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Formula Production System
A production system that assists in
the manufacturing of high-energy nutrition products.
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This system is a multi-part solution
that provides critical, real-time information and control of a food
manufacturing process. It is responsible for monitoring equipment status, ingredient storage conditions (temperatures and levels),
and ingredient distribution of major liquid ingredients.
The system comprises the following components:
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System Overview
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- Evaporator & Batch Station Program
- Developed in Microsoft
Visual Basic 6.0 with ADO as the data access tool.
- Developed as on OPC client.
- Monitors control system status.
- Monitors pertinent silo levels.
- Allows the workstation operator to enter the liquids and quantities
needed for a recipe then the system will automatically release the
proper amounts.
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Displays current recipe progress.
- Records pertinent information about the batches
produced.
- OPC Monitor Server/Client
- Developed in Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and uses MS Winsock.
- Monitors the state of the OPC server on the server computer.
- Monitors the state of the OPC clients on the remote computers.
- Controls the start up and shut down of the client programs
depending on the state of the OPC server.
- Allows a user at the server to manually start up or shut down
individual clients as needed.
- System Monitor
- Develooped using Rockwell Software RSView32.
- Monitors several hundred data values in the control system PLC.
- Configured to send messages to a maintenance pager when
certain alarms occur.
- Displays the control system status.
- Records any alarms for future reference.
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Screen Shots
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Main Screen
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This screen shot is a partial view of the main batch station screen.
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Evaporator Screen
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One part of the manufacturing system contains an evaporator skid, where
certain ingredients are prepared for use in the various recipes.
This is a screen shot the operator uses while in manual mode.
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Workstation Enclosure |
This is a picture of the actual workstation enclosure with the flat panel, industrial computer and keyboard.
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