Food and Beverage

[ Small breweries ] - [ Grinding plants ] - [ Weighbridges ]



Small breweries -
right up front technically and economically with WinAC

Process control systems in large breweries make sure that the complex recipes for the fine differences between lager, white beer and ale etc. are followed exactly. Small breweries are often unable to finance such systems. The Beraplan Härter GmbH in Chieming found the right technical and economical alternative in PC-based Automation. The practically unlimited PC memory is sufficient for all sorts of beer. Control, regulation, operation and monitoring are fully integrated on one platform - SIMATIC WinAC.




Modularly designed grinding plants -
fast assembly, rapid success

Ocrim, an Italian manufacturer of grinding plants, relies consistently on technological modularization. Every single machine is equipped with its own intelligent control. Even complex plants can be assembled quickly from pre-programmed and tested components. Modifications hardly disturb the operation. Central coordination and visualization run on a PC. Ocrim choose WinAC because PC-based Automation and subordinate PLCs are programmed with just one software in SIMATIC.

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Weighbridges -
important values directly into accounting

Weighbridges help to avoid overloading vehicles - and to determine the value of the loaded goods. These scales are often integrated in the industrial process so that measuring technology, data processing, communication and control have to work in close cooperation. At Glanbia Foods Taw Valley Creamery, a large English cheese producer, the measured values go directly from the weighbridge to accounts thanks to Siemens PC-based Automation.