Automate Your Process
Automation plays a pivotal role in the sanitary processing equipment industry, offering customers a myriad of advantages. It guarantees precision and consistency, enhancing product quality, while also improving operational efficiency and reducing costs through minimized manual labor and reduced wastage. Moreover, it facilitates strict compliance with regulatory requirements and fosters a safer work environment by automating hazardous tasks. Additionally, automation enables real-time monitoring, data collection, and analysis, empowering businesses to make informed decisions, optimize processes, and maintain flexibility in production.
- Increased Safety
- Safety shut-offs
- Parameter detection for various applications
- Electrical design for hazardous locations
- Maximizing operating efficiency
- Recipe based controls
- Real time monitoring and correction
- Control loops for predictive decision making
- Increase product quality
- Reduce opportunity for operator error
- Process/recipe repeatability
- Process alarm management
- Cost savings
- Reduce Labor hours
- Automate data collection and plan predictive maintenance
- Reduce ingredients, cleaning chemicals, water, and other utilities usage
We’re a high-volume partner of Allen-Bradley and Siemens and utilize their cutting-edge technology to ensure you have the most advanced automation options optimized for your operations.
Panel Design and Build
- Panel design & fabrication for UL-508A requirements
- Standalone, skid-mounted, and distributed control systems
- Local or remote HMI options with multiple screen size options
- Remote access modules
- Variety of vendor partnerships for components including Allen Bradley, Siemens, and more
- Stainless and painted cabinet options
- Nema 4X washdown options
- Hazard area options including air purge and other EXP additions
- Documentation including BOM’s, operating manuals, schematics, and more
Programming:
- PLC programming for Siemens and Allen-Bradley platforms
- HMI and user interface with intuitive graphics, easy to use functions, and flow charts for mirroring system piping, valves, and instrumentation
- Asset management systems
- Customer trending and reporting
- Process alarm management
- Predictive maintenance
- Process optimization
- Custom step based recipes
Services Overview
- Custom programs and panel designs
- Remote or on-site troubleshooting
- System commissioning and validation
- On-site customer training
- Post installation remote and onsite controls support (troubleshooting)
Our controls systems can provide automation or integration for a variety of functions or applications.
- Material handling systems including ingredient feed and post processed material removal
- Instrumentation control loops
- Batching systems
- Blending and mixing systems
- Mixproof & control valves assemblies
- Valve manifolds
- Diverter panels
- Thermal processes with heat exchangers or calandrias
- Brewing systems
- Distilling systems
- Extraction systems
- Deaeration systems
- Fermentation systems
- Steeping/coffee/tea systems
- Filtration systems
- Clean-in-Place (CIP) systems
- Hot water and cold water support systems
- Steam/condensate, cooling tower, or glycol handling systems
- Compressed air systems
- Gas systems
- And more
Facilitating real-time monitoring, data collection, and analysis.
IFM and E&H Instruments:
- Types
- Temperature
- Level
- Flow
- Conductivity
- Proximity
- Brix
- Capacitance
- Features
- Sanitary connections
- Multiple sensor types depending on the application
- Repeatable and accurate
- Remote monitoring
- Trending capability
- Different protection ratings available as required
Automated Brewing
- Liquor Tank Auto-fill
- Customize-able grain handling control panels
- Load cells
- Multiple feed sources
- Remote Mashing
- Water Blending Automation
- Wort Grant Level
- Auto-Lauter Transfer
- Boil Over Protection
- Inline Refractometer
- Auto Knock-out
- Gradient Cellar Temperature Control
- Additional cellar tank control zones (I/O)
- Cellar Tank Auto-Carbonation
- Remote iPad monitoring and control
- Panel Surge Protection
Automated Distilling Systems and Mash House
- Distillation column reflux temperature control
- Distillation condenser temperature control
- C1-D1 iPad controls and remote capability
- Rupture disc sensor
- Buckeye LEL Package
- Includes panel, sensor, horn, light, programming integration
- Remote mashing
- Water blending automation
- Wash transfer automation
- Hot and cold tank auto-fill
- Customize-able grain handling control panels
- Panel surge protection
Automated Beverage Infusion
- Flow-mode
- Water Tank Auto-fill
- Panel Surge Protection
- Remote iPad Monitoring
- Holding Tank Gradient Temperature Control
- Additional Holding Tank Control Zones (I/O)
Automated Coffee/Tea Production
- Water Tank Auto-fill
- Water Blending Automation
- Coffee Transfer Automation
- In-line Refractometer
- Remote iPad Monitoring
- Panel Surge Protection
- Holding Tank Gradient Temperature Control
- Additional Holding Tank Control Zones (I/O)
