Process control progress

Sitting right beside the filler in a new canning line at Founders Brewing in Grand Rapids, MI, is an HMI screen used by the line operators to access a Krones process control system known as Botec F1. It monitors and controls every stage in batch production and makes it 100 percent reproducible. “It’s a computerized method of calling for product from tanks, or calling for other media like water or caustic or paracetic acid,” says Assistant Packaging Manager Mike Downey.