Abstract :
Canbra foods is Canada´s largest fully-integrated oilseed crushing, refining, processing and packaging company. Its major products include cooking and salad oil, margarine, shortening and a full line of proteins. With stiff competitive pressure from soy manufacturers, Canbra is constantly seeking ways to increase manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs. At the company´s Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada facility, it relies heavily on automation technology to control, automate and monitor production. A project to automate the batch control process at a Canadian oil processing plant has yielded significant improvements as well as a considerable amount of money. The automated solution combines the batch control software with a Flexicon bulk handling system that conveys, loads, unloads, weighs, feeds, and processes bulk solid material
Keywords :
SCADA systems; batch processing (industrial); food processing industry; industrial control; production control; programmable controllers; Canadian oil processing plant; Flexicon bulk handling system; SCADA systems; automation technology; batch control process; batch control software; production control; production monitoring; programmable controllers;