Dataloggers Optimize Cheese-Aging Process for Tillamook
Oregon-based Tillamook Cheese, a leading maker of naturally aged cheese and other dairy products, has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s premier brands of cheese. To ensure that temperature conditions are optimal for successful aging in its automated warehouse, the company has deployed more than 30 battery-powered dataloggers in various sections of the facility’s block storage area.
“At Tillamook, we make natural cheese, not processed cheese,” according to Jim Heffernan, a maintenance technician at the Tillamook plant. “It’s not easy to make natural cheese, but the finished product is worth the effort. Part of the care and effort that goes into the process is making sure that storage temperature conditions remain at a consistent 42? F. If it’s a little too warm, the aging happens too fast. If it’s too cold, the aging doesn’t happen at all.”