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How cold is your beer?
Adapt Ideations • May 20, 2019
Almost every industry is evolving with emerging technology to make way for automation. From small microbreweries to large corporations, you’ll find IoT behind the scenes.
Keeping something cold seems so simple. Refrigeration units can come in a multitude of sizes. Surprisingly they can be difficult to calibrate and monitor. For companies using refrigerators commercially it’s important to precisely be able to monitor the refrigerator detecting if any temperature variations have occurred. It’s no surprise that the world around us is changing due to technological advances. Almost every industry is evolving with emerging technology to make way for automation. From small microbreweries to large corporations, you’ll find IoT behind the scenes.
Surprisingly as most people wouldn’t know, the flavour and aroma from a beer can be altered simply by the temperature beer is kept at due to the chemical compounds contained in beer. This plays a large role in how the beer tastes as the lower the temperature of the beer, less carbonation is released therefore the flavour of the beer can be suppressed. Beer has the potential when cold enough to numb your palate in turn making it harder to taste the flavour of the beer being consumed.
The food and beverage industry have significantly become more interested in technology such as robotics and automation that could change how they operate daily. Technology is transforming the food and beverage industry allowing it to become more reliant on technology that manages every part of the process across the supply chain. Keeping beer at a consistent temperature will ensure consumers will be able to enjoy a beer with the most dynamic flavour. Cold beer stays fresh longer, but more importantly, it retains its subtle hints of flavour.
Microbreweries are under enormous pressure to ensure their quality and consistency in the beer produced. While being able to achieve the increasing demands of production is another whole challenge in itself. Many brewery owners could argue that like wine, brewing beer is a form of artistic expression to a degree that requires constant attention as every exact step is crucial to the final outcome. Being labour intensive and easily prone to errors, one single mistake could ruin an entire batch if serious enough. Automation will become fundamental to allowing brewers to focus on their craft without worrying about the details that can threaten production such as temperature. IoT technology allows for temperature, flow monitoring, and other crucial functions to become automated taking away many errors in the existing operations.
Adapt Ideations has created an IoT device, LISA. LISA is specifically designed to retrofit to moving assets to track several elements such as location. Using narrowband radio technology and geofencing algorithms, the device sends an alert each time an asset moves out of the specified area. The device provides GPS co-ordinates, pinpointing the precise location, ensuring your assets are monitored every step of the way. Data can be monitored through your smartphone, tablet, badge reader, barcode scanner, GPS, etc.
Reliable temperature monitoring during the brewing process is essential to creating greater automation and a reliable always-connected ecosystem. Emerging technology can evolve the way business is conducted in more ways than imaginable.
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With a focus on real-time monitoring through IoT solutions, we aim to showcase the advancements that contribute to the efficiency and compliance of global pharmaceutical supply chains. Evolution of Temperature-Controlled Logistics Temperature control has undergone a remarkable transformation in the last two decades. Stringent global regulations, customer demand for new temperature ranges, emerging markets with extreme temperatures, and the growing value of drugs like biologics have been essential driving forces. These factors have spurred the evolution of temperature-controlled logistics to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. The landscape of temperature-controlled logistics is evolving, thanks to technological advancements. Trends include the growing availability of prequalified shippers simplifying the validation process, sophisticated supply chain services, a rising interest in reusable packaging, and advances in temperature-monitoring technology. 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