The food and beverage industry faces ever-increasing demands for the highest quality, safety, and security. Manufacturers are constantly striving to reduce costs in order to enhance competitiveness. Yokogawa’s industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions enable day-to-day improvement cycles, eliminate defective products, and minimize manufacturing downtime.
Transform a food and beverage factory into a smart factory using the IIoT to automate the entire facility, manage all information in a centralized manner, and reduce costs throughout.
Enable cost reductions through detailed cost variance analyses, which link information on production, sales, and inventory, while automatically collecting manufacturing statistics.
Certify the results of error-free manufacturing and quickly respond to customer inquiries.
Improve the reliability and efficiency of QM through automatic data recording, paperless management, and standardized inspection procedures.
Ensure safety and security by preventing unauthorized personnel from entering the factory and foreign materials from entering production lines.
Satisfy HACCP requirements and regulations such as FSSC 22000 while discovering solutions to address food safety and sanitation management.
Detect equipment malfunctions, predict failures, and develop maintenance plans to optimize operations.
Provide visualization of energy consumption, awareness of energy inefficiencies, and energy use-improving activities that can reduce costs.
Support food and beverage safety and security by substantially expanding accurate measurements throughout the factory.
Smart food and beverage factories manage all data on the movements of equipment, humans, and supplies in a centralized manner to promote factory automation and labor-saving.
A successful smart factory achieves three primary objectives:
To accomplish this, Yokogawa optimizes a factory by building infrastructure using the IIoT to connect equipment and data (as opposed to locally introducing automated equipment).
Given recent global infection events , food and beverage manufacturers have seen their on-site workers subject to significant restrictions. Factories must now review existing work systems that require workers to be in close proximity to each other and establish new protocols that ensure the safety of all those involved in the manufacturing process.
It is important for food and beverage factories be flexible enough to not only to take measures against potential infection, but also to shift to high-mix, low-volume production to meet diversifying consumer needs and adapt to social changes such as a decrease in the working population.
Food and beverage manufacturers are required to build new manufacturing systems with marked improvements in quality and productivity, reduced costs, and standardized work processes that support remote operations with significantly fewer people physically on-site.
With an extensive history of providing industry-leading solutions and products, Yokogawa helps food and beverage manufacturing companies achieve a smart factory through comprehensive consultation and guidance.
Yokogawa engineers partner with food and beverage manufacturing professionals to plan the measures that solve problems and achieve goals, and continue to assist throughout the life cycle of corporate activities, ranging from consultation to solution development to operation and maintenance.
Specific solutions from Yokogawa support environmental management aimed at reducing the environmental load of corporate activities, from the viewpoint of energy-saving. With a wide array of measurement instruments, field meters, production control systems, and other products closely related to production processes, Yokogawa backs up operations extensively at the on-site production level, as well as at the production management and corporate management levels.
Yokogawa also provides solutions for the visualization and centralized management of information by combining its manufacturing execution system (MES), production management system (PMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, and more.
YOKOGAWA’s total solutions for food manufacturers
Solutions Map
【Production scheduling】 | Production scheduler ASTPLANNER FLEXCHE |
【Production, sales and cost management】 | Integrated production/cost management package mcframe |
【Equipment maintenance and management】 | Equipment maintenance system eServ |
【Failure prediction and management】 | Automatic device status analysis package DUCSOnEX Predictive detection |
【Manufacturing execution and management】 | Manufacturing management package CIMVisionLIBRA |
【Quality/inspection management】 | OpreX Laboratory Information Management System |
【Logistics/warehouse management】 | Logistics management package MaterialStream |
【Process database】 | Realtime operational information management package PI System Plant information management system Exaquantum |
【Energy management】 | Factory energy operation supporting system Enerize E3 Energy Management |
【Procedural Automation】 | Operational efficiency supporting package Exapilot |
【Production process monitoring and control】 | CENTUM VP |
※Some of the products introduced may differ between the Japanese version HP and the English version HP.
Yokogawa helps food and beverage manufacturers reduce costs through planning assistance, data-derived cost management solutions, stock management, and reduction of error-related disposal loss.
※Some of the products introduced may differ between the Japanese version HP and the English version HP.
There is an increasingly strong demand for food and beverage safety. As a manufacturer, it is imperative that efforts are made to build a safety chain for supplying safe and secure food and beverage products.
Yokogawa provides solutions that refine quality at these sites, thus ensuring that the ultimate end product is safe for consumption.
