Cooking Oil Solutions: Success Story

AccuTank™ Cooking Oil Management System

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the consumption of vegetable oil worldwide is around 175 million metric tons per year. Vegetable oil is used in a wide variety of applications but one of the common uses is in the food industry. A large quantity of used vegetable oil is produced and recycled around the world. With so many EPA and FDA standards in place the food and beverage industry needs to have accurate, reliable measurement readings. We've recently had a fried food manufacturer come to FLO-CORP to help solve their problem. 

PROBLEM: The fried food manufacturer was using an older ultrasonic level system to monitor their cooking oil. The old system was not giving them accurate or reliable readings. Typically ultrasonic level transmitters don't provide an accurate reading with factors such as foam, heavy vapors or surface turbulence since they can affect the returning signal. The company needed a solution quickly so they turned to FLO-CORP for assistance. 


SOLUTION: FLO-CORP provided the AccuTank™ Cooking Oil Management System. The system features a Guided Wave Radar (GWR) level transmitter instead of an Ultrasonic Transmitter. We recommended our Tracer 1000™ GWR Level Transmitter because it is extremely accurate and performs well in challenging applications such as boiling surfaces, foam and vapor. The AccuTank System can schedule the reorder of new cooking oil, notify the manager to filter fryer oil, prevent tank theft, schedule a pickup of used cooking oil and tank overflow prevention. The system ships pre-calibrated for easy installation and extreme precision. The customer is very pleased with the AccuTank Cooking Oil System and is planning to implement the system throughout all of their plants. 

If you need assistance with a tough application, we understand what you’re up against and we’re here to help find a solution, make sure the system works and continues to perform over the life of the equipment.
Contact us today (877) 356-5463

Happy Earth Day!

Measuring and Recycling Cooking Oil

FLO-CORP provides operational innovation and "green" advantages through the Smart Oil Management System.

FLO-CORP's Smart Oil Management System featuring the Tracer 1000 Guided Wave Radar Level Transmitter and DigaCom Universal Process Display.

FLO-CORP was contacted by one of the service providers of Walmart to provide every Walmart store in the United States with the Smart Oil Management System. The reason this system is so unique and extremely popular with the food service industry is because of its advanced capabilities. Corporate Walmart now has the capability to keep track of the entire inventory of used cooking oil in every store across the country. The system also alerts the store managers of the exact amount of used cooking oil that will be collected by the service company for recycling use. More advanced features of the system include overflow prevention, theft prevention, and the ability to automatically dispatch the service providers when the oil is ready for pick up.

"The rendering process collects inedible byproducts from the food processing chain and recycles it into fat, protein, and hide products that can be reused."

The Smart Oil Management System is not only a great operational innovation, but it is a product that has many “green” advantages as well. The rendering process collects inedible byproducts from the food processing chain and recycles it into fat, protein and hide products that can be reused.

Approximately 70% of the used cooking oil is filtered and reused as oil.  The other 30% is recycled using other methods creating an eco-friendly, 100% reuse system.

The Smart Oil Management System is also in use in Costco, Burger King, Wendy's, & McDonald's stores.

FLO-CORP is thrilled to provide the Smart Oil Management System, helping keep our planet clean!

Please contact us for more information or to get a quote on the Smart Oil Management System and other products.

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