Liquid IQ

Real-time process intelligence for automation

Enables state-based automation by providing real-time process intelligence your automation has never had access to before. These signals enable your automation to make decisions based on actual process state — not just time and flow.

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From time-based to state-based automation

LiquidIQ gives your automation unprecedented visibility into what's actually happening inside your process. Instead of relying on timers, flow meters, or legacy sensors like conductivity probes, your automation gets precise, real-time process intelligence:

Fat-% in cream (accurate product quality control)
Product/water mix-% in pushouts (stop draining product)
CIP stage completion boolean (cut water use in CIP)

You program these new process variables into your automation logic. Your control system now makes decisions based on actual process state — achieving precision that wasn't possible before.

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What Liquid IQ brings

Stop guessing. Start knowing.

Stop draining product. Know exactly when product ends and water begins. Your automation controls valves based on actual mix-%, not estimated timing.

Cut water use in CIP. Your automation knows when each CIP stage is actually complete — not when a timer says it should be. Typically 15 - 25 % water reduction per cycle, with no compromise
in cleaning effectiveness.

Control product quality accurately. For applications like cream fat-% control, your automation adjusts in real-time based on actual measurement — reducing quality costs and product giveaway.

Reduce COD load. Less product loss means less organic load in wastewater.

Inline installation via Tri-Clamp or Varinline

Simple cabling: quick-connect M12 to RJ45

Standard 230V AC / 50 Hz power supply

No manual calibration —intelligence ready out of the box

Secure network options:

Integrate directly into your internal LAN
Connect securely through a Collo-managed external link

Pushout optimisation

Detect product transitions with real-time precision - recover more, waste less, and boost profitability and sustainability in one smart move.

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CIP optimisation

Shorten cleaning cycles with real-time control - using less water, fewer chemicals, and cutting downtime without overcleaning. 

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Collo Connect is designed to fit effortlessly into your operations — no heavy lift, no downtime. Our experts work directly with your teams to ensure smooth deployment, security compliance, and optimal setup. You get live, actionable data feeding into your systems — fast, reliable, and future-proof.

Included in the project:

Inline installation via hygienic Tri-Clamp
Simple cabling: quick-connect M12 to RJ45
Standard 230V AC / 50 Hz power supply
No manual calibration —intelligence ready out of the box
Secure network options:
- Integrate directly into your internal LAN
- connect securely through a Collo-managed external link

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Support and Monitoring

We maintain, you operate.

Continuous oversight with no added burden. Every LiquidIQ setup includes full remote service:

Real-time diagnostics and alerting
Software and firmware updates
Issue detection and resolution by Collo experts

Our service team ensures performance stays on track without relying on your resources.

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Liquid IQ and Process IQ together

LiquidIQ and ProcessIQ can work together

LiquidIQ: Real-time process intelligence for closed-loop control provides new real-time signals for your automation. Ideal for specific applications requiring precision state-based control.

ProcessIQ: Continuous health monitoring.
Runs continuously alongside operations to monitor all CIPs and pushouts, identify losses and anomalies, provide automation tuning recommendations.

Many customers run both. LiquidIQ integrated into automation for closed-loop control on specific processes and ProcessIQ running continuously for health monitoring across all operations.

This ensures both precision control where needed AND continuous monitoring to catch losses and anomalies everywhere else.

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Case Study Valio

How Valio's Joensuu plant achieved significant savings annually

Case Study Beverage

A beverage producer cut CIP time by 23% and saved half a million

A major European beverage producer was rinsing perfectly clean pipes with perfectly clean water. For 15 unnecessary minutes. They suspected it. But suspicion doesn't change procedures. Data does.

Collo measures virtually all liquids — transparent or opaque, thin or thick — including emulsions, suspensions, and slurries.

Temperature up to 90 °C. Pressure up to 10 bar. Collo is resistant to CIP chemicals and most industrial fluids. For corrosive or solvent-heavy chemicals, please contact us to verify compatibility.

Sensor connects via 1.5” Tri-Clamp. Data cable is M12 to RJ45 with stsandard 5/10/15 meter options (extendable up to 30 meters). ECU is powered via 230V AC / 50 Hz outlet.

Collo does. We monitor, maintain, and update the system remotely — so you don’t have to.

No. LiquidIQ provides new real-time process intelligence (fat-%, product/water mix-%, CIP stage completion, etc.) that your automation didn't have access to before. Your automation team programs these signals into your control logic using standard protocols (4-20 mA, Modbus TCP, OPC UA). You maintain full control of your automation programs — LiquidIQ just provides new, precision measurements for better decision-making.

Temperature: 0–90 °C. Pressure: up to 10 bar. Minimum pipe size: DN50.

It can connect via your internal network or a secure external Collo-managed line. We work with your IT and automation teams to ensure safe integration.

Monitoring, diagnostics, software updates, and support.

A suitable inline pipe location (DN50+), power source (230V), and a route for data cable. Our team will assist throughout setup.

Yes. Collo complies with EU Directive 1935/2004, Finnish Decree KTM 268/1992, and FDA CFR Title 21.

LiquidIQ provides new real-time process intelligence for closed-loop automation
control (like fat-%, product/water mix-%, or CIP stage completion). You program these signals into your automation for precise, state-based control.

ProcessIQ is your continuous health monitor — analytics dashboards and expert recommendations for tuning your automation across all operations.

These are different products for different use cases. Many customers run both simultaneously: LiquidIQ for closed-loop control on specific processes, ProcessIQ for continuous monitoring across all operations.

Traditional automation relies on timers and flow meters — estimating when a process step is complete. State-based automation uses LiquidIQ's real-time process intelligence to know exactly when product ends, when CIP is complete, or what the current fat-% is. This enables precision that wasn't possible with legacy sensors like conductivity probes, which are ambiguous when accuracy matters.