Key applications in the food and beverage industry

ABB’s power protection solutions can be applied to any application in the food and beverage process. Typical applications can be categorized into processing and packing.

Processing – typical applications

Picking

Mixing

Sterilization

With increasing automation in picking processes, stable power is required. The installation of UPS on control equipment can eliminate waste and increase output.

Mixing requires precise control to ensure consistent product quality. Mixing machines often have high starting torque and often operate at different mixing speeds. This can cause undesired voltage fluctuations within a facility, affecting sensitive equipment connected to the same power supply. Control of the power factor minimizes voltage fluctuations and penalty charges from the power utility.

Food safety is of paramount importance, and so sterilization is a key element of nearly all food and beverage processes. Pasteurization, cooking and Ultra High Temperature (UHT) treatment rely on continuous clean power. Temperatures must be accurately controlled and often recorded to verify sterilization effectiveness. Any power event or interruption that impacts the sterilization process or temperature recording, can result in lost product. Costs can be significant with the disposal of waste product and the extended time it can take to clean the system prior to recommencing production.

There has been a revolution in the development of Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology with precise applications, such as display back light, fiber-optics and in particular, lighting driving demand and growth on fabrication plants. High volume manufacturing and semiconductor processes make LED manufacturing sensitive to power quality problems.

ABB’s and products are the ideal solution for plant protection.

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High power semiconductors are widely applied from the switching mosfets in consumer goods through to the very high current and voltage semiconductor devices used in direct current power transmission. Like any semiconductor process, a stable and continuous electrical power supply is critical to maximize yield and minimize expensive product waste.

ABB’s and products are ideal solutions for process line protection.

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Thin film solar panels are made in a process similar to flat panel television and computer monitors. The manufacturing process starts with a glass substrate (base) and then the silicon is deposited onto the glass. The other types are based on square cast ingots of silicon or round grown silicon ingots. Both are sliced into wafers about 0.16mm thick.

ABB’s and products are the ideal solution for solar photovoltaics to ensure a stable power supply is maintained in all weather conditions.

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Packing – typical applications

Conveying

Filling

Packing

Palletizing

Increased automation means conveyors of increased speed and complexity are being utilized. Bottling would be a typical example. Interruptions are usually caused by voltage fluctuation causing sensors, drives or controls to malfunction. Beside the physical damage to product or tools, it also causes time-outs for cleaning or repair work.

Filling machines designed to fill dry mixes, liquid or thin food products can be subject to voltage sags. Eliminating these common power quality problems can help filling machines achieve continuous output and reduce product waste.

Packing is a number of fully automated processes executed at high speed. They may include product separating, weighing, vacuuming, and freezing. Disruptions to packing results in product loss, poor quality and potential health risks if the packing is compromised.

Often a highly automated process and the final stage after packaging. Robots are widely used and they require good quality power for continuous operation. Data records from the batches must be securely collected and stored.

Customer references

Processing

Agricultural

Keeping an agricultural processing plant operating and running efficiently can be an intricate challenge. Systems, equipment, facilities and infrastructure need to work together continuously to maintain and ensure uninterrupted operations. A global agricultural ingredient solutions provider entrusted ABB’s PowerBuilt UPS to back up its distributed control system, ensuring continuous processing operations throughout the facility.

Sugar refining

ABB’s PCS100 RPC is correcting dynamic power factor and harmonics on the DC drives used for sugar centrifuges at an iconic sugar factory.

Packing

Dairy

When Fonterra needed a power protection solution for its processing and packaging lines, ABB provided a PCS100 AVC that eliminated voltage sags, cutting out over four power quality events annually, saving an estimated cost of $200,000 per year. Additionally, Fonterra is using two PCS100 RPCs at another facility in order to correct the power factor and any harmonic imbalances.

Key applications in the food and beverage industry

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Processing – typical applications

Picking

Mixing

Sterilization

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Packing – typical applications

Conveying

Filling

Packing

Palletizing

Customer references

Processing

Packing

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PCS100 AVC-40

Industrial UPS

DPA UPScale ST (Modular)

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Key applications in the food and beverage industry

Are you looking for support or purchase information?

Processing – typical applications

Picking

Mixing

Sterilization

I need to ask a question

I need to ask a question

I need to ask a question

Packing – typical applications

Conveying

Filling

Packing

Palletizing

Customer references

Processing

Packing

Our offerings

PCS100 AVC-40

Industrial UPS

DPA UPScale ST (Modular)

HiPerGuard

Related links

Food and beverage

Key features and benefits

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