EKF наращивает опыт в автоматизации предприятий пищевой промышленности

EKF is expanding its portfolio of projects for the automation of food industry enterprises. For the automation of technological systems, the range includes equipment for all three hardware levels of the automated process control system: lower (sensors), middle (controllers) and upper (operator panels).

For the lower level of automation, EKF offers a large selection of sensors that allow you to solve the following tasks:

· Temperature monitoring: RTD temperature sensors can be used to control the temperature in cold rooms to ensure the freshness and safety of raw materials and finished products.

· Humidity tracking: THT humidity sensors help control the humidity level in production facilities, which will prevent spoilage of products and maintain the necessary conditions for their storage.

· Pressure control: PRT-100 and PRT-101 pressure transducers are used to control vacuum packaging systems, which increases the shelf life of products.

· Conveyor processes: inductive, capacitive and optical PROXIS sensors are used to automate sorting, packaging and quality control of products.

Equipment of the middle level of the automated process control system ‒ controllers and I/O modules EKF PRO-Logic are suitable for solving problems related to the automation of production processes. They can control equipment, track production parameters, control temperature and humidity during the production and storage of products, and optimize energy consumption. Tasks that are solved with the help of PRO-Logic systems:

· automation of production, packaging and sorting lines;

· climate control in refrigerators and freezers;

· regulation of smoking and curing processes of meat;

· control of pasteurization and fermentation processes of dairy products;

· monitoring and control of baking, cooking or frying processes, etc.

Equipment of the upper level of the automated process control system – operator panels EKF PRO-Screen are used in the food industry for operators to interact with production equipment. They can be used to manage and monitor various processes, such as:

· Equipment management: panels allow operators to start and stop various production equipment.

· Process monitoring: displaying temperature, pressure and other critical parameters in real time.

· Data logging: panels can record data about production processes, which can then be used to analyze performance, ensure quality and trace products.

· Interaction with the control system: operator panels are often integrated with automated production control systems (SCADA) or other enterprise management systems (ERP), allowing operators to interact with the wider information system of the enterprise.

· Warning and diagnostics of malfunctions: panels display errors, helping operators to quickly respond to malfunctions and prevent equipment downtime. Recipe management: the food industry often uses various recipes and technological regimes. Operator panels can store and manage these recipes, making the production process more standardized and simplifying recipe changes.

Automation solutions from EKF increase the efficiency and safety of production processes and guarantee the high quality of the final product.

Over the years of partnership with system integrators and engineering organizations, EKF has developed a rich reference list of existing facilities. The brand's equipment operates in automation systems for industrial fish curing chambers, chambers for defrosting semi-finished meat products, room processing systems at poultry farms, homogenizers for making yogurt, ventilation systems at poultry farms, and conveyors for marking milk.

"Customer trust is a high assessment of our work and product quality. We follow the development of the market and expand the range of equipment for all levels of the automated process control system. Today, we can offer ready-made solutions for automation and optimization of production to enterprises in various industries and continue to build competencies to increase the offer and most accurately meet the needs and expectations of consumers," said Dmitry Kucherov, General Director of EKF.

EKF not only supplies equipment, but also provides a full range of services for personnel training, technical support and service maintenance. Customers can effectively use automation systems to achieve maximum business impact.