Morton Controls Pty Ltd

Morton Controls Pty Ltd Morton Controls specialises in the field of Instrumentation, Process Control and Factory Automation. We represent top Brands in the industry.

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: FiltrationIn brewery production, filtration plays a key role in defi...
18/06/2026

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Filtration

In brewery production, filtration plays a key role in defining the final clarity, stability and quality of the beer.

Depending on the beer style and production requirements, turbidity may be partially reduced or completely removed before storage. Technologies such as diatomaceous earth filters, crossflow systems, candle filters and centrifuges are commonly used to achieve the desired result.
To maintain consistent filtrate quality and efficient operation, accurate measurement and monitoring are essential.

Key measurement points include:
• Turbidity measurement to reliably achieve and maintain the desired level of clarity, while continuously monitoring filter performance
• Pressure measurement to monitor filter condition and detect deviations that may indicate clogging, wear or other process issues
• Flow measurement to accurately measure beer volume throughout the filtration process and support overall process control

Reliable measurement technology helps breweries maintain consistent clarity, optimise filter performance and support stable, efficient operation.

As the official Anderson-Negele partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports breweries with hygienic instrumentation solutions for turbidity, pressure, flow and process control across the brewery process chain.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss instrumentation solutions for your brewery process chain.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Yeast HarvestingIn brewery production, yeast harvesting plays an imp...
17/06/2026

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Yeast Harvesting

In brewery production, yeast harvesting plays an important role in maintaining consistency, reducing waste and improving process efficiency.

Many yeast types can be reused several times after fermentation, but successful reuse depends on accurate separation. Dead yeast, lower-quality yeast and reusable yeast must be clearly identified and directed to the correct container for reuse or disposal.

This is where reliable turbidity measurement becomes valuable.

During yeast harvesting, turbidity sensors can be used to automatically detect and separate different yeast layers based on predefined values. This helps reduce reliance on manual visual checks at the sight glass, saving labour time while supporting consistent yeast quality.

Key measurement points include:
• Turbidity measurement to distinguish between different yeast qualities and support automated routing during harvesting
• Process control to direct reusable yeast and rejected yeast into the correct containers
• Reliable inline measurement to reduce manual intervention and improve repeatability

Accurate measurement technology helps breweries improve yeast management, support consistent beer quality and optimise overall process efficiency.

As the official Anderson-Negele partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports breweries with hygienic instrumentation solutions for turbidity measurement and process control across the brewery process chain.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss instrumentation solutions for your brewery process chain.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

Morton Controls sales team came together for a great strategy session, sharing ideas and planning for the second half of...
10/06/2026

Morton Controls sales team came together for a great strategy session, sharing ideas and planning for the second half of this year. There’s plenty to be excited about...watch this space!

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: FermentationIn brewery production, fermentation is where the beer's ...
05/06/2026

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Fermentation

In brewery production, fermentation is where the beer's character is truly defined.

To achieve consistent flavour, aroma and product quality, fermentation conditions must be controlled with precision. Parameters such as wort composition, aeration, yeast strain, cell count and yeast management all play an important role, supported by tightly controlled temperature and pressure.

Modern fermentation tanks are typically closed systems, making reliable monitoring essential for both process consistency and safe operation under pressure.

Key measurement points include:
• Temperature measurement to precisely control fermentation conditions and support optimal yeast activity, depending on the yeast strain and fermentation type
• Point level detection to reliably prevent tank overflows during active fermentation
• Pressure measurement to monitor CO₂ levels, especially during bunging, supporting controlled carbonation and safe tank operation

Reliable measurement technology helps ensure consistent fermentation performance, reproducible beer quality and safe, controlled processes.

As the official Anderson-Negele partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports breweries with hygienic instrumentation solutions for temperature, point level, pressure and process control across the brewery process chain.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss instrumentation solutions for your brewery process chain.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Wort CoolingIn brewery production, rapid and controlled wort cooling...
04/06/2026

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Wort Cooling

In brewery production, rapid and controlled wort cooling is a critical step before fermentation.

