Food processing control systems, thermocouples, Alan Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and pneumatic valves from Sandford Electrical in the UK.

Client Area Food Processing

Product Sectors:

• HVAC
• Food Processing
• Health Care
• Leisure

Want a company with first hand knowledge of the industrial processes essential to food production? We specialise in this area and can provide control systems which make significant long term savings in energy costs, manpower and time.

Example case study

Sandford was asked by a major pharmaceutical organisation to provide the control system for their new industrial oven. This set-up was to replace three ageing oven lines used to dry out the constituents making up one of the company's best selling drink powders. A control system was required which would automatically regulate the oven's steam heating system to the required temperatures, as well as maintain the operation of the conveyor line passing the constituents into the oven. It also had to be user friendly.

Following a series of meetings, during which we established the extent of the client's requirements, we used Alan Bradley Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to connect and monitor a state of the art control system. It incorporated stainless steel panels and all associated control devices, including thermocouples and pneumatic valves. The whole system was designed without interrupting work in progress, and was installed during the company's brief shutdown period.

The work was completed within a six-week time frame. The result was a system with much more capacity than the previous set-up. It was more energy efficient and its capacity resulted in time and manpower savings.