Computer Controlled and Touch Screen Pilot Plant for Tomatoes

Technical Specifications

TO00 — Computer Controlled and Touch Screen Pilot Plant for Tomatoes. Processes with all neccesary accessories.

• 2 - Control Interface Box. 7 - PLC Control Software.
• 3 - Data Acquisition Board. 8 - Computers and local network included.
• 4 - Software for: Computer Control+Data 9 - Interconnection elements and all accessories included

Acquisition +Data Management. for normal working operation.

• 5 - SCADA-NET Software Package for 1 0- Manuals for: Practices and Exercises, Required Services

classroom control and management. Assembly and Installation, Interface and Control Software

Starting-up, Safety,Maintenance, Calibration.etc.

EXERCISES TO BE DONE WITH THIS SYSTEM

• This Process Plant has the target of: Research, · Organization of procedures for continuous quality control of the

Teaching, Production and future businessman

production operations.

platform. ·

• It permits the following control and process aspects: Execution of procedures for disinfection and sanification of the
• equipment.

Analysis of all phases of the product transformation, from

reception to packaging. Evaluation of technical, legal and administrative aspects concerning

• food adulteration

Qualitative evaluation of the finished product as function of the

productive operations performed. Manual and computer control operation.

• Experimentation on the efficiency of the different chemical · Sensors callibration systems.

products used for the preservation process. · SCADA systems and local net.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SUMMARY

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?Anodized aluminium structure and stainless steel metallic elements. All elements needed are chemical resistant.

Data Acquisition, Computer Control and Data Management Software. Flexible and open Control Software, compatible

with any Windows operating system. PID analog and digital control. Sampling velocity up to 130.000 data per second.

? Calibration system for all sensors. Registration of the state of the alarms.

Control Interface with front panel process diagram. Real Time PID control and with shield and filtered signals. Sensors

• with signals of 4-20 mA, 0-5 V, microvolts and Hz, etc, prepared for 0-10 V computer output. 16 analog + 16 digital

inlets and 16 digital + 2 analogl outlets. Up to 130 kHz sampling velocity. Proportional position and on/off Control

for actuators and control instruments.

• Feed back control system.
• ? - Sensors connections in interface with different number of pins, for avoiding student mistakes.

?PLC box for Industrial Control Processes, with front panel process diagram including PLC Control Software.

Manual, semiautomatic and automatic controlled. All system is conected with a local net with 30 computers in which

any student can control any block of the process. When the complete process plant is working synchronized,the

? control is unique and the rest of the computers in the net works as visualization screens.

• It has been design for a wide range of feed, since 15 to 300 kg, to provide the use for teaching, the production and

? research.

• The following units have been designed for optimization of all process involved:
• ?Selector (Selection): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Standard scale (Weighing):Complementaries techniques specifications available
• ?Washing Bath (Washing): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Peeler unit (Peeled): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Crusher (Crusher): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Packing unit (Packing): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Seaming unit (Seaming): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Stainless steel tank to thermal treatment (Thermal treatment): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Plates Filter (Filtered): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Centrifugation unit (Centrifugation): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Pasteurization unit (Pasteurization): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Homogenization unit (Homogenization): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Drying unit (Drying): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Aseptic packing unit (Aseptic packing): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Desaireation tank (Desaireation):Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Press unit (Preesed): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Tank with resistance (Thermal treatment): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Packing unit (Bottling): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ?Mixing and Dosing unit (Mixing and Dosing): Complementaries techniques specifications available.
• ? ?Scalded unit (Scalded): Complementaries techniques specifications available.

Analysis and quality control laboratory.

• NOTE: Complete technical specifications and detailed additional information available.