Case Study: Fondant-mixing

Case study: Fondant-mixing
Client: Food manufacturer
Project: Fondant-mixing

Contract Scope:

A new mixing process was required for the manufacture of flavoured fondant centres for milk chocolates, involving mixing the ingredients, processing, shaping and drying.

The project carried out by the Boulting Group makes full use of industrial networks, vastly reducing the need for discrete I/O and its associated cabling.

  • Rockwell Contrologix PLC
  • Cimplicity Scada PCs
  • MS SQL Server PC

Networks installed + functionality

  • Ethernet supervisory network (PCs, PLC, cameras)
  • Profibus PA (instrumentation)
  • ASi (digital devices)
  • DeviceNet (variable speed drives)

Services supplied

  • Hardware & software functional design specifications
  • PLC & Scada software
  • Installation and commissioning
  • Project management

Equipment supplied

  • MCC & PLC panel
  • Operator console
  • PLC, PC equipment
  • Remote camera system
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