The PAD20 bubble sensor, designed for detecting air and gas bubbles, has been honored with the German Agricultural Society (DLG)’s International FoodTec Award 2024. This recognition underscores its innovative design.

Unique Features of the PAD20 Sensor

This advanced sensor excels at identifying even minute gas bubbles in liquids. Its capabilities contribute significantly to resource efficiency, food safety, and overall equipment effectiveness. For customers, the PAD20 delivers tangible benefits through:

  • Minimizing wasted product (ensuring containers are completely emptied).
  • Preventing costly downtime caused by pump malfunctions due to trapped gases.
  • Quickly detecting any air contamination in the process medium.

The International FoodTec Award

The DLG’s International FoodTec Award, supported by expert partners, celebrates outstanding innovation, sustainability, and efficiency in food technology. Every three years, an international jury of research experts nominates groundbreaking concepts for gold or silver medals.

In 2024, the award featured four gold and ten silver medal recipients. Gold awards honor products with innovative technological design that creates new processes or significantly improves existing ones. Silver awards recognize existing products enhanced by advanced technology to improve current functionalities.

The PAD20 sensor received a silver medal for its sophisticated development. Baumer integrated high-performance electronics with smart algorithms to create this advanced solution, initially designed for a major dairy company to solve their long-standing issue of incomplete container emptying.

Broader Applications

While the PAD20 was developed for the food industry, its capabilities extend beyond this sector. The sensor’s ability to reliably detect gas bubbles helps optimize energy efficiency in cooling and heating systems and protects industrial pumps from damage caused by dry running.

For more information about the Baumer PAD20 bubble sensor, visit www.baumer.com/pad20

Last Updated: 2025-09-04 22:27:04