Smarter beverage lines start here

Start with cleaning, usually the largest controllable share of water in a beverage plant. Water usage ratio is litres of water used per litre of beverage produced, and every timer-based CIP rinse adds to it. Measuring each rinse end-point lets rinses stop when the line is clean: customers save 15 to 20% of CIP water, and one global soft drinks bottler, already among the most water-efficient plants in its network, identified a 17% cut in CIP water, around 4 million litres a year. Read the case study.

By measuring the liquid in the return line instead of trusting the timer. A Collo Analyzer reads the complete fingerprint of the rinse water every second and shows the moment it stops carrying product or chemical. Conductivity sensors only see ions, so they miss sugar, syrup and other non-ionic residues; the Collo reading covers the whole liquid. With Collo Signals the "rinse complete" signal goes straight into your automation.

Yes. The measurement does not depend on colour, clarity or a clear line of sight, so it reads carbonated, foaming and opaque beverages as reliably as clear ones. It identifies pushout fronts during tank changes and filter backflushes, even when the product foams.

Soft drinks and syrups, juices, energy drinks, beer and spirits, plant-based drinks and dairy-based beverages. The same Collo Analyzer follows changes in sugar, syrup and alcohol concentration, finds product and water interfaces and tracks cleaning-chemical strength, from thin, clear liquids to thick, opaque ones.

Most beer loss happens at transitions: tank-to-tank transfers, filtration, filler changeovers and the pushouts that run on timers before and after each of them. Beer is opaque and foams, so optical sensors struggle to find the beer and water interface, and conductivity cannot see the extract. The Collo Analyzer reads the whole liquid, so the interface is found on the beer itself and the pushout margin shrinks accordingly. Read how Collo works in brewing.

By ending each phase when its job is done rather than when the timer says so. Measuring the caustic phase shows when the soil load has stopped changing, and measuring the rinse shows when the chemical has left the line, so circulation times and rinse volumes can be set from data instead of habit. Customers typically save 15 to 20% of CIP water and time, and chemical use falls with the shorter cycles.

Collo detects the interface between product and water, or between two products, as it passes the analyser. With Collo Signals connected to your automation, valves switch on the actual state of the liquid instead of a fixed time or volume, so less product goes to drain and less water ends up in product.

Collo Signals integrates with your PLC, SCADA or DCS through standard industrial protocols, including 4-20 mA, Modbus TCP and OPC UA. The control logic stays in your automation and your existing sequence remains as a fallback. Many plants start with Collo Insights to see where the losses are, then switch lines to real-time control one at a time.

A typical deployment takes two to three weeks from installation to first findings, planned around existing maintenance windows so production does not need to stop. The hardware, installation and reporting are the same on every line and in every plant, and Collo monitors the installed base remotely, so a group can roll out plant by plant on one measurement standard.

Yes. Wetted materials comply with EC 1935/2004 and FDA 21 CFR 177, the analyser is CE-marked and rated to 0 to 95 °C and up to 16 bar (Varinline type N), and the Varinline model is EHEDG certified (EL Class I).

With a timestamped measurement record of every production run and every cleaning cycle. Collo shows when each rinse stage is actually complete and keeps a liquid fingerprint record for each batch, which can feed your existing quality and traceability systems. These records support the documentation your HACCP, FSSC 22000, BRCGS, IFS Food or ISO 22000 programme already requires.