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ifm encourages sector to go digital in preparation for the future Automation experts ifm will present a webinar on its moneo software and TCC temperature sensors which promise to improve efficiencies. Food and Beverage Industry News reports.
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utomation technology specialists ifm, are aiming to teach the industry about their latest software suite, moneo, and temperature control sensor technology which is designed to streamline and mitigate risks across the production process. Accuracies in food production are of supreme importance however, various brands of temperature sensors already in use can cause large issues if they experience a fault or have
temperature drift, Glenn Thornton, product manager for ifm told Food and Beverage Industry News. “Often, it can be difficult for current sensor technologies to notify a system that there are production issues which can introduce inefficiencies and produce a substandard end product,” said Thornton. “It can also contaminate the food products which can create a public health issue and cause brand damage. Which happens more than
"The simplest form of this is the smart sensor technology coupled with an easy and intuitive software which gives a clear and clean dashboard, bringing the company into the digital era." people know.” This is exactly the scenario ifm’s TCC offerings were designed to address. “Our TCC temperature technology actually checks itself,” said Thornton. An ifm seminar covers Moneo and the company’s TCC sensor offerings for the digitisation space.
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“This doesn’t mean you remove the calibration and verification procedures in place. The TCC temperature sensor monitors its own settings and health 24/7 between calibrations. This gives you peace of mind that you can trust your production runs at the optimum and safe level. This is also where the moneo software steps in. “The moneo software suite can capture the information and display it on a really intuitive dashboard on more or less any device anywhere in the world.”s Ifm national IoT business manager, Freddie Coertze, said the moneo software offered a better solution to automation and factory checks, with many plants still reliant on pen and paper. “The reason moneo is the way to go is everybody wants to move away from doing paper check lists onto something more sophisticated,” said Coertze. “You have to ask, what happens if during those checks they miss a number or lose that sheet of paper, there is potential for human error. That could be entered into a database, but it could take time for them to see the mistake. “Moneo offers a real time update right there and then with no losses, no paperwork in the middle, it streamlines the process.” Another critical aspect of the moneo software is its ease of use. Many software applications have unexpected cost blowouts once