Not only must food and beverage manufacturers consider safety and security, so too must the other food-related businesses in the supply chain review and address the quality of their processes and products.
Crop growing environments (fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, livestock feed, etc.)
Allergen issues
Cultural requirements compatibility
GMO issues
BSE issues
Quick response to market inquiries
(Development of an inquiry/complaint handling system)
Quick response to quality problems attributable to ingredients or process failures
(Development of a recall system)
Shortening life cycles of products
Varieties of foods processed in many ways
Management of vast amounts of information
Consistent management of information throughout the product development, manufacturing, and supply processes
Management of four M’s 【Man(Human), Machine, Material, and Method】at manufacturing sites responsible for food and beverage safety
Manufacturing-related information (such as composition, methods, equipment, etc.) is integrated and managed using a manufacturing execution system (MES) and a product data management (PDM) system in order to support a work series of procurement, manufacturing, shipment, and distribution.
Yokogawa provides high quality management/assurance-supporting traceability solutions aimed at not only handling customer complaints and recalled products, but also refining quality that underlies food and beverage safety and security.
※Some of the products introduced may differ between the Japanese version HP and the English version HP.
Yokogawa provides preventative security-focused solutions and mechanisms that seek to head-off safety-related instances, as well as the ability to trace back through events and procedures to discover the root of potential violations.
Food and beverage industry business partners regularly request and require safety and sanitation management certifications. Yokogawa helps manufacturers meet the requirements for food defense, biovigilance, and bioterrorism, as stated in Section 18 of ISO/TS 22002-1:2009, the prerequisite programs for building a food and beverage safety management system in conformity with FSSC 22000.
A manufacturing execution system (CIMVIsionLIBRA) allows for video recording of work processes by adjusting webcam angle at the time of each input.
Entrance to and exit from each process are monitored to establish a system for preventing third parties from entering the process.
The removal of ingredients or chemicals from storage is monitored and video-recorded by image detection technology.
※Some of the products introduced may differ between the Japanese version HP and the English version HP.
Yokogawa provides solutions for sanitation management at food and beverage factories, including HACCP conformity, FSSC 22000 conformity, food quality management, and sanitary appliances.
The increase of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and O-157-related incidents is raising consumers’ concerns about food and beverage safety.
Businesses are required to establish a safety chain over multiple categories, including suppliers, food manufacturers and distributors, and retailers, for such purposes as factory sanitation management.
To ensure food and beverage safety, it is important to:
YOKOGAWA has sanitary sensors and analyzers available to food manufacturers to meet their challenging needs in sanitary aspects.
※Some of the products introduced may differ between the Japanese version HP and the English version HP.
Yokogawa improves the factory operating ratio through the proactive prevention of factory and machine breakdown.
Cost advantages of a factory operating ratio improved by preventive maintenance
※Some of the products introduced may differ between the Japanese version HP and the English version HP.
Yokogawa reduces fuel costs by optimizing the number of operating units in accordance with demanded steam flow.
※Some of the products introduced may differ between the Japanese version HP and the English version HP.
※Some of the products introduced may differ between the Japanese version HP and the English version HP.
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Through extensive experience built on long-term relationships with IA industry leaders, Yokogawa offers the advanced products and custom solutions that food and beverage manufacturers need to create a quality product. Brewery operations and sugar manufacturing serve as two examples.
Malt Silo
Brew House
Fermentation/Lager
Filtering
Bottling/Canning
Inspection/Shipping
Affiniated Sugar Melt
Purification
Concentrate and Crystallization
Centrifugal
Packaging
Shree Renuka Sugars Limited (SRSL) is a global agribusiness and bio-energy corporation. The company is one of the world’s largest sugar producers and refiners.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has completed a unique control system project in Arcadia, Florida, which is located in the heart of a beautiful citrus-growing region. Peace River Citrus Products has installed a Yokogawa CENTUM CS 1000 R3 control system to control a proprietary orange juice production process at its citrus processing plant.
S&B Sankyo uses the GX20 Paperless Recorder to monitor temperature and pressure in a food processing plant's sterilization process.
Rousselot Ghent won Belgium Factory of the Future Award. Yokogawa has supported Rousselot with automation systems since 1993.
Data of 20,000 tags gathered by Exaquantum helped to find the ideal production parameters.
The TC series of temperature controllers is perfect for controlling the heating temperature of sealing parts and the temperature of sealing rolls (pre-heating) in a variety of different wrapping machinery.
