Supervisory Integration of a Frozen Meal Manufacturing Line

OUR ROLE: DESIGN & IMPLEMENT A SUPERVISORY LINE CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING THE PACKML MODEL

Spiroflow Automation was awarded a contract to implement supervisory control on a frozen meal food manufacturing line in the United States. Approximately 50% of the existing equipment remained & the balance was replaced with new equipment sections. All equipment PLC processors were updated with the PackML communication standard, providing commonality among all equipment modules & effective communication to a supervisory PLC for line section control & data acquisition. The designed system architecture resulted in a networking strategy, which reduced the number of discrete communication networks from 4 to 2, resulting in $70,000+ networking hardware cost savings for the customer. SASI coordinated with all equipment suppliers to implement the PackML layer into their respective PLC programs, resulting in a near vertical control system commissioning.

*PackML is a standard for machine automation developed by The Organization for Machine Automation & Control (OMAC)