Industry
Control systems for food and beverage plants
Food plants run on changeover and traceability. A control system that makes a recipe change quick and a batch record complete is worth more than one with better graphics.
The plants we work on here mix continuous process, batch process and discrete packaging in one building, usually with equipment from a dozen OEMs on as many controller brands. Bringing them onto one head-end with one alarm philosophy is most of the value.
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Common scopes
- Recipe and batch handling that lets production add a product without calling an integrator
- CIP sequence control with recorded time, temperature and concentration evidence
- Line integration across mixed-brand OEM machines onto a single SCADA
- Downtime and OEE capture that reflects why a line stopped, not just that it did
- Traceability data captured at the control layer and passed to MES or ERP
- Utility metering split by line so cost per tonne is a real number
Questions we get asked
Next step
Running food & beverage plant?
Tell us which system, which platform, and what the constraint is. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right firm for it.
An engineer responds within one business day.