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From Farm to Table: Fully Automated Milk Pasteurization Plant š„
We're excited to announce the successful completion of a new, fully automated milk pasteurization plant.
This project involved designing and commissioning a state-of-the-art system that maximizes efficiency, hygiene, and product consistency.
Key features:
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Optimized Process Design: Streamlined pasteurization, heating, cooling, flow control, and CIP operations.
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Siemens S7-1200 PLC: Precise control of all plant operations for seamless and reliable performance.
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Weintek HMI: User-friendly interface for easy operator interaction and system monitoring.
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WinCC 7.0 SCADA Integration: Centralized control, data logging, and trend analysis for optimized plant performance.
This project demonstrates Robox's expertise in delivering innovative and efficient automation solutions for the food and beverage industry.
From Farm to Table: Fully Automated Milk Pasteurization Plant š„
We're excited to announce the successful completion of a new, fully automated milk pasteurization plant.
This project involved designing and commissioning a state-of-the-art system that maximizes efficiency, hygiene, and product consistency.
Key features:
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Optimized Process Design: Streamlined pasteurization, heating, cooling, flow control, and CIP operations.
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Siemens S7-1200 PLC: Precise control of all plant operations for seamless and reliable performance.
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Weintek HMI: User-friendly interface for easy operator interaction and system monitoring.
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WinCC 7.0 SCADA Integration: Centralized control, data logging, and trend analysis for optimized plant performance.
This project demonstrates Robox's expertise in delivering innovative and efficient automation solutions for the food and beverage industry.
Hamza H.
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š§ From Semi-Automatic to Fully Automated ā Feed Production System Upgrade
Proud to share a recent project delivered by our team in an animal feed production facility (poultry, cattle, and goat nutrition lines). The objective was clear: Replace an unstable and faulty control system with a reliable, precise, and fully automated solution. The existing process was running in semi-automatic mode with recurring dosing inaccuracies from multiple silos and limited diagnostic visibility. This was directly impacting efficiency and maintenance response time. Our approach focused on: āŖ Rebuilding the entire control logic on a Siemens S7-1200 PLC āŖ Developing a structured and intuitive interface using a Weintek HMI āŖ Converting the system from semi-automatic to fully automatic operation āŖ Improving dosing precision to near-optimal accuracy āŖ Implementing clear alarm handling and diagnostic feedback for faster troubleshooting The result: ā Smoother production cycles ā Significantly improved dosing precision ā Better operator visibility ā Faster maintenance intervention ā A more reliable and scalable system Projects like this highlight how structured automation and well-designed control philosophy can transform performance Proud to be part of a team that focuses on reliability, precision, and continuous improvement.
š§ From Semi-Automatic to Fully Automated ā Feed Production System Upgrade
Proud to share a recent project delivered by our team in an animal feed production facility (poultry, cattle, and goat nutrition lines). The objective was clear: Replace an unstable and faulty control system with a reliable, precise, and fully automated solution. The existing process was running in semi-automatic mode with recurring dosing inaccuracies from multiple silos and limited diagnostic visibility. This was directly impacting efficiency and maintenance response time. Our approach focused on: āŖ Rebuilding the entire control logic on a Siemens S7-1200 PLC āŖ Developing a structured and intuitive interface using a Weintek HMI āŖ Converting the system from semi-automatic to fully automatic operation āŖ Improving dosing precision to near-optimal accuracy āŖ Implementing clear alarm handling and diagnostic feedback for faster troubleshooting The result: ā Smoother production cycles ā Significantly improved dosing precision ā Better operator visibility ā Faster maintenance intervention ā A more reliable and scalable system Projects like this highlight how structured automation and well-designed control philosophy can transform performance Proud to be part of a team that focuses on reliability, precision, and continuous improvement.
Bitmasked Automation
Great things come in small packages.
These compact panels are headed out to various sites for monitoring grain bin levels with VEGA Americas, Inc. radar levels sensors and Weintek USA, Inc. HMIs.
A few have some simple extra logic that was requested such as stacklight operation, auto swap between bins based on level and auto shutdown based on amperage.
Custom routed enclosures from Polycase, Inc. keeps things neat and professional.
Great things come in small packages.
These compact panels are headed out to various sites for monitoring grain bin levels with VEGA Americas, Inc. radar levels sensors and Weintek USA, Inc. HMIs.
A few have some simple extra logic that was requested such as stacklight operation, auto swap between bins based on level and auto shutdown based on amperage.
Custom routed enclosures from Polycase, Inc. keeps things neat and professional.
Bitmasked Automation
Agricultural Automation: Providing systems integration through practical, flexible, automated solutions.
Ease of use is a key feature in
#agautomation.
Coupling a VEGA Americas, Inc. radar with a Weintek USA, Inc. HMI and WERMA stacklights provides simple, reliable and easy to use level monitoring for any grain system.
VEGA's intuitive VEGA Tools app allows customers to configure radars on their own with ease over bluetooth.
Weintek's flexibility in design makes it easy to hide away rarely used settings in pop-ups, making field configuration easy on a less cluttered HMI with hierarchical design.
WERMA's new RST56 provides a sharp contrast vs traditional stacklights with colored lenses, making it easier to distinguish which light segments are illuminated.
