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Innovative Products
Cold chain temperature tracking technology
SMARTprobe eliminates the need to insert sensors and thermometers into chilled or frozen goods
As a result, SMARTware users working in- transport logistics, quality control and HAC- CP compliance are better equipped to devise compliant processes while minimising the po- tential for failure. The job of auditing is more efficient and without unnecessary confronta- tion in situations where temperature rules may be f louted.
With no hardware required, SMARTware cal- culates the temperature of food products in vari- ous environmental and refrigerated conditions based information from the ingredients shown on the manufacturers' data sheets or the food product packaging.
To achieve compliance with HACCP princi- ples in quality management systems for cold chain food transport and storage, Mitchell said it is essential to harness temperature data and in- formation to reflect and manage critical points
“THE MODERN COLD CHAIN HAS EXPANDED EXTENSIVELY IN RECENT YEARS.”
– SUPERCOOL GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, MARK MITCHELL.
in the cold chain process.
With more food stored under refrigeration
every year, and food being transported over long- er distances, the modern cold chain has expand- ed extensively in recent years.
“It is only by knowing the actual core tempera- ture of the food product that a safe quality deci- sion is possible for its delivery as ambient and refrigerated space air temperatures cannot be relied on to reflect accurate food product tem- peratures at critical points,” Mitchell said.
SuperCool Group managing director, Mark Mitchell.
SUPERCOOL GROUP HAS introduced Su- perSense Smart Solutions, a range of products designed to improve standards and practices for the transport and storage of refrigerated food and pharmaceuticals.
SuperSense has been developed by a dedicated team at SuperCool Group headquarters in Australia
as the SuperSense SMARTprobe along with Su- perSense SMARTware that are both designed to yield accurate results for food products across a wide temperature range.
SuperSense Smart Solutions comprises SMART- probe hardware and SMARTware software:
SMARTPROBE
SuperSense SMARTprobe is a product tempera- ture monitoring device that can be wall-mount- ed or inserted into the load and has a unique breakaway plug and connection system.
This eliminates the need to insert sensors and thermometers into chilled or frozen goods for the purpose of measuring core temperature informa- tion. Inaccuracies caused by misalignment and vi- bration during transport become a thing of the past.
Requiring no battery, no Wi-Fi and no Blue- tooth, SuperSense SMARTprobe is a quick plug-in hardware device suitable for connection to most leading temperature monitoring systems without the need for additional software, and can be cali- brated to suit a wide range of food products.
It is a time-saving solution for transport man- agers, loading dock personnel and drivers that closes cold chain links across loading docks.
SMARTWARE
SuperSense SMARTware is an essential software tool for auditors, food designers and food pack- agers that enables them to plan and predict the impact of temperature fluctuations and abuse on products in the cold chain.
to provide time-saving and uncomplicated com- pliant processes for measuring the core and sur- face temperatures of any predetermined product in the cold chain and cold storage industries.
Ideas behind the SuperSense Smart Solutions range came from SuperCool Group managing direc- tor Mark Mitchell and general manager Jon Mitchell, who from their exposure to and experience in the challenges that face the growing global cold chain, developed a desire for better ways of monitoring and recording food product temperatures.
The experience gained from their longstand- ing relationship with Ron Quaedvlieg, co-found- er and former CEO of groundbreaking tempera- ture monitoring solutions company Euroscan, also underpinned the product development of this new technology.
A joint research and development project was struck between SuperCool Group and Griffith University, led by Dr Hanan Hamid, who devel- oped the first prototypes of what is now known
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