Case Studies
Chocolate Candy Making
IPACT has been heavily involved in all aspects of making chocolate candies – from processing cocoa beans to making chocolate to polishing finished products. Below are some brief outlines of representative projects. Continue reading
Hot Mill Finishing Stand Addition
IPACT supplied the automation and control system models to support an additional stand on a Korean aluminum hot strip mill. The customer was so pleased they gave IPACT a special award. Continue reading
High Speed Candy Bar Automation
IPACT supplied a major snack food company with their first Wonderware ArchestA system on a high-speed candy bar line. The installation was an unqualified success. Continue reading
Aluminum Finishing Mill Control System Revamp
IPACT conceived, designed, and delivered a state-of-the-art open control system for an aluminum hot strip finishing mill that provided: high speed hydraulic cylinder control, screwdown control,inter-stand tension control, positive and negative roll bending, automatic gauge control (AGC), adaptive threading, metal-in-stand, mill zeroing, mill setup, modulus curve generation, process data collection, and tailout and threading control. Continue reading
IPACT Automation Launches New Line of Snack Foods
One of the largest food manufacturers in the world came to IPACT to automate a line that would produce an entirely new line of nutritious snack foods – the vanguard of a new brand. Continue reading
Pet Food Manufacturing
Representative of IPACT’s pet food experience was the complete automation (PLCs and HMIs) of a re-designed dry pet food plant, starting with batches of mixed dry meal and going through to packaging. Continue reading
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