Temperature Technology

At foodpro 2008 we will be showing T-TEC Data loggers for a whole range of uses within food production.

The T-TEC 7 data loggers with special meat probes are a great tool to manage cooking and smoking of smallgoods. The cooling down time is easily proven as well.

Thermochron Data loggers have many uses, following product from cooking or baking to chilling, freezing and transport.

TempTec-R reader for Thermochron is handy for reading a number of Thermochron data loggers, for instance in crates, chillers, production facilities. The TempTec-R is then taken back to the PC for download.

The new cylindrical stainless Steel data loggers are small enough to go into bottles and cans and pass through sterilisation and provide a record of the process.

There will be much more at  BOOTH 5038. 

We look forward to seeing you there

foodpro 2008
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
21-24 July 2008 

Improvement through the use of temperature data loggers during food cooking and/or processing! 

Foodproductiondaily.com have recently released a news article about the experience Pieminster had with using temperature dataloggers to improve their cooking, and their bottom line.

Overcooking

"Companies often rely on measuring core temperatures immediately after, and not during, cooking of pastry-filled products. However, this can result in substantial overcooking of the pastry to ensure an adequate core temperature of 70°C has been reached," said James.

"To overcome this hurdle, we decided to put a low cost ultra small datalogger inside the pie, to record its temperature while cooking and during ambient cooling prior to de-thinning.  Crucially, we found that temperatures continue to rise substantially during cooling," added James.  

PieMinster had contracted a partnership with Bristol University, as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership,  Europe. 

Monitoring of the time it takes to chill or freeze the food is also extremely important. A Thermochron data logger inside a pie can give valuable information and proof of compliance.

Contact us today if you wish to improve your food cooking/processing with temperature data loggers! 

Temperature Technology manufacture and retails instruments for recording of temperature and related physical quantities. A part of the related physical quantities is milli-Amperes.

Many instruments, such as transducers, measure data, such as temperature, and send out a signal 4-20mA or 0-10V, which can be recorded and stored by our T-TEC A milli-Ampere  or T-TEC V Volt datalogger. 

The real benefit of the T-TEC A milli-Amp (mA) or T-TEC V volt data logger comes from the calibration program, TTCal. TTCal is included with the data logger and allows the user to scale the milli-Amp reading to any other reading they prefer, for example, pH.

Common measurements that are translated to 4-20mA or 0-10V by transducers:

• turbidity
• dissolved oxygen
• pH
• ppm
• pressure
• milli-Amperes
• 0 to 100%
• Humidity
• Temperature

The T-TEC A and T-TEC V Data loggers come complete with input cable and a special scaling program where matching pair values  (from your transducer) are entered. The display on the T-TEC 7 logger will then show the scale in your specific units, and this scaling is also used in graphs and lists of measurements. The units on the display can be changed to 'none', V, mA, 2 or %.

Looking for calibration services in Adelaide? At Temperature Technology, we can calibrate thermometers up to 100°C.

Many restaurants and cafes need to show Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) that the food they are keeping and serving are cooked and kept at correct temperatures. However, it is also important to ensure the correct working order of the equipment. Some EHOs and some quality systems demand that recent calibration certificates are produced.  

Our calibration certificates include the date, the instrument, the instrument serial number, what it has been tested for (eg. temperature), the level of accuracy claimed, and the test results at 0°C,  5°C, 25°C and 60°C (reference, measured and difference). Sometimes, the level of accuracy is more important at narrower temperature ranges, and so our testing procedure can be changed to test and record accuracy at different temperatures.

The calibration certificate also includes the serial number and type of the NATA-traceable calibrated thermometer, as well as the date and signature of one of our directors. 

T-TEC temperature data loggers, notably the T-TEC A: mA data logger, T-TEC E: single sensor temperature datalogger, T-TEC F: dual sensor temperature data logger, T-TEC P: single sensor temperature datalogger with Pt100 sensor, are listed as being IP68.

IP68 is a code, defined in the standard IEC 60529, that "classifies the degrees of protection provided against the intrusion of solid objects (including body parts like hands and fingers), dust, accidental contact, and water in electrical enclosures".

IP68 for the dataloggers, essentially means that they are dustproof and waterproof, enabling them to be placed into all sorts of environments, regardless of dust and water levels. This includes in shipments of fish, hanging under the shade of orchard trees, or even in the dishwasher.

Our temperature dataloggers were built to be long-lasting and go nearly anywhere!