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Process optimization

We understand how system stability and timing are critical to the optimal performance of your equipment. We can help you identify potential process improvements to prevent oscillations and optimize startup. Our process experts analyze your system by trending key metrics to determine a plan of action. We utilize process characterizing software to model your system response time and use results to adjust your control loops. Our detailed reports will layout comparison of before and after and tunings utilized. 

Industrial sensors

Solutions

  • Conveyance/palletizing/depalletizing
  • Packaging Equipment
  • Quality of roast and pasteurization
  • Process modification/additions
  • Motor VFD/Soft-start/Overloads configuration
  • Sensor calibration and PID tuning

Projects

Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds

  • Optimized roaster/pasteurizer warm up time and stable state temperatures
  • Packaging equipment OEE calculations
  • Auto sampler design implementation on 36+ packaging lines
  • Minimized roaster burnt product at start up
  • Combustion burner PM maintenance schedule
  • Robotic palletizer PM and optimization
  • Control/Net/Device Net/Ethernet MCC conversions and additions
  • Design and replace OEM controls with Logitx platform

POM Wonderful

  • Implement camera tracking system to keep track of packaging pomegranates and ensure consistent quantity

Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella

  • Optimized product accumulation lanes and palletizing
  • Combustion burner PM schedule
  • Roaster start up optimization and PID tuning
  • Packaging line spur merge tracking to the main transportation trunk line to eliminate jams

Mount Poso

  • Biannual outage support loop checking instrumentation PLC/HMI backup and implementing new process control logic
  • Legacy PLC 5 to control logics migration design and specification

Certifications

We are always looking for improvement