JuiceTracker
JuiceTracker — inline sugar juice quality monitoring system
JuiceTracker combines inline analyzers, sugar-specific calculations and a clear operator interface to continuously monitor juice quality in sugar factories.
It helps operators and process engineers follow Brix, color, turbidity and quality trends from juice purification to evaporation and crystallization.
JuiceTracker is Zutora’s inline monitoring system for sugar juice quality. It combines process refractometers, photometers and other analyzers into one application-specific platform for real-time display, trends, alarms, diagnostics and data export.
Instead of showing separate instrument values only, JuiceTracker presents juice quality information in a way that is useful for sugar factory operation.
JuiceTracker turns inline Brix, color and turbidity measurements into continuous sugar juice quality trends.
Measured and monitored values
Brix / concentration
Continuous inline concentration measurement for juice, clear/thin juice, thick juice, syrup or other sugar process streams.
Color
Inline photometric color monitoring to follow purification performance, color trends and downstream quality impact.
Turbidity / optical absorption
Monitoring of turbidity or absorption-related values to indicate suspended solids, clarification performance or process disturbances.
Temperature
Temperature measurement and compensation for reliable interpretation of concentration and optical values.
Calculated quality indicators
Application-specific calculations, compensated values, alarms or KPIs can be configured according to the measurement setup and process objective.
System architecture
JuiceTracker is built as a configurable monitoring system. Depending on the application, it can include inline analyzers, a transmitter with operator interface, data logging, diagnostics and communication with existing plant systems.
Typical system components:
Process refractometer for concentration and temperature
Process photometer for color, turbidity or absorption
MT-1 based display and data platform
Stainless steel cabinet
Operator interface with trends and alarms
Data logging and export
User management
Communication with PLC, SCADA or factory systems