Application of JWrada®-34 Radar Level Meter in Butter Production Stainless Steel Tank CIP Cleaning
In the food and beverage industry, hygiene management directly affects product quality and company reputation. Cleaning processes are particularly critical, ensuring compliance with food safety standards while reflecting the efficiency and management level of production. For butter manufacturers, precise monitoring and management of cleaning liquid levels are essential. The JWrada®-34 radar level meter, leveraging high-frequency radar technology, narrow beam design, and intelligent control features, has significantly improved efficiency and automated management in stainless steel tank CIP (Clean-In-Place) applications.
1. Challenges in Butter Production CIP Cleaning
Butter production facilities typically operate multiple production lines, each equipped with stainless steel tanks for storing liquid butter, cleaning water, and other process fluids. In traditional operations, cleaning liquid levels are monitored manually, relying on visual inspection and record-keeping.
This approach presents several major challenges:
- High labor intensity: Operators must frequently walk across the facility to inspect tank levels, consuming significant time.
- Inaccurate data: Visual measurements are prone to errors, making it difficult to precisely track cleaning liquid usage.
- Low efficiency: Lack of real-time monitoring affects the continuity of CIP processes and production line efficiency.
- Difficulty tracking ROI: Without precise data, cleaning liquid consumption and cost-effectiveness are hard to quantify, limiting management decision-making.
Therefore, butter manufacturers require a reliable, non-contact, and automated liquid level measurement solution.
2. Technical Advantages of JWrada®-34 Radar Level Meter
1. High-Frequency Radar and Narrow Beam Design
The Jiwei JWrada®-34 utilizes 80 GHz high-frequency radar technology with an ultra-narrow 3° beam angle. This design ensures that measurements inside stainless steel tanks are concentrated and stable, even in limited or complex tank geometries. The narrow beam effectively reduces multipath reflections and interference, providing reliable readings even when the liquid surface is turbulent or foamy.
2. Non-Contact Measurement for Food-Grade Compliance
Using non-contact measurement technology, the JWrada®-34 continuously monitors liquid levels without direct contact with the medium, fully meeting food-grade hygiene standards. This prevents secondary contamination of liquids and simplifies maintenance and cleaning of the sensor itself.
3. Integrated Bluetooth and Jiwei Smart Control APP
The JWrada®-34 is equipped with stable Bluetooth connectivity and the Jiwei Smart Control APP, enabling remote commissioning and device management. The APP allows fast parameter setup, range adjustment, and firmware upgrades, supporting the following operations:
- Factory pre-set ranges: Devices are pre-configured with liquid level ranges at the factory, reducing on-site installation and commissioning time.
- Fast on-site adjustment: Even with liquid already in the tank, each device can be configured in approximately 2–5 minutes.
- One-click parameter copy: Parameters can be synchronized from one device to multiple devices via Bluetooth, eliminating the need for individual configuration.
- Remote real-time commissioning: Engineers in China can adjust devices remotely in real time, monitoring and optimizing parameters efficiently.
- Seamless software updates: The APP supports firmware updates to ensure long-term stable operation.
The APP synchronizes with the manual control panel for current liquid level display, allowing operators to choose between quick monitoring or detailed parameter adjustments as needed.
4. LCD Display and Full Manual Control
Each JWrada®-34 radar level meter is equipped with an LCD display and physical buttons, supporting full manual control. Even if Bluetooth is unavailable, operators can adjust parameters and view real-time levels directly on-site, ensuring continuous and reliable tank monitoring.
5. High Adaptability and Multi-Scenario Application
The JWrada®-34 performs reliably under a variety of challenging conditions:
- Wide temperature and pressure variations (suitable for high-temperature butter or cleaning liquids)
- Various tank materials (stainless steel tanks, lined tanks)
- Chemical solutions or steam environments (signal remains stable despite reflections or vapor)
3. Application Scenario: Butter Production Stainless Steel Tank CIP Cleaning
In a CIP cleaning system at a butter production facility in Inner Mongolia, JWrada®-34 radar level meters were deployed to monitor water and cleaning solution levels in stainless steel tanks. The CIP system consists of multiple stainless steel tanks for storing and circulating water, alkaline solutions, and acid cleaning solutions.
