Integrated Automation Ltd

Life Health Foods

LHF (Life Health Foods) required an upgrade to their existing chick pea cooking system for the hummus line.

This involved upgrading an obsolete touch panel HMI, improving the process and performing fault-finding on the software and electrical system, and commissioning the installation of the 5th cooking vessel.

Project Features

Upgrade HMI hardware from obsolete Proface screen to Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus.

Redesign screen to improve operator interface and incorporate 5th cooking vessel.

Modifications and additions performed on existing PLC program to improve performance.

Software design and commissioning to add new 5th cooking vessel with improved sensor feedback and control.

Provide design options for improving the system hardware.

Results

Following the above improvements resulted in improved production capability and reliability.