IDM | Technology/IT
Tetra Pak PlantMaster
Innovations in automation to deliver efficiency, quality and confidence
38 · 8 2017 | international-dairy.com
(fig.: Tetra Pak)
Today’s food and beverage producers
must deliver to exacting requirements —
providing products of the highest quality
while constantly improving their production
efficiency and profitability. Increasingly,
this depends on the innovative application of
a range of automation solutions.
Evolving automation
For a number of years, automation has
played an important role in helping to achieve
greater production efficiency, controlling
equipment and moving products through the
factory. However what we actually mean by
automation has changed over time. Automation
has evolved from analogue processes,
which are dependent on people for information
management, to digital processes, which
– with the increase in processing power – enable
the collection of enormous quantities of
data. With this data, it is possible to monitor
such things as downtime, wastage and overall
equipment efficiency, enabling manufacturers
to optimise their process. As market
demands and technology move on, the next
evolution of technologies and automation solutions
must be employed to increase equipment
reliability and reduce operational costs.
Last November, at BrauBeviale, we launched
the new plant automation and information
solution from Tetra Pak, the Tetra Pak Plant-
Master. It is a perfect example of how Tetra
Pak is pushing the boundaries of automation
within the industry.
The Tetra Pak PlantMaster, which is an upgrade
to the Tetra PlantMaster, enables manufacturers
to programme their entire plant
through a single data management system.
The upgrade includes the Tetra Pak Plant-
Master MES Suite (Manufacturing Execution
Systems), a new software programme specifically
designed for the food and beverage
industry, which provides a user-friendly interface.
Based on Tetra Pak’s extensive food
production knowledge, the Tetra Pak Plant-
Author: Anders Andren, Head of Automation, Tetra Pak
The new Tetra Pak PlantMaster provides
customers with a simple end-to-end solution
by unifying plant control in one single
data system (photo: Tetra Pak)