Pressure measurement, key to ensuring food safety and quality, uses sensing techniques that have been around for a while. But recently, the food and beverage industry has benefited from advances in the precision of modern intelligent devices, paired with their ability to withstand harsh environments and ingredients.

Most pressure instrumentation manufacturers have had plenty of time to practice their craft in other industries, such as chemicals, paper, and oil and gas refining. Sensors have had to withstand powerful oxidizers, lye, salts, slurries and nasty hydrocarbons—not to mention superheated steam and/or vibration. So, it wasn’t much of a stretch to come up with devices for the food and beverage industry that could handle some demanding applications.