Ithaca Beer Co. upgraded to a semi-automated brewing process using the FactoryTalk Craft Brew platform from Rockwell Automation to produce 25,000 barrels of beer a year. Photo courtesy of Rockwell Automation.
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Ithaca Beer Co. upgrades to a semi-automated brewing process
A standardized yet customizable control platform gives the craft brewery better visibility into its operational efficiency while offering flexibility to fully automate its production in the future.
April 29, 2019

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Deschutes Brewery’s new ERP creates one source of truth
Besides the manufacturing/production software options, Deschutes currently uses the food safety compliance, warehouse/inventory, purchasing and reporting analytics within the ERP platform.
April 22, 2019
With the craft beer industry becoming more mature, Deschutes’ process optimization efforts should help create better margins. Image courtesy of Deschutes Brewery.
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New plant cooks up manufacturing flexibility with automation
JTM Food Group’s greenfield plant in Ohio features advanced automation to optimize its batch processing applications and meet changing consumer demands.
April 22, 2019
System integrator ECS Solutions created a procedural and equipment view for JTM Food Group’s operators, based on ISA-88 standards. Image courtesy of ESC Solutions.
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Control system is customized for each application
Variety of inventory strategies is available
April 10, 2019
Sterling Systems & Controls material traceability and batch validation system
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Blockchain for food: A solution for supply chain transparency issues?
The shared, immutable ledger database is in the spotlight as a potential tool to improve transparency and better facilitate recalls.
April 5, 2019
Jeffrey Barach explains how blockchain may be a more thorough, accurate and timely solution for traceability in the food supply chain.
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Line simulation IDs OEE improvement opportunity
Polytron used its platform at ProFood Tech to demonstrate a case in which OEE metrics were improved in a real-word bottling application.
March 27, 2019
Polytron's live, in-booth case study demonstrated real-world OEE improvement at a bottling plant.
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Sealed Air: Smart analysis of packaging equipment
Sealed Air’s SEE Smart Service digital portfolio relies on the Device Control Link cloud-enabled technology that monitors, manages, reports, and analyzes data from interconnected sources on packaging equipment.
March 11, 2019
Sealed Air’s SEE Smart Service digital portfolio features a dashboard like this one.
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New technologies extend the life of legacy networks
Neither Ethernet nor fieldbus have all the answers for industrial applications. Suppliers and industry groups are working on ways forward that take into consideration the needs—and limitations—of the present.
March 8, 2019
Profinet, based on Ethernet technologies, integrates existing fieldbus systems. Source: PI North America
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AI controller extends equipment life
Frees up employees from calculations, analyses and infrastructure upgrades
March 4, 2019
Omron Automation Americas Sysmac AI controller
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Turnkey line for PET
Tousnina Sarl, a water bottler in Algeria, recently installed a turnkey line for PET bottles that runs at 20,000/hr.
March 1, 2019
New PET line for water runs at 20,000 bph.
Robotics
Engineering a digital transformation
L&T Technology Services rolls out “Factory D.0,” a set of technology and engineering services designed to help manufacturers identify areas within the organization that will benefit the most from digitalization.
March 1, 2019
Narayanan Ramanathan, global head of digital engineering at L&T Technology Services says, “Factory D.0 is a set of solutions we’ve developed in collaboration with smart manufacturing.”
Sustainability
High-fidelity analytics help optimize energy across process industries
KBC, a Yokogawa company, has introduced Visual MESA Multi-Period Optimizer 6 to reduce costly uncertainty in energy use over multiple time periods across generation portfolios.
March 1, 2019
Visual MESA Multi-Period Optimizer 6 allows companies to incorporate more precise forecasts into the decision-making process over various time horizons when dealing with multiple time-dependent constraints.
Processing Equipment
New HMI/SCADA release highlights GE Digital’s new path
The release of iFix 6.0 shows GE Digital’s continued support for and development of its existing technologies as the company reorganizes around new technology groupings designed for cross-industry use.
March 1, 2019
iFix 6.0 features enhanced security and alarm capabilities, as well as new HMI/SCADA application development capabilities.
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