The plate heat exchanger plays an important role in bringing hot wort down to the required wort-out temperature, while preparing it for fermentation under stable and controlled conditions.

To achieve this efficiently, breweries need precise temperature control and a stable flow of both the wort and the cooling medium. Any deviation at this stage can affect heat-transfer performance, process efficiency, and downstream fermentation conditions.

Key measurement points include:
• Temperature measurement to monitor heat transfer performance, ensure the required cooling rate and maintain a consistent wort-out temperature
• Pressure measurement at the inlet and outlet to detect deviations from target conditions
• Pressure monitoring to help identify potential fouling, blockages or other malfunctions, allowing alarms to be triggered before issues affect production

Reliable measurement technology helps ensure efficient heat exchange, stable fermentation conditions and consistent product quality.

As the official Anderson-Negele partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports breweries with hygienic instrumentation solutions for temperature, pressure, flow and process control across the brewery process chain.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss instrumentation solutions for your brewery process chain.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: WhirlpoolIn brewery production, the whirlpool plays a critical role ...
28/05/2026

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Whirlpool

In brewery production, the whirlpool plays a critical role in wort clarification.

After boiling, the whirlpool separates trub from the wort through controlled flow dynamics, helping to form a compact trub cone at the centre of the vessel. Efficient separation at this stage is essential for smooth downstream processing, consistent wort quality and reliable brewery operation.

Accurate instrumentation helps breweries monitor the key process conditions needed for effective solid-liquid separation.

Key measurement points include:
• Temperature measurement to support controlled hot trub removal and stable process conditions
• Level measurement to monitor vessel contents and support reliable operation
• Flow measurement at the inlet to monitor and optimise velocity, helping to create the ideal conditions for stable trub cone formation
• Turbidity measurement at the outlet to verify wort clarity and confirm that solids have been effectively removed before transfer to the next process stage

Reliable measurement technology in the whirlpool helps improve separation efficiency, protect downstream equipment and contribute to consistent product quality.

As the official Anderson-Negele partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports breweries with hygienic instrumentation solutions for temperature, level, flow and turbidity measurement across the brewery process chain.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss instrumentation solutions for your brewery process chain.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Brew (Boil) Kettle In brewery production, the brew kettle, where wor...
26/05/2026

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Brew (Boil) Kettle

In brewery production, the brew kettle, where wort is boiled, plays a critical role in achieving the desired original gravity through controlled evaporation.

This stage requires precise control of multiple process parameters, often under challenging conditions such as foam formation, hop addition, product build-up and changing process dynamics.

Accurate instrumentation helps breweries maintain consistent boiling conditions, protect product quality and support safe operation.

Key measurement points include:
• Level measurement to ensure accurate monitoring of the kettle volume, even where foam or build-up may be present
• Pressure measurement to support stable boiling conditions and process control
• Temperature measurement to maintain consistent wort boiling and evaporation performance
• Point level detection to help prevent overflow and protect against dry running
• Flow measurement selected according to the required accuracy and specific process needs

For applications where foam and build-up can affect measurement reliability, potentiometric level sensors such as the Anderson-Negele NSL range provide precise level measurement that remains unaffected by foam or product deposits.

Point level switches, such as the NVS, support safe operation by providing reliable detection for overflow prevention and dry-run protection.

Reliable measurement technology helps breweries achieve consistent original gravity, stable processes and safer operation, turning the brew kettle into a well-controlled performance stage.
As the official Anderson-Negele partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports breweries with hygienic instrumentation solutions for level, point level, pressure, temperature and flow measurement.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss instrumentation solutions for your brewery process chain.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Lauter TunIn brewery production, lautering is often one of the key p...
25/05/2026

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Lauter Tun

In brewery production, lautering is often one of the key process bottlenecks. Every minute saved at this stage can have a direct impact on overall efficiency, while still needing to protect wort quality and process consistency.

That is where precise measurement and control become critical.
During lautering, accurate instrumentation helps breweries monitor wort clarity, control flow conditions, manage filter performance and maintain the right process temperature for efficient separation.