Brewery is facility to produce beer. Breweries process is the manufacturing process of beer, which is a fermented beverage with low alcohol content made from various types of grain. Wheat, maize and other grains can be used for this. Brewing process starts from malted barley that is to form a mash by milling and mixing with hot water. The malt starches are converted to sugars during this process. This sugar rich water is then strained through the bottom of the mash and will be called as "wort". Then the wort will be brought to boil by bringing to the brew kettle. For bitterness or aroma hops are to be added at different times during the boil. Then the wort is cooled and aerated. And brewers yeast is added for fermentation. From the sweet wort the yeast produces carbon dioxide, alcohol and other byproducts. The GREEN BEER undergoes maturation after fermentation. Filtaration and carbonation are the last steps. Finally the beer will be stay in holding tank until it is bottled or kegged.
Fish perform all their bodily functions in water. Because fish are totally dependent upon water to breathe, feed and grow, excrete wastes, maintain a salt balance, and reproduce, understanding the physical and chemical qualities of water is critical to successful aquaculture. To a great extent water determines the success or failure of an aquaculture operation.
SMARTDAC+ GX series records the clean room temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, door openings and closings, etc.
This introduces a system that uses Ethernet communications to acquire measured values, target values, and control output values from a controller installed on site into a PLC at high speed (ten units' worth within one second).
In semiconductor manufacturing processes, a deficient clean room environment can lead to defects and wasted resources, making a strictly controlled clean room indispensable. Maintaining the environment in the clean room requires control of air filters, HVAC systems, room temperature, humidity, airborne particles, and other factors.
Milk should be processed within 4 to 6 hours of production to make it fit for human consumption. Temperature is a very important parameter which has to be monitored at different stages of milk processing.
In the plants of food and beverage manufacturers, there are times when monitoring and recording of production equipment is necessary inside clean rooms. This is an introduction to monitoring and recording in clean rooms using paperless recorders.
How automated real-time noise map can contribute to production efficiency
With advances in process automation comes a greater need for level measurement and control. As pressure on at the bottom surface of a liquid is proportional to the height of the liquid's surface, you can measure pressure using a differential pressure transmitter to detect the level of the liquid, acquire the data on the UT75A Digital Indicating Controller, and use the measurements to control the tank level.
Yokogawa's ceramic liner can offer the customer superior resistance to thermal shock and the failure that can occur due to liner cracking. This is due to Yokogawa's use of 99.9% pure Al2O3 for the liner.
The paperless recorder DX series automatically calculate the Fo value from the heating temperature and are useful in managing the sterilization process by displaying and recording the value together with the heating temperature.
In the manufacturing process of Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Food & Beverage industries, the cleaning and sterilization of tanks and piping are done with various cleaning solutions, fresh or hot water and steam after manufacturing products. Clean-In-Place (CIP) is the system designed for automatic cleaning and disinfecting.
In the past, the boiler feed tank systems in sugar factories had to be checked several times a day to make sure there were no sugar solution leaks. This was a very laborious process and, as continuous monitoring was not possible, monitoring results were not reliable. When a leak occurred, recovery operations were very costly and time-consuming. (AN10D01K01-02E)
Reverse osmosis (RO) is a separation process that uses pressure to force a solution through a membrane that retains the solute on one side and allows the pure solvent to pass to the other side. More formally, it is the process of forcing a solvent from a region of high solute concentration through a membrane to a region of low solute concentration by applying a pressure in excess of the osmotic pressure.
One of the critical control points in the brewing process is the monitoring of the progress of the fermentation stage. The DM8 Vibration Type Liquid Density Meter offers high sensitivity and stability, realizes precise control, reduces workload, and reduces instrument costs.
Skim milk is what remains after cream is removed from raw milk. Cream is removed to bring the fat content of the skim milk as close as possible to the lower limit of a designated range. For this purpose, control of the fat content in the cream and the skim milk is essential. The fat content in the cream and the milk has a direct relationship to their density and is controlled by the measurement thereof.
In the food industry, the control of concentrations on the production line is critical to product quality, determining, among other things, how good the food tastes. One such procedure for doing this involves taking a sample from the production process and measuring its specific gravity (density) with a hydrometer.
The discharge of improperly treated industrial chemicals and fuel gas can have a major impact on the environment, posing a serious threat to public health. Concurrent with the global growth of manufacturing operations to keep pace with market trends, many countries are taking measures to deal with environmental problems.
