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Auto-Bake Uses Wonderware Supervisory HMI Software Solution to Provide Baking Systems that Make Mouths Water
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries
- Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Remote Asset Management
- Manufacturing System Automation
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Auto-Bake, a producer of commercial machinery for the baking industry, was faced with the challenge of creating a fast yet secure production system. They aimed to design a vertical oven with a reduced footprint and increased production flexibility. The company needed an interface that would work equally well with both Rockwell Automation and Siemens programmable logic controllers (PLCs). They were also looking for an independent supplier of touch panels to replace some proprietary technologies that had become outdated. The company markets its products worldwide and thus needed to support numerous local languages.
About The Customer
Auto-Bake is a Sydney-based company that has been in operation for thirty years. The company designs and produces automated continuous baking systems for its global commercial food customers. Auto-Bake's Serpentine systems blend traditional baking practices with modern technology to provide baked goods that look, feel and taste “homemade”. The baking system uses a vertical oven, through which chain-suspended pans and trays move along a vertical “S” serpentine path. The advantages of this method over a conventional oven system include reduced footprint for the same baking capacity and increased flexibility. Simply changing the trays and pans in the oven enables the bakery to change products, for instance, from cakes to muffins or cookies. In addition, the compact vertical ovens facilitate more precise control of temperatures for each level or zone, resulting in more even baking and improved consistency.
The Solution
Auto-Bake first deployed an operator interface using Wonderware’s InTouch HMI software in 1999. At the start of 2003, Auto-Bake standardized on the Wonderware Supervisory HMI Software Solution with Touch Panel Computers from Wonderware’s line of Industrial Computers. To date, more than twenty Auto-Bake lines have been installed or upgraded to the Wonderware Supervisory HMI Solution featuring Industrial Computers bundled with InTouch software. The Wonderware software’s standardized development tools make it easier for Auto-Bake to handle a variety of modules and configurations. The company can now manage a higher volume. The quality of Auto-Bake's end-products has improved because they can now spend more time on quality assurance and less time replicating the same data on multiple computers.
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