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FMCG Modernisation

High-Speed Bottling Line Retrofit

Control retrofit and CIP automation on a high-speed bottling line, cutting changeover time and eliminating manual clean verification.

Food & Beverage (FMCG) Completed & Commissioned Western Cape, RSA 36,000 Bottles/Hour
-62%
Changeover time
100%
CIP cycles electronically verified
36k/hr
Sustained line throughput

report_problem The Challenge

Product changeovers consumed most of a shift because recipes were set manually at each machine, and Clean-In-Place cycles were signed off on paper with no automatic verification of contact time or temperature.

build Our Engineered Solution

We standardised the line onto a single PLC platform with central recipe management, added optical vision rejection, and automated CIP cycle verification with electronic records.

trending_up The Outcome

Changeover became an HMI selection, giveaway dropped through vision-based rejection, and clean verification is now automatic and auditable.

cancelLegacy Operational State
  • • Manual per-machine recipe setup at every changeover
  • • Paper-based CIP sign-off with no automated verification
  • • No line-wide OEE measurement
check_circleEngineered Solution
  • • Central recipe management across a single PLC platform
  • • Automated CIP verification with electronic batch records
  • • Optical vision rejection and line-wide OEE reporting
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