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“In recent years, Amadori has always been asking for the most innovative solutions, aware that technological innovation allows us to remain competitive on the market. And this goal has led us to the deployment of Wonderware platforms.”
Carlo CaramanicoSoftware SupportCid Engineering
The Ideal Temperature
Goals• Optimizetemperaturemanagementduring
meatprocessingsteps• Ensuretraceability,withexacttemperaturedata
foreverystep:processing,stockingandpreservation
• Deployasystemthatimprovesplantefficiency
Challenges• Difficultyinsoftwaremigrationfromanoutdated
versiontoahighlyinnovativeandscalablesystem
• Createatemperaturecontrolsystemthatadjustsaccordingtotheexternalweatherconditions
Solutions and Products• WonderwareActiveFactory• WonderwareInTouchHMI• WonderwareHistorian
Results• Solutionenabledcompliancewith
governmentregulations• Optimizedproductioncycleand
energymanagement• Automationoftheproductioncyclehelped
eliminatemanualdataentryerrors• Thesolutionwasinitiallyonlyimplemented
inlimiteddepartments,buthasnowbeendeployedinallotherprocessareas
INDUSTRY:FOOD&BEVERAGE
Amadori Group, GESCO Consorzio Cooperativowww.amadori.it
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Teramo, Italy–Amadoriisoneofthemarketleadersinthefoodprocessingindustry.FoundedinSanVittorediCesenafortyyearsago,theGroup–withaturnoverofover1billioneuroin2008–leadstheItalianmarketwith16industrialplants,33subsidiariesandit6,400employees.
Amadorihasbeensuccessfulbecauseofitsinnovationanddecisiontomanagetheentireproductioncycledirectly,allowingimmediatecontrolovereveryproductionstep.Thisincludesthechoiceofrawmaterials,farms,hatcheries,feedmills,processingplants,packaginganddistribution.
TraditionandinnovationaretheGroup’shallmarks:itiscomprisedofaprofessionalteamthatpresentsinnovativegastronomicsolutionsandworkstodeliverfreshandsafeproductstoconsumers.IntheprocessingplantinTeramo,wherebreadedproductsandthe“IlCampese”lineareproduced,fulltemperaturecontrolisessentialtoensurehighproductquality.
ThepopularityoftheAmadoriGrouphasgreatlyincreasedinthepastfewyears,thankstoadvertisementsfeaturingcompanytestimonialsandthe“guaranteedbyFrancescoAmadori”slogan.Byemphasizingthehighqualityofitspoultryproductsinvariousversions,thecompanyissendingoutastrongandimportantmessage.
The Ideal Temperature
Oneofthemostimportantchallengesfacingindustrialplantsisguaranteeingaconsistentlyhighlevelofquality.
Themostsensitivepartofproductionisthecorrectmanagementoftemperature,bothintheprocessingandinthestockingandpreservationsteps.Temperaturemustbekeptconstantinthecoldstoresusedinthepreservationofslaughteredmeatinordertopreventitfromquicklyspoiling.
Itisimportanttoavoidguessworkinthetemperaturesettingsduringtheprocessingstepsandeverydepartmentisconstantlymonitoredtopreventthemodificationoftemperaturemetrics.
Ahightemperature,forexample,couldfavormicroorganismgrowth,riskingproductquality.Ontheotherhand,ifthetemperatureistoolow,themeatwouldbedifficulttobone.
Thisisstrategictoglobaloperationsbecausedifficultiesintheseparationphasecanslowtheproductionprocessdown,affectingtheentiresupplychain.Moreover,ifconditionsarenotoptimized,partofthemeatcouldremainonthebone,causingconsiderablewastethataffectsoverallbusinessprofiability.
Growing Together
Becauseofthesedemands,Amadoriisfocusedondeployingsystemsthatareabletooptimizetemperaturemanagementduringtheprocessingandstockingsteps.
“ThatiswhyAmadorihasbeeninvestinginhighperformancecontrolsolutionsthatareabletosupportthecompany’sbusinessandexpansion.Atendofthepastdecade,wegotintouchwithAmadorifortheupgradeoftheirexistingWonderwareInTouchHMI,”saidCarloCaramanicowithCidEngineering
Thismutualcollaborationconsolidatedduringtheyears,andCidEngineeringhasbeensupportingallofAmadori’supgradesanddeploymentofnewplatforms.
