solids Process automation
Automation of bulk solids handling systems
Automation and storage, automation and discharge:
The storage of large bulk solids quantities is realised in silos, big-bags and containers, equipped with automatic discharge aids for a safe extraction of the required product amount from the container. In case of larger capacities the bags emptying is made automatically; at smaller discharge capacities the manual discharge process is usually supported by mechanical devices (like hoists ....).
Automation and conveying:
The application of automation technologies in the field of bulk solids transport - comprising both mechanical systems (screw conveyors, bucket elevators, chain conveyors...) and also pneumatic systems (conveying under overpressure and by vacuum, fluidized bed chutes...) - has a very strong impact on production and productivity. It allows to transport even very large bulk quantities in a reliable and safe manner over great distances without human intervention.
Automation and metering, automation and weighing:
In the field of metering and weighing the automation allows higher metering accuracies and has - besides of an productivity increase - mainly an impact on the product quality. Of great importance are the production records and batch protocols recorded and filed by the recipe management system.
- Elaboration of the duty specification – as a verbal description of the system – and process diagram
- Elaboration of the technical specification with general structure, instrument list and consumer list, definition of operating mode and operating philosophy

- Definition of the control system
- Engineering of the control cabinet
- Programming of the software

- Complete solutions without interfaces for the comprehensive control of a process plant
- Graphic display of automized process steps including variable batch control, batch tracking, material management, production planning and quality management

Commissioning and start-up
- Installation on site including cabling, electrical commissioning (loop check, rotation check), start-up of the process
- Training of the operation and maintenance staff