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With Simatic S7-300, Simatic HMI, standard on all Vemag machines. As a re- For concrete practical
sult, the necessary spare parts stocks for research assignments,
and Simatic WinCC, Vemag, a manu- the Lippe and Hxter
the entire range of Vemag plants have
facturer of smoke generators and Technical University
been reduced to three components. uses state-of-the-art
climatic treatment systems, already In addition, operation and monitoring processing technology
meets tomorrows requirements for with graphic user interfaces providing from Vemag
this industry today. The standardized clear plant and process images reduce
the hesitancy of unskilled operators and
WinCC add-on PM Quality guarantees
promote a better understanding of the
the continuous and tamper-free trace- process and its operating philosophy, ex-
ability of product and process data. plains Thomas Steindorf, head of electri-
cal engineering at Vemag.
Tried and tested in research and
Continuous traceability
development
T
he basic EU directive 178/2002, in ef- With regard to traceability, Vemag has act-
fect from 2005, places much higher ed preemptively and developed the LDS One of the rst users and beneciaries of
demands on the documentation and advanced management and documenta- the new automation solution from Vemag
traceability (article 18) of product and tion system, tailor-made to meet the re- is the meat technology faculty of the Lippe
process data from producer to end con- quirements of the meat processing indus- and Hxter technical university. In proj-
sumer. Vemag Anlagenbau GmbH in Ver- try before the new regulations went into ects and theses, the trainee meat tech-
den (Germany) recognized the resultant effect. This software package is based on nologists examine how the processing of
additional requirements and adapted its Simatic WinCC, which has a standardized meat, meat products, ready meals, and
products accordingly. This medium-sized add-on that performs the specic tasks delicatessen and convenience products
manufacturer of machines and plants for of quality data acquisition and evaluation can be further improved.
the meat and sh processing industry is for process management. In one project, for example, the quality-
one of the ve largest providers of smok- Up to 30 batch systems from Vemag relevant process factors for the maturing
ing plants in the world. It concentrates on can be connected to the system and moni- of raw sausage were examined in a modu-
adapted hot smoking, boiling, cooling, tored in the network. The only precondi- lar Vemag plant. The key is controlling
and air smoking systems used mainly in tion is a Vemag Micromat control and reg- variables such as lead, external and core
batch mode. ulation unit. This also allows existing temperature, humidity, and air speed in
Vemag has been using specially adapt- Vemag plants to be easily retrotted and the individual chambers, and being able
ed microprocessor controls in its plants integrated, providing standardization to understand and trace their inuence on
for quite some time. The demand for uni- with security of investment, as Wilfried J. the end product. The participants unani-
form systems, increased productivity, and Martens, managing director of Vemag, de- mously agreed that this was easier than
a reduction in spare parts stocks provided scribes this customer-friendly philosophy. ever before with the new control and doc-
the initiative to implement automation The control and documentation system umentation system. Because, rst and
technology with the standardized com- can be used both on a conventional PC at foremost, the technology must be easy to
ponents of Simatic. Since then, Simatic the office level, and on a robust industrial adapt, extend, and maintain so that we
S7-300 and, depending on the require- PC directly in production. Vemag prefers can use it for as many tasks as possible,
ments, the graphics-capable Simatic OP Probus DP for communication with the explains master butcher and practitioner
270 or OP 170B operator panels have been individual plants. Alexander Ern. Even inexperienced stu-
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