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“Amadorihasalwaysbeenaskingforthemostinnovativesolutions,awarethattechnologicalinnovationallowsthemtoremaincompetitiveinthemarket.ThisvisionledtothedeploymentofWonderwareplatforms.Theselectionhasbeendeterminedbythefactthat,asqualifiedpartners,wearehighlyexperiencedintheseapplications,aswellasthefactthatWonderwarehasbeenintroducingnewandinnovativesolutionsthatarecapableofmeetingthecomplexdemandsoftheAmadoribusiness,”saidCaramanico.
Quality and Savings
Temperaturemanagementhasbeenaccuratelystudiedoverthepastyears,specificallyitseffectonsavingsandenergyefficiency.Theoldsystemwasbasedonsimplethermostats,whichwascharacterizedbyexcessivelyslowresponse.
WonderwareInTouchHMI(HumanMachineInterface),ontheotherhand,allowsforsmartoperation.Thesystemisabletomanagetheactivationoftheairconditioningsystemaccordingtoactualneedsanditalsoestablishesthepowerneededtoguaranteeidealconditions.
Asidefromtemperaturevalues,airqualityandhumiditymustalsobetakenintoaccount.Humidity,inparticular,mustbekeptwithinpre-setvaluesinordertopreserveahealthyenvironmentfortheoperatorsintheprocessingplant.TheWonderwareInTouchHMInodeshelpanalyzeenvironmentalconditions,helpinginthecontroloftheairconditioningsystem.
Itistheabilitytooperateeffectivelythatallowsthesystemtoturnonandoffaccordingtothedifferentworkingcycles,inboththeautomaticcalculations.Byevaluatingexternalconditions,thesystemdeterminesthetimenecessarytoreachtherighttemperatureaccordingtoactualneeds.Thispreventsearlycoolingofcertainenvironmentsandeliminatesthepostponementofprocessingbecauseoptimalconditionshavenotbeenmet.
The History of Temperature
Theoptimizationofenvironmentalmetricshasastrongimpactonproductqualityandtheworkingconditionsofoperators.Italsoplaysadecisiveroleinprecisefoodtraceability.Industryregulationsrequireatracebackofalltheoperationalconditionsfoodhasgoneunderandauthoritiesconsistentlycheckthisinformation.Inmanycases,largecustomersalsowanttoverifythecontractualcomplianceoftheproductionprocesses.
Inthepast,allthesevalueswereenteredmanuallybytheoperators.Butthiswayofworkingcausedconsiderableproblems,bothintheneedtoemployextraoperatorswhomanuallytranscribeinformation,aswellasthehighriskoferrorsthatcomeswithhumantranscription.TheWonderwareHistoriansoftwareisspecificallydesignedforthehistoricizationandarchivingofprocessdataandhelpssolvethisproblem.
ActiveFactorysoftwareaccessesallofthisinformationandtransformitintographicsandusefulinformationthatallowsoperatorstovisualizehistoricalevent-relatedtemperaturetrendsintuitively.
Thisfeaturehelpswithtraceabilityanditalsoallowstheoperatorstobeimmediatelyinformedaboutabnormaloperatingsituations.Inthisway,itispossibletorespondquicklytocasesofdeviationsfromsetvalues,manytimesbeforeproblemsoccur.
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TheWonderwaresolutionwasalsohighlyscalable.Whileinitiallyonlyimplementedinlimiteddepartments,thesolutionhasnowbeendeployedinalltheotherprocessareas,ensuringtheoptimizationoftheproductioncycleandenergymanagementthroughouttheTeramoplant.
Recently,AmadorichosetoreplacetheoldS5PLCwithanewerSiemensS7PLC.ThishasbeensuccessfullyimplementedwithoutaffectingtheWonderwareautomationsolution.Oncethenewhardwarehadbeenconfigured,itwasthenimmediatelydeployed,withnonegativeimpactontheproductioncycle.
Thankstothemostinnovativeandadvancedtechnologies,itispossibletoensurethehighestefficiencylevelsthatalwaysensurehighqualityproducts.
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