Key measurement points include:
• Turbidity measurement to replace visual checks of wort clarity and support automated switching during lautering or sparging based on predefined turbidity values
• Flow measurement to control wort pump-down speed during recirculation and lautering, even when resistance from the spent grain bed fluctuates
• Pressure measurement to monitor filter performance, with differential pressure providing valuable insight into filter cake permeability and porosity
• Temperature measurement to maintain optimal wort viscosity for efficient separation
• Point level detection for reliable full and empty monitoring of the lauter tun
• Refractometry to support inline analysis and improve control of extract concentration during the process

Reliable measurement technology helps turn lautering from a production bottleneck into a performance driver, supporting efficiency, consistency and process control.

As the official Anderson-Negele partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports breweries with hygienic instrumentation solutions for temperature, point level, turbidity, differential pressure, flow and inline process analysis.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss instrumentation solutions for your brewery process chain.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Mash TunIn brewery production, consistency starts with accurate meas...
22/05/2026

Turn Your Brewery Process Chain Into a Value Chain: Mash Tun

In brewery production, consistency starts with accurate measurement.

Take the mash tun as an example. The quality of the mash depends on precise control of the malt grist, water volume, temperature and flow rate. When these variables are measured and controlled correctly, breweries can maintain consistent mash quality across a wide range of recipes and production requirements.

Key measurement points include:
• Flow measurement to accurately track the volume of water added to the process
• Fast-response temperature measurement to maintain optimal mashing conditions
• Point level detection for reliable full and empty monitoring of the mash tun
• Optional continuous level monitoring for full visibility of tank volume at any time

For hygienic brewery applications, capacitive level sensors can offer a clean, reliable alternative to fork sensors. They are designed for easier cleaning, fast response times and dependable detection, helping to prevent tank overflows and protect pumps from running dry, even in more complex tank designs.

Reliable instrumentation is the foundation of consistent product quality, efficient brewing processes and safer plant operation.

As the official Anderson-Negele partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports breweries with hygienic measurement solutions for flow, temperature, level and process control.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss instrumentation solutions for your brewery process chain.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

Are you Liquid Ready?Overfill protection and leak detection are essential safety measures in industrial plants where rel...
14/05/2026

Are you Liquid Ready?

Overfill protection and leak detection are essential safety measures in industrial plants where reliability, compliance and environmental protection matter.

In chemical, pharmaceutical, water and wastewater, food production and energy applications, tanks and process vessels often contain media that may be water-hazardous, flammable, toxic, corrosive or environmentally sensitive.

This is where certified-level and point-level measurement systems play a critical role.
Overfill protection helps prevent tanks and containers from exceeding their safe operating capacity. When a defined limit level is reached, the system sends a signal to the control unit or can automatically stop the filling process. This reduces the risk of product loss, environmental contamination, equipment damage and unsafe working conditions.

Leak detection provides an additional layer of protection by identifying leaks at an early stage. In double-walled tanks, pipelines or containment areas, modern systems can continuously monitor the interstitial space and trigger visual or audible alarms when a fault is detected.

These safety concepts are especially important in applications such as:
• Chemical and petrochemical plants handling acids, alkalis and solvents
• Tank farms and refineries
• Water and wastewater treatment facilities
• Food and pharmaceutical production environments
• Fuel, diesel and heating oil storage tanks
• Agricultural storage tanks for manure, slurry and silage effluent

As the official UWT Level Controls partner in Southern Africa, Morton Controls supports industrial plants with robust, reliable level measurement solutions for demanding applications, including overfill protection and leak detection.

From storage tanks and process vessels to dosing, reaction, collection and clarification tanks, we help clients select technology that is suited to the application and built for long-term safety.
When hazardous or environmentally sensitive media are involved, reliable level control is not just about measurement. It is about risk reduction, compliance and process safety.

Contact Morton Controls to discuss UWT level and point level solutions for your plant.

📞 0861 000 393
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 www.mortoncontrols.co.za

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