The Application of Measuring Instruments in Spice Industry
Jiangsu Huahai Measurement & Control’s automated solutions, especially featured flow meters, solve spice enterprises’ production pain points in capacity expansion, boosting quality and efficiency.
Case Details
1.The Key to Breaking the Dilemma of Spice Enterprises’ Capacity Expansion: Jiangsu Huahai Measurement & Control Solves Production Pain Points with Automated Equipment
The spice market is in an increasingly fierce competition. A company in Weifang, Shandong Province, launched a large-scale project with an annual output of 6,200 tons of spice intermediates to expand its scale and seize the market. However, producing more than a dozen types of spice intermediates simultaneously, how to ensure no mistakes in quality, efficiency, and safety has become an urgent problem. Fortunately, the automated solution from Jiangsu Huahai Measurement & Control has solved these pain points one by one.
2.Production Pain Points: The "Shackles" of Multi-Variety Spice Manufacturing
Spice intermediates have extremely high requirements for production precision. For example, during the synthesis of dihydro-β-ionone, slight instability in feed flow rate will lead to a drop in product yield; during the concentration of erythorbic acid, poor liquid level control will result in poor crystallization effect.
Moreover, the project involves a large number of equipment sets. Relying entirely on manual monitoring and parameter adjustment is not only labor-intensive but also prone to errors. What's more troublesome is that many raw materials used in spice production are flammable and explosive. If the liquid level and pressure are not closely monitored, the safety risk will be significant.
3.The Solution from Jiangsu Huahai Measurement & Control
To address these problems, Jiangsu Huahai Measurement & Control has customized a set of automated measurement and control equipment to manage all key nodes in the entire production process—among which a large number of temperature and pressure measurement devices are widely applied throughout every link of the production flow, serving as the basic guarantee for stable and safe operation, so they will not be elaborated on here. Instead, we focus on the featured flow meters that play a core role in precision control:
4.Product Name Unit Quantity Function Description
Radar Level Gauge
Set
1
Monitors the liquid level of high-value raw material tanks with non-contact measurement, achieving an accuracy of ±1mm to keep track of raw material consumption.
Tuning Fork Switch
Set
2
Detects materials during the drying process to determine material quantity, avoiding "empty burning" or "overloading".
Flow Switch
Set
9
Installed on key pipelines to trigger immediate alarms for abnormal flow, preventing equipment idling (e.g., in case of circulating water interruption).
Oval Gear Flow Meter
Set
7
Measures the flow rate of viscous spices such as ethyl linalyl acetate, ensuring accuracy even at low flow rates.
Tuning Fork Density Meter
Set
1
Measures spice density during concentration; slight changes can reflect purity variations, ensuring consistent quality of each batch.
Electromagnetic Flow Meter
Set
25
Controls the flow of conductive media such as acid-base solutions and spice mother liquor with an accuracy of ±0.5%, ensuring precise feed ratio.
Magnetic Level Gauge
Set
64
Provides clear visibility of liquid levels in reactors and water tanks, with remote alarm function to eliminate material overflow and dry burning risks
5.Significant Changes After Application
The effect was immediate after the equipment was put into operation:
Quality: The average product purity increased by 3%-5%. High-end products such as dihydro-β-ionone have obtained EU certification and can enter the high-end overseas market.
Efficiency: Labor costs have been significantly reduced by more than half, and production efficiency has increased by 40%. For example, the daily output of the ethyl isovalerate production line has increased from 15 tons to 25 tons.
Safety & Environmental Protection: No safety accidents have occurred, and wastewater and waste gas emissions meet standards, fully complying with environmental protection requirements.
In essence, capacity expansion for spice enterprises is not just about purchasing equipment; it requires automated solutions like those from Jiangsu Huahai Measurement & Control to manage every "nerve ending" of production. From market-driven capacity expansion to technical solutions for pain points, the logic is straightforward—keep a close eye on the key links of production, and business will naturally thrive.
