Monitoring the Production of Steam

Unitronics UniStream programmable logic controller (PLC) controls the boiler of Djurdjevic facility, a meat production company based in Serbia

  • Monitoring the Production of Steam
    Monitoring the Production of Steam
  • Monitoring the Production of Steam
    Monitoring the Production of Steam

Djurdjevic is a meat production company based in Serbia.  They are proud to bring high quality meat products to their community. In order to achieve that goal, they have a state-of-the-art facility that handles all aspects of meat processing and production. Obviously, quality and safety are some of Djurdjevic’s priorities. To ensure the quality of their products, Djurdjevic often relies on automated machinery, which offers precise and consistent results. One of these machines is the factory’s biomass boiler. Steam is used in a wide variety of meat processing and treatment application, so this boiler is a key component of the factory.

PLC with 10.4-inch touchscreen HMI

The boiler is controlled by a Unitronics UniStream programmable logic controller (PLC) with 10.4-inch touchscreen HMI.  This PLC regulates and monitors the production of steam, managing the boiler heat and maintaining its run time.  The PLC uses Canbus communication to communicate to remote I/O, including thermocouple inputs. Additionally, the Unistream features many other communication options, meaning that it interfaces easily with other non-Unitronics devices, making monitoring easy. Djurdjevic also installed Jazz controllers at several other points in production for temperature monitoring

Easy to read, professional HMI screens

Djurdjevic was very impressed with the UniStream; the PLC worked perfectly from when it was first installed. The application development with very quick using the all-in-one programming software and the built in image library helped Djurdjavic design easy to read, professional HMI screens. Đorđe Kuzminac, factory CFO, explains “for me, most important is that I forgot that it is there – and it does its job, a very important job, controlling steam production for our factory.”

Marta Roberti graduated in Linguistic Sciences at the Catholic University of Milan in February 2016. At the same University, she also obtained a Master in Publishing for Print and Digital Media in November 2016. Since June 2016 she is part of the editorial staff of IEN Europe and IEN Italia in TIMGlobal Media.
 

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