By using the Multibatch function (an option added with SMARTDAC+), you can efficiently record data from multiple devices onto a single SMARTDAC+.
Using the custom display function that comes standard with DXAdvanced means that you can combine the recorders, displays, and switches used in various kinds of equipment.
Using the batch name + lot number system, past measured data can be recalled for reference by batch name.
By using the computation function of the SMARTDAC+ series Paperless recorder GX/GP, computation option computes the "F-value," or sterilizing value for the sterilization process, so that the computation results can be recorded in the form of data.
The sterilization temperature prior to the filling process is monitored in the field or office. The temperature data is recorded in an external storage medium.
Temperature plays a key role in storage of Molasses to maintain the chemical properties of molasses. When temperature rises over 40.5 degree C, destruction of structure in sugar occurs, which results in losing the feeding property of molasses. There is also a safety concern that a rise in temperature can lead to a rise in storage tank pressure leading to an explosion of the tank.
After extraction from sugar cane or sugar beets, juice must be purified to remove the many other organics and minerals that accompany it. The processing to accomplish this is heavily dependent on reliable pH measurement and control as illustrated.
One of the primary applications for high purity water is for boiler feed water. The measurement of pure water pH can be one of the quickest indicators of process contamination in the production or distribution of pure water. Effective chemical treatment of the feed water is vital in maintaining the useful operating life and minimizing maintenance costs of the boiler.
Industry:Power, Pharmaceutical, Common
To defray energy costs, many industrial plants have their own boilers to generate steam in order to produce a portion of their energy needs. In addition to generating power, the steam may also be used directly in plant processes or indirectly via heat exchangers or steam jacketed vessels.
The lifetime of a pH sensor has a significant impact on the overall annual costs of a pH measuring loop. Optimizing four key factors will decrease these costs and optimize process control and overall plant efficiency.
This technical white paper will discuss Yokogawa's CENTUM VP DCS (Distributed Control System) product, hereafter referred to as "CENTUM VP", and the extent of its compliance with Part 11 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (21 CFR Part 11), the Electronic Records / Electronic Signatures Rule.
Sugar and alcohol market are increasing, due humanity needs to find alternatives for fossil fuels dependence. Brazil joins climactic and technologic features to place itself at the forefront of this industry.
The worlds of process automation and production management have been converging for some time. What once used to be islands of automation and production management functionality connected through highly proprietary integration schemes that were costly to maintain have developed into integrated platforms that provide seamless data exchange between the world of automation and the plant floor, the functions of production and operations management, and integration with business level systems.
The world of process automation is governed by procedures. While we like to refer to the process industries as being largely "continuous", this could not be further from the truth. Process manufacturing is constantly in flux.
This document describes the operation and data flow of the Yokogawa Print Wave software using the DX-P Reporter. It will provide a detailed explanation of the Advanced Alarm Reporter functions. The functions described in this paper were first released in Print Wave version 5.5.
Discovering your Baseline with OT Security Risk Assessment
Honeywell and Yokogawa have both been producing Distributed Control System (DCS) platforms for decades, and both are very active in this area. In 1975, Honeywell introduced its TDC2000 platform and Yokogawa brought out CENTUM. These two competing systems emerged from a similar place, oil refining and petrochemical industries, so they started out with similar basic concepts and use cases in mind.
The use of optical fiber for temperature sensing is expanding beyond safety applications.
Cloud-based wireless sensing enables safety, reliability, and profits through widespread asset monitoring.
The wireless standard LoRaWAN enables wireless communications and digital transformation over long distances, supplementing in-plant wireless networks such as ISA100.
Historians provide the data storage, secure connectivity and built-in tools required for implementation of digital transformation initiatives.
Assets and operations will have human-like learning and adaptive capabilities, allowing responses without operator interaction to situations within a secure, bounded domain.
Process automation systems are increasingly connected to IT systems and the outside world, introducing cybersecurity concerns, which can be addressed using techniques such as software-defined networking and monitoring services.
Asset management plays a key role in operational safety, and it is critical to capture and transmit these data in a secure, digitized way to ensure that they are up to date, accurate and easily accessible.
Robots have long been used in discrete manufacturing and machine automation applications, and their use is now spreading to address process industry applications.
- Optimizes the supply chain and operations by enabling plant personnel to work more efficiently -
- For improved agility in implementing control system projects -
- Ideal for construction of small-scale field wireless systems -
- Highly reliable and scalable -