During implementation, one JWrada®-34 sensor was installed at the top of each CIP tank, continuously collecting liquid level data and transmitting signals to the control system for on-site display and automated management. Real-time monitoring allowed operators to know the exact remaining volume in each tank, reducing the need for frequent physical inspections.
During commissioning, operators used Bluetooth to connect the meters and configure parameters via the APP. For multiple tanks with identical conditions, parameters could be copied from one device to others, saving setup time and ensuring consistency across the system.
In daily operation, the JWrada®-34 continuously records CIP liquid levels, helping the facility track actual water and cleaning solution usage. Data can be used for cost accounting, cleaning solution replenishment planning, and ROI analysis. The on-site LCD display allows quick level checks during rounds, while the Bluetooth APP provides remote monitoring and parameter management, greatly improving operational convenience.
Through this application, the facility achieved continuous, visualized CIP tank management, reduced manual inspection workload, improved cleaning system efficiency, and obtained reliable data for cleaning solution management and production cost control.
4. Advantages of JWrada®-34 Compared to International Brands
The Jiwei JWrada® radar level meter has successfully replaced international brands like VEGA multiple times in the Chinese market and is recognized globally, offering the following advantages:
- Maximum flexibility: Bluetooth remote commissioning, APP control, and multi-device parameter copying support global operational modes.
- High efficiency: Factory pre-set ranges and fast on-site adjustments reduce installation and commissioning time.
- Reliability: 80 GHz high-frequency radar, 3° narrow beam, and non-contact measurement ensure stable operation in complex conditions.
- Comprehensive control: LCD display + physical buttons + Bluetooth APP allow operators to select the preferred monitoring method.
- Food-grade application: Non-contact measurement meets food safety standards for butter and other dairy products.
5. Implementation Results and Customer Benefits
In practice, the facility using JWrada®-34 achieved significant benefits:
- Labor savings: Non-contact measurement and real-time monitoring reduced manual inspections, allowing staff to focus on core production and quality control.
- Improved management efficiency: CIP liquid level data is automatically recorded and uploaded to the control system, providing full visibility of tank conditions and optimizing cleaning solution usage.
- Food safety assurance: Non-contact measurement prevents secondary contamination, ensuring hygienic production.
- Faster commissioning and maintenance: Factory pre-set ranges plus Bluetooth APP remote commissioning allow each device to be configured in 2–5 minutes.
- Unified multi-device management: Parameters can be copied to multiple tanks, ensuring consistent and synchronized operation across the CIP system.
These features enable automated, visualized, and intelligent CIP management, precise tracking of cleaning liquid consumption, reduced labor costs, enhanced process control, and traceability, providing a reliable, intelligent, and efficient liquid level measurement solution.
6. Conclusion
The JWrada®-34 radar level meter, with high-frequency radar, narrow beam, non-contact measurement, Bluetooth smart control, LCD display, and physical buttons for manual operation, demonstrates excellent performance and reliability in stainless steel tank CIP cleaning applications in butter production.
- Achieves automatic liquid level monitoring and visualized management
- Provides fast factory and on-site parameter setup, saving commissioning time
- Supports remote commissioning, one-click parameter copy, and multi-device synchronization
- Complies with food-grade safety standards, ensuring hygienic production
The JWrada® radar level meter has become the most representative radar product in the Chinese market, successfully competing with VEGA. It provides maximum flexibility, efficiency, and reliability for the global food and beverage industry. Whether in butter production, dairy processing, or other food and beverage tank management applications, the JWrada®-34 delivers safe, precise, and intelligent liquid level monitoring.
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