Ethernet in the food industry: ETO.

Increase in performance and modernization of process control for food manufacturer ETO in Ettlingen.

Project parameters

• User-controlled sub-batch weighing
• 30 raw material silos
• 3 x fully automated additive weighing scales
• 3 x pressure conveyor systems
• 3 x sub-batch feeds
• 3 x liquid and manual microcomponent feeds
• 3 x independent running mixing lines
• 2 x paste tanks

Requirements

• Disturbance-free communication between plant components in the harsh industrial environment
• High availability / redundancy
• SQL database interfaced to SAP-R3
• Service / support / remote updating
• Throughput of weighing and mixing plant for production of 6,000 kg of finished product per hour
• 4 recipes with a total of 8 batches processable simultaneously in parallel

Solution

• Rail Switches RS2-TX/FX, RS2-TX
• Switch technology with redundant fiber-optics
• Full TCP/IP communication with workstations and with the S7-400 PLC
• Client/server applications
• Dust and temperature proof Thin-Clients for recipe management and plant control
• Visualization system on 50 inch monitor
• Customizable configuration of process control operations in production

Why Hirschmann™?

• User friendliness and ease of maintenance
• High availability / redundancy
• Complete product family
• Expandability
• Investment protection
• Industrial-standard products
• Manageable components