Category: Food & Beverage

Agriculture-Smart Farming

5/10/2021

Smart Trucks
Use any or all the above on:
– Combines
– Truck that sprays steam onto hay and hay balers
– Automatic Seeder
– Slurry Tanker (Terragator) for spreading fertilizer, pesticides, and manure.
– Produce Sorters, Conveyor Analyzers
– Cotton Pickers

Cold Storage Units
– Most of them have a PLC and an HMI already
– Just add an Edge Gateway like a Flexy205 which communicates to all PLCs

Solution for Smart Farming = QSolarBattery + QRTU

Think of this as a Programmable Controller with input sensors and the ability to remotely control pumps for tank level control or control VFDs for Irrigation
Soil Moisture Sensor – 4-20mA or we can use LoRaWAN for Smart Sensors
Level Sensors – 4-20mA inside Tanks
Flow Sensors – 4-20mA to and from Tanks
Airmar or any Weather Stations – Serial Communications to the PLC – Temperature, Humidity, Barometric Pressure, Wind Direction, Wind Speed
Or access NOAH via an API and get National Weather Reports for specific GPS coordinates.
We can use another serial port or an Ethernet Port and communicate to the VFD to control the pump speed and slowly ramp up the water going into the Irrigation Units.

QSolarBattery

Provides Off-Grid Power to the QRTU for hard to reach rural places

Success Stories

Bale Hay While the Sun Shines: A Revolution in Commercial Hay ProductionA steam generating plant on wheels? That’s right. The DewPoint 6110 hooks up between a large farm tractor and hay balers that make large rectangular bales from 1,500 to 2,000 lb each (Fig. 1). Its purpose is to add moisture to dry hay to prevent mechanical damage to the crop during the baling process. This revolutionary concept, which has been successfully used and refined over the past 14 years, will change the way hay is made. Read more

Food Industry (Dry)

1/2/2021

Grain Plants & Solos

Weigh Feeders and Load Cells, Bulk Loading Racks, Bagging
Farm Harvesting Machines – Hay Steaming Machines
Sugar Plants – Sugar Cane, Beets

Applications – IIoT, GPS, Cellular Communications, Smart Farming

Cereal & Oatmeal

Baking, Mixing, Sorting
Applications – Paper Boxes, Plastic, or Aluminum Foil Liners & Sealers
Bakeries
Bread Making, Slicing Machines, Buns, Tortillas, Cookie Plants

Applications – Plastic Wrapping Machines, Conveyors, Packaging, Boxers, Sealers, Palletizers, Proofers,
Press, Ovens, Refrigeration

Meat, Poultry, Fish

Meat Packing Plants
Fisheries

Applications – Canning, Plastic Wrapping, Labeling, Inspection

Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables

Pickers, Sorters, Cleaners, Peanut Butter Plants, Jelly Plants
Refrigeration Units in the field and large Storage Facilities – Quick Cool for transporting

Applications – Canning & Lid Sealing, Labeling, Metal, Glass, or Plastic Containers

Pasta & Rice

Pasta Making Machines, Ovens/Kilns

Applications – Plastic Wrapping, Boxing, Kiln Control, Pasta Extrusion

Candy & Chocolates

Blending, Mixing, Ovens, Coolers

Applications – Wrapping, Boxing & Sealers, Coin/Dollar Dispensing Machines

Salad Dressing

- Mixing & Blending

Applications – Plastic or Glass Bottles with Plastic or Metal Cap, Labeling Machines

Food Industry (Wet)

1/1/2021

Dairy

Blending – Flow Valves, VFD Motor/Pumps, Temperature Control, Clean in Place
Refrigeration - Temperature Control – Control & Monitor Milk Storage, Pipeline Washing
Filling, Labeling, Conveyor Control, Boxing, Sealing, Palletizers

Soft Drinks

Blending Syrup and Carbonated Water
Can and Can Filling Machines
Bottles and Bottle Filling Machines
Plastic Bottle Blow Molding and Filling Machines
Dispensing Machines

Beer

See QCraftBrew for Semi Automation Control Systems
Keg Filling, Compression, & Sealing
Keg Washers

Fine Spirits – Whiskey, Vodka, Gin, Tequila

Distillation Process
Storage Facilities – Stainless Steel Tanks or Oak Barrels – Temperature & Humidity Control
Bottle Filling and Labeling Machines

Wine

Fermentation Process
Storage Tanks – Refrigeration Temperature & Humidity Control
Bottle Filling and Labeling Machines

Oils

Olive, Corn, Vegetable Oil Plants
Plastic or Glass Bottling, Capping, and Labeling

Ketchup, Mustard, and Mayonnaise

Blending
Filling, Pouches, Sealers
Plastic Filling, Capping, and Labeling

Food & Beverage

12/31/2020

Powerful PAC Upgrades Tortilla Machine

Advanced automation helps Casa Herrera produce tortillas reliably, quickly and precisely.
Casa Herrera builds tortilla preparation equipment for the corn and flour tortilla industry, provides equipment for the bakery and snack food industries, and is the preferred supplier to several national brands. We build several varieties of our machines to meet customer specifications, and we install and service all of the equipment we manufacture.
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Meheen Manufacturing Testimonial

Meheen bottling was born in the early days of craft beer when the founder decided to build a bottling system for his own microbrewery. His mission was to protect the quality, taste and integrity of his own craft beer.
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Agriculture-Smart Farming

​Solution for Smart Farming = QSolarBattery + QRTU

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Success Stories

​Food Industry (Dry)

Food Industry (Wet)

​Food & Beverage

Powerful PAC Upgrades Tortilla Machine

Meheen Manufacturing Testimonial ​

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Solution for Smart Farming = QSolarBattery + QRTU

Food Industry (Dry)

Food & Beverage

Meheen Manufacturing Testimonial