System integration brings performance benefits
Baker Perkins’ ability to fully integrate a complete powder coating line from feeding to grinding, with a single control point for the entire system, creates substantial opportunities for upgrading performance. It transforms the process from a series of separately controlled functions to one cohesive system.
Lines built around a Baker Perkins twin-screw extruder comprise equipment from a number of partner companies – ingredient weighing and feeding before the extruder and cooling, flaking and grinding after.
Integrated systems have a single touch-screen HMI providing clear at-a-glance visualisation of the whole process with current status of all major components and parameters.
With remote access over the internet via a VPN router, Baker Perkins' engineers can log in to a machine or complete line anywhere in the world. If there is a problem in any part of the line that cannot be solved by on-site operators, it can be immediately identified and corrective action taken by Baker Perkins engineers, often without the need to stop production. A downstream restriction, for example, can be handled by adjusting extruder throughput.
The ability to react to events as they happen, and maintain production when previously a stoppage would have been unavoidable, played a major part in our decision to supply all new Baker Perkins machinery ‘Industry 4.0 Ready’ as a standard feature.
Industry 4.0 harnesses data from all the machines, devices and sensors in any manufacturing operation and enables communication and remote data storage via the Internet. The data may be used by either operators or autonomous systems to take better informed and timelier decisions.
In Baker Perkins’ powder coating systems, a key feature is a centre-lining system. This covers key operating parameters, such as temperature and torque, and establishes a zone within which the machine can self-adjust to run at maximum efficiency. It also alerts supervisors to potential problems caused either by operator changes or impending equipment failure.
The next step in the development of Industry 4.0 will allow Baker Perkins to predict when key components need replacement. Intelligent analysis of process performance and machine condition will enable timely advice to be provided on potential machine problems or service and parts requirements, before they cause costly downtime.
System integration of upstream and downstream equipment into a single control point for the line brings potential benefits including the following:
New extruder harnesses stable torque to deliver higher outputs
Baker Perkins Limited, Manor Drive, Paston Parkway, Peterborough, PE4 7AP UK Registered in England: No. 5708493
© 2021 Baker Perkins. All rights reserved.
Baker Perkins’ ability to fully integrate a complete powder coating line from feeding to grinding, with a single control point for the entire system, creates substantial opportunities for upgrading performance. It transforms the process from a series of separately controlled functions to one cohesive system.
Lines built around a Baker Perkins twin-screw extruder comprise equipment from a number of partner companies – ingredient weighing and feeding before the extruder and cooling, flaking and grinding after.
Integrated systems have a single touch-screen HMI providing clear at-a-glance visualisation of the whole process with current status of all major components and parameters.
With remote access over the internet via a VPN router, Baker Perkins' engineers can log in to a machine or complete line anywhere in the world. If there is a problem in any part of the line that cannot be solved by on-site operators, it can be immediately identified and corrective action taken by Baker Perkins engineers, often without the need to stop production. A downstream restriction, for example, can be handled by adjusting extruder throughput.
The ability to react to events as they happen, and maintain production when previously a stoppage would have been unavoidable, played a major part in our decision to supply all new Baker Perkins machinery ‘Industry 4.0 Ready’ as a standard feature.
Industry 4.0 harnesses data from all the machines, devices and sensors in any manufacturing operation and enables communication and remote data storage via the Internet. The data may be used by either operators or autonomous systems to take better informed and timelier decisions.
In Baker Perkins’ powder coating systems, a key feature is a centre-lining system. This covers key operating parameters, such as temperature and torque, and establishes a zone within which the machine can self-adjust to run at maximum efficiency. It also alerts supervisors to potential problems caused either by operator changes or impending equipment failure.
The next step in the development of Industry 4.0 will allow Baker Perkins to predict when key components need replacement. Intelligent analysis of process performance and machine condition will enable timely advice to be provided on potential machine problems or service and parts requirements, before they cause costly downtime.
System integration of upstream and downstream equipment into a single control point for the line brings potential benefits including the following:
New extruder harnesses stable torque to deliver higher outputs
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Baker Perkins’ ability to fully integrate a complete powder coating line from feeding to grinding, with a single control point for the entire system, creates substantial opportunities for upgrading performance. It transforms the process from a series of separately controlled functions to one cohesive system.
Lines built around a Baker Perkins twin-screw extruder comprise equipment from a number of partner companies – ingredient weighing and feeding before the extruder and cooling, flaking and grinding after.
Integrated systems have a single touch-screen HMI providing clear at-a-glance visualisation of the whole process with current status of all major components and parameters.
With remote access over the internet via a VPN router, Baker Perkins' engineers can log in to a machine or complete line anywhere in the world. If there is a problem in any part of the line that cannot be solved by on-site operators, it can be immediately identified and corrective action taken by Baker Perkins engineers, often without the need to stop production. A downstream restriction, for example, can be handled by adjusting extruder throughput.
The ability to react to events as they happen, and maintain production when previously a stoppage would have been unavoidable, played a major part in our decision to supply all new Baker Perkins machinery ‘Industry 4.0 Ready’ as a standard feature.
Industry 4.0 harnesses data from all the machines, devices and sensors in any manufacturing operation and enables communication and remote data storage via the Internet. The data may be used by either operators or autonomous systems to take better informed and timelier decisions.
In Baker Perkins’ powder coating systems, a key feature is a centre-lining system. This covers key operating parameters, such as temperature and torque, and establishes a zone within which the machine can self-adjust to run at maximum efficiency. It also alerts supervisors to potential problems caused either by operator changes or impending equipment failure.
The next step in the development of Industry 4.0 will allow Baker Perkins to predict when key components need replacement. Intelligent analysis of process performance and machine condition will enable timely advice to be provided on potential machine problems or service and parts requirements, before they cause costly downtime.
System integration of upstream and downstream equipment into a single control point for the line brings potential benefits including the following:
Baker Perkins Limited, Manor Drive, Paston Parkway, Peterborough, PE4 7AP UK
Registered in England: No. 5708493
© 2021 Baker Perkins. All rights reserved.