Achievements in the food industry sector
Automation of a butter conditioner unit (France)
Project
Automation of 4 butter packaging lines
Technord's contribution
Development and implementation of a computer-assisted production management system, ensuring:
Scheduling
- Receipt of commands from the ERP
- Translation in order of manufacturing (massification)
- Interface with the process (PCS7)
The production schedule
- Presenting the manufacturing orders and delivery date to be respected to the operator
- Prioritisation of orders to be produced by the operator
Resource management
- Forecasting of raw material needs based on production objectives
- Allocation of the conditioning line
Quality management
- Interface with the statistical weight control software
- Ejection of packages not conforming to weight
Management of product label printing
- Configuration of printers
- Production of printed messages
Management of traceability
- Identification of used resources
Performance management
- Management of downtime
- Line efficiency indicators
- Team efficiency indicators
Management of production recipes
- Management of a database containing finished products with their specific properties
- Interface operator (CAB)
Technology
Siemens Simatic IT Software Suite, V6.1 (PDA, PPA, OEE, Event, PM, POM, MM, CAB, BO), linked to PCS7 V6.1, Logusi, XML, Telemecanique, Office, Qualistat, Terminal Serveur, Intouch applications
