5000th Steinfurth CO2 shaker
Anniversary unit went to Swedish softdrink bottler
Steinfurth together with the Swedish mineral water manufacturer Ramlösa, was able to celebrate a special company anniversary at the beginning of this year. The beverages company, which is part of the Carlsberg group, purchased the fully automatic CO2 measuring instrument, type TS 91.7.3V - the 5000th measuring instrument produced by Steinfurth using the shaking method. The Steinfurth CO2 shaker was developed at the end of the 1960’s within the framework of a project for Coca Cola GmbH in Essen (then the Global Development Center) with the aim of providing the laboratories of the German Coca-Cola Organisation with a special device for determining CO2. “This special project has now turned into one of our company’s success stories“, confirm Johann Angres and Martin Falkenstein, managing directors of Steinfurth. Our CO2 measuring systems are now used right around the world by manufacturers of softdrinks, mineral water, beer and sparkling wines“. The simple operation, the high reproducibility and the extensive documentation possibilities have made this CO2 measuring instrument one of the main elements in quality assurance within the beverages industry, say Angres and Falkenstein. The CO2 shaker is suitable for measuring the carbon dioxide content in both closed bottles and cans. It is produced today in four versions. These vary principally in the degree of automation and can be used either on the filling line, or in the laboratory. “The fully automatic device now makes up around 70 percent of the devices sold. And the trend is growing“, stressed Angres. The TS91.7.3V measures pressure and temperature simultaneously, calculates the CO2 content and shows all three parameters on the display. The measurement procedure, including preliminary shaking, relief of head pressure, and any “breaks” in shaking, are fully automatic. As Steinfurth’s MD’s declared on handing over the anniversary device to the Swedish mineral water manufacturers, “may this inaugurate a new tradition, a tradition that is to continue.” As a leading manufacturer of special measuring instruments in the beverages industry, Steinfurth has consistently extended its range of proven products in recent years. Alongside devices for measuring the CO2 content in drinks, this also includes measuring systems and calibration equipment for pressure and temperature, torque measurement systems and calibration equipment, automatic data monitoring (data-loggers) for pressure and temperature for tunnel pasteurisation, but also as KEG-loggers, packaging testing systems for closures and containers, beer analysis systems as well as automatic foam stability measuring instruments and hazeness measuring instruments, laboratory carbonisation systems and sampling devices. . 
Start up of the 5000th Steinfurth CO2 shaker at the schwedish softdrink bottler Ramlösa. Installation next to the Steinfurth automatic torque tester TMS 5000 for measuring the opening torque of bottles and other containers with twist-off caps.
March 2006