fixed detection case and usually the one an inspector asks about first.
Industries
Food and beverage
Thanks to established relationships with leading global manufacturers of general industrial equipment we are actively developing and expanding our production and sales activities.
What we offer
Equipment, measuring technology and components for food and beverage production
Breweries, distilleries, dairies, frozen food plants and beverage bottling. Two gas hazards define this sector, and both of them are routinely underestimated: ammonia in the refrigeration plant and carbon dioxide wherever something ferments.
Special equipment for production of food and beverage
Range of equipment
- Bottling machinery
- Bottling units
- Filling systems
- Bottle and jar cleaning equipment
- Bottle, jar and crate washing machines
- Bottle ejectors
- Crate conveyors
- Dispensing heads
- Containers, kegs, barrels etc.
- Control units
- Control, regulating, conveying and packaging systems
- Glass working machines, cooling and drying
- Cooling, drying, heating systems
- Filtration systems
- Separators, dispensers and taps
- Shrink packaging
- Adsorption technology
- Pressure chambers
- Equipment for tank cleaning
- Automatic regulate samplers
- Manual samplers
Measuring equipment and sensors
All types of measuring equipment for food and beverage industry to ensure efficiency and safety of all production processes, and other instruments for measuring time and frequency.
Laboratory equipment
Different types of laboratory equipment and conveyor systems accessories for the beverage industry, including laboratory accessories.
Hydraulics, hydraulic parts and assemblies
Industrial pumps and compressors
Swivel joints and other metal components
Own production of connecting elements from different metals (steel, stainless steel, aluminum, etc.) for equipment of European and American OEMs. Stainless steel swivels for filling equipment in the food industry with European certification required by international standards.
Strong cooperation with European manufacturers
Wide scope of suppliers for spare parts.
Processes
What happens in this sector
Fermentation, carbonation and cellar work
Fermentation tanks, cellars, carbonation and filling of carbonated drinks. Carbon dioxide is heavier than air, colourless and odourless, and it collects at floor level in exactly the rooms people walk into alone.
Filling, washing and packaging
Bottling machinery, bottle, jar and crate washing machines, glass working machines, separators, dispensers and taps, filtration, cooling, drying and heating systems, control, conveying and packaging.
Hazards
Which gases, and where they occur
| Ammonia | Refrigeration machinery rooms, compressor halls, valve stations and pipe runs. |
|---|---|
| Carbon dioxide | Fermentation cellars, tank farms, carbonation, filling halls and below-ground rooms where it accumulates. |
| Oxygen deficiency | Tanks and vessels during cleaning, nitrogen-inerted equipment and silos. |
| Cleaning and disinfection chemicals | CIP and SIP stations, chlorine and peracetic acid handling. |
Matching equipment
Which instruments fit
Sensepoint range: XCD, XCL, XRL and Series 3000
Fixed detection for ammonia in machinery rooms and for carbon dioxide at floor level in cellars, with remote sensor mounting where a technician cannot reach the measuring point.
Sensepoint range: XCD, XCL, XRL and Series 3000 in detailTouchpoint Plus, Touchpoint Pro and controllers
Controllers that link detection to ventilation, alarm horns and the door interlocks of a refrigeration machinery room.
Touchpoint Plus, Touchpoint Pro and controllers in detailHoneywell BW™ Ultra
Five-gas pre-entry testing for tank and vessel entry during cleaning.
Honeywell BW™ Ultra in detailHoneywell BW™ Clip
Maintenance-free single-gas instruments for cellar staff and contractors where an administration routine does not exist.
Honeywell BW™ Clip in detailComponents and spare parts
Components and spare parts
- Bottling machinery, bottle, jar and crate washing machines, glass working machines
- Separators, dispensers and taps, containers, kegs and barrels
- Filtration, cooling, drying and heating systems
- Tank cleaning equipment and automatic samplers
- Control, regulating, conveying and packaging systems
- Laboratory equipment and accessories, measuring instruments for production
- Stainless steel swivel joints for filling equipment, from our own production
Services in this sector
- Fixed detection concepts for refrigeration machinery rooms and fermentation cellars
- Installation, commissioning and functional testing including the ventilation interlock
- Calibration and maintenance with documentation for the audit
- Spare parts and consumables for installed production equipment
FAQ
Questions about Food and beverage
Why is carbon dioxide detection in a cellar more than a formality?
Because it is colourless, odourless, heavier than air and produced continuously by fermentation. It collects at floor level in rooms that people enter alone and briefly, which is the exact profile of an accident that gets discovered late. Detection belongs at the level where the gas accumulates, not at head height.
What does an ammonia refrigeration machinery room need?
Fixed detection with alarm thresholds matched to the plant, a link to the ventilation and to the warning devices, and a calibration routine that is documented. The exact thresholds and interlocks follow the plant design and the operator's own assessment; we build the detection concept to match and hand over the documentation an inspection expects.
Do you supply parts for filling lines that are no longer built?
Yes. That includes stainless steel swivel joints for filling equipment from our own production, manufactured to drawing where a standard part no longer exists.
Enquiry
Send us your specification
Send us your requests with technical specifications to receive a prompt reply from our industry specialists. For gas detection, add the gases and the zone classification.
Or by email: purchasing@vertex-group.de