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Monitoring solutions for distillers
Fermentation monitoring, level and alcohol content control – these inspection and inventory requirements have now become mandatory for distillers.
Onafis has developed solutions geared specifically to your profession that safeguard these stages and offer you a more comfortable working environment.
What every distillation puts at stake for you
Poorly controlled fermentation means falling alcohol yield
An undetected temperature drift can slow or divert fermentation, directly impacting your yield and distillate quality.
An approximate inventory means value slipping through your fingers
The volume and ABV of every barrel must be precisely measured and tracked to meet your customs obligations. Between readings, the angels’ share keeps eroding your stock’s value without ever being properly measured — and a leak can go unnoticed until an entire barrel is lost.
Manual readings take up valuable time for your teams
Measuring levels, checking ABV, monitoring tanks: every day, your teams spend time on repetitive tasks, at the expense of their real expertise.
Onafis turns this monitoring into real control
Detecting drifts as soon as they appear, controlling the angels’ share, a reliable and automated inventory, time given back to your teams — that’s what our fermentation, maturation and inventory monitoring solutions deliver, presented below.
Fermentation monitoring
Don’t discover a fermentation incident too late
Between two manual readings, a fermentation that slows down or stops can go unnoticed for several hours — with a direct risk to your alcohol yield and the quality of your distillate.
- Track fermentation kinetics in real time, without moving
- Get an alert as soon as a deviation appears, before it costs you a batch
- Link monitoring to your temperature control for automatic correction
- Save time on manual readings and sampling
The solution: Densios, our automatic floating density meter, immersed directly in your tank.
The fermentation probes
Densios
A floating probe continuously measures the density (plato, brix) and temperature of your must, whatever vessel you use. Adaptable to all types of spirits — tank, vat or amphora — Densios secures the fermentation stage before distillation and automates your readings for a more comfortable working environment.
Internal and external temperature
Density
Alkios — your stock under control, continuously
A reliable inventory shouldn’t tie up your teams for weeks. Manually reading the volume and ABV of every barrel, barrel by barrel, warehouse by warehouse, is an unavoidable part of your annual customs inventory — and one of the most time-consuming tasks in your operation.
Maturation monitoring
Mapping
Using cellar mapping, identify micro-climates and gain a better understanding and control over the environment in your cellar so that you can optimise evaporation loss and save on energy usage.
Maturation probes
The B-Evolution probe
Dissolved & volatile oxygen
Atmospheric pressure
Microbiological detection (i-RDM)
An invisible drift, until it’s in the glass. During maturation, oxidation, Brettanomyces contamination or abnormal evaporation progress with no visible sign — by the time it’s detected by smell or tasting, the batch is often already compromised.
With Onafis bungs, you’re alerted at the very first signs: our artificial intelligence (i-RDM) detects a microbiological drift from as little as 5 cells/mL, well before it becomes perceptible.
The bung fits directly into the barrel and continuously measures oxygen (dissolved and gaseous), temperature and atmospheric pressure — without opening, without sampling, without exposing your spirit to air.
You also gain control over your cellar: micro-climate mapping, automated air-conditioning, with estimated savings of 30% on your energy costs and 10 tonnes of CO2 avoided per year.
They use Onafis monitoring solutions
“I'm completely satisfied with Densios ! Before, I had one person take all the density readings for each barrel twice a day...”
“I'm completely satisfied with Densios ! Before, I had one person take all the density readings for each barrel twice a day...”
“I'm completely satisfied with Densios ! Before, I had one person take all the density readings for each barrel twice a day...”
Frequently asked questions
Perhaps we can answer your questions
Do Onafis solutions need to be recalibrated?
Onafis has secured approval for its technologies from CEA Tech, with stringent tests proving that our equipment is long-lasting. The tests confirm that no recalibration is required for at least 10 years. Since 2020, our initial users have not needed to readjust their ONAFIS solutions.
My facilities do not have an internet connection, will this prevent me from using Onafis solutions?
Before any installation, Onafis conducts an assessment of your environment to provide you with advice on the best connectivity options to guarantee that your systems remain operational. We also offer bespoke IoT solutions like specific routers and boxes that ensure and secure your connection. We’ve got you covered!
What guarantee comes with the equipment ?
Onafis guarantees its equipment for life. As long as your Onafis licence or maintenance is up-to-date, your equipment is covered and our staff remotely checks that it is working properly.
I am not very familiar with IT. Are my staff and I likely to encounter any difficulties with your software?
Onafis provides assistance every step of the way, from integration through to day-to-day usage. We provide full training, including customising alerts based on your needs. Our tools have been developed with experts out in the field so that the information reaches you directly. The alerts can be set so that you receive them by email, notification or text message, depending on your preferences.