Ease of use is a key feature in
#agautomation.
Coupling a VEGA Americas, Inc. radar with a Weintek USA, Inc. HMI and WERMA stacklights provides simple, reliable and easy to use level monitoring for any grain system.
VEGA's intuitive VEGA Tools app allows customers to configure radars on their own with ease over bluetooth.
Weintek's flexibility in design makes it easy to hide away rarely used settings in pop-ups, making field configuration easy on a less cluttered HMI with hierarchical design.
WERMA's new RST56 provides a sharp contrast vs traditional stacklights with colored lenses, making it easier to distinguish which light segments are illuminated.
Bitmasked Automation
There's several alternatives to radar for bin level sensing.
šŖØ Throw stones at the side of the bin.
šŖ Climb the ladder constantly.
šŖ Mechanical indicators that fill w/water.
š” Rotary switches combined with a stopwatch for how long to fill after the light turns on and a notepad to remember to tell grandpa there's already 2 loads past the switch.
š· Cameras... That magically see through dust and debris.
ā Math, grain in - grain out. EzPz.
Or just add radar and remove the guesswork.
There's several alternatives to radar for bin level sensing.
šŖØ Throw stones at the side of the bin.
šŖ Climb the ladder constantly.
šŖ Mechanical indicators that fill w/water.
š” Rotary switches combined with a stopwatch for how long to fill after the light turns on and a notepad to remember to tell grandpa there's already 2 loads past the switch.
š· Cameras... That magically see through dust and debris.
ā Math, grain in - grain out. EzPz.
Or just add radar and remove the guesswork.
Vinny Endres
Bitmasked - Automating Agriculture
The world of controls has no shortage of headaches. Cool tools and some key tips can help alleviate some of the common ones.
Today I was playing with using config files for Weintek USA, Inc. HMIs for a standardized product we have. In the project I also disabled the start button to access the HMI system screen. I added a hidden button to activate it but dyslexia caught up with me and I didn't notice the address was incorrect before downloading.
Once rebooted, attempted logins via CODESYS North America were unsuccessful. LAN1 is controlled by the Codesys runtime when installed and I had forgotten the check box to have Codesys update the adapter IP as I wasn't talking with remote IO yet anyway. LAN2 was set to use DHCP, but a quick scan did not show it on the network. Uh oh...
I looked down and saw my IP-Explorer from TW Controls. Plugged it in and within seconds had the IP address needed to connect to the HMI and fix my errors.
But now I'd have to adjust my adapter settings. Where did windows move them with the latest update? Doesn't matter, after the training from Traceroute, "run>ncpa.cpl" is engrained into my daily life. A small tidbit that over a lifetime will save humanity hours of wasted time.
Small wins add up.
The world of controls has no shortage of headaches. Cool tools and some key tips can help alleviate some of the common ones.
Today I was playing with using config files for Weintek USA, Inc. HMIs for a standardized product we have. In the project I also disabled the start button to access the HMI system screen. I added a hidden button to activate it but dyslexia caught up with me and I didn't notice the address was incorrect before downloading.
Once rebooted, attempted logins via CODESYS North America were unsuccessful. LAN1 is controlled by the Codesys runtime when installed and I had forgotten the check box to have Codesys update the adapter IP as I wasn't talking with remote IO yet anyway. LAN2 was set to use DHCP, but a quick scan did not show it on the network. Uh oh...
I looked down and saw my IP-Explorer from TW Controls. Plugged it in and within seconds had the IP address needed to connect to the HMI and fix my errors.
But now I'd have to adjust my adapter settings. Where did windows move them with the latest update? Doesn't matter, after the training from Traceroute, "run>ncpa.cpl" is engrained into my daily life. A small tidbit that over a lifetime will save humanity hours of wasted time.
Small wins add up.
Vinny Endres
Bitmasked - Automating Agriculture
Technical debt can sneak up on you and flexibility is key when combating it.
Our original simple level monitoring panel was written in a simple cost-effective PLC with fixed memory programming. This was fine for minimal features and only four sensors.
When it needed to be expanded to accommodate more sensors and features, dev time and potential errors shot up exponentially and compromises would have to be made.
We use Codesys almost exclusively for our bigger projects and initially I felt it was overkill for this. Fortunately, we had already upgraded to using a Weintek HMI and that opened the door for easy Codesys integration.
The cost-effective PLC was converted to remote IO, Codesys license added to the HMI and the program was rewritten in 1/10th of the time with no compromises made. Future requests will also be easy to accommodate due to the power of Codesys.
Technical debt can sneak up on you and flexibility is key when combating it.
Our original simple level monitoring panel was written in a simple cost-effective PLC with fixed memory programming. This was fine for minimal features and only four sensors.
When it needed to be expanded to accommodate more sensors and features, dev time and potential errors shot up exponentially and compromises would have to be made.
We use Codesys almost exclusively for our bigger projects and initially I felt it was overkill for this. Fortunately, we had already upgraded to using a Weintek HMI and that opened the door for easy Codesys integration.
The cost-effective PLC was converted to remote IO, Codesys license added to the HMI and the program was rewritten in 1/10th of the time with no compromises made. Future requests will also be easy to accommodate due to the power of Codesys.