PLC Data Acquisition IoT Solution for Fermentation Tanks

A certain food processing plant utilizes PLCs to automate processes such as automatic feeding, stirring, and defoaming in fermentation tanks, achieving a relatively high level of automated production. Typically, staff members operate and set parameters on touchscreens in the workshop, while also conducting regular equipment inspections and manually recording process parameters. This working mode heavily relies on human labor, resulting in a large workload and low efficiency. Moreover, its responsiveness to sudden abnormal failures is relatively weak, which has increasingly become a crucial issue that must be addressed in the digital transformation of work.

In response to this, WideIOT offers a PLC data acquisition IoT solution. By deploying PLC data acquisition gateways, it can collect real-time data from PLCs, including fermentation temperature, tank pressure, air flow rate, pH value, dissolved oxygen, air flow rate (repeated here as in original, may need verification), fermentation liquid volume, carbon dioxide content in exhaust gas, and parameters of the utility system. Simultaneously, it connects to the industrial IoT cloud platform via 5G/4G and other means, enabling functions such as remote monitoring, alarm display, real-time and historical trend display, automatic report generation, and data analysis.

Functional Features
1. Comprehensive Data Acquisition with Multi-Protocol Support
The gateway supports multiple communication protocols, enabling seamless integration with PLCs of different brands and models to ensure comprehensive data acquisition.

2. High-Speed and Stable Data Transmission
Utilizing high-speed and stable communication methods like 5G/4G, it rapidly uploads data to the cloud platform. Even in complex industrial environments, it ensures stable data transmission, providing reliable data for enterprises.

3. Remote Monitoring and Precise Control
With the industrial IoT cloud platform, managers and operators can remotely monitor fermentation tanks anytime and anywhere via computers, mobile phones, and other terminals. They can not only view real-time operating parameters and equipment status but also adjust process parameters according to production requirements, achieving precise control, enhancing production flexibility and response speed, and reducing on-site operation costs.

4. Intelligent Alarm and Early Warning Mechanism
An intelligent alarm and early warning mechanism is set up. When data exceeds the preset range, alarms are immediately triggered and notified to relevant personnel through multiple channels such as SMS, email, and WeChat. The alarm information includes details of abnormal parameters, fault analysis, and handling suggestions, assisting operators in quickly locating and resolving issues.

5. Real-Time and Historical Trend Display
The cloud platform provides real-time and historical trend display functions. Operators can visually view parameter change trends through charts and curves. Real-time trend graphs reflect dynamic changes, helping to grasp fermentation progress, while historical trend graphs display long-term change patterns, providing data support for production analysis and optimization.

6. Automatic Report Generation and Data Analysis
It supports automatic report generation, creating daily, weekly, and monthly reports according to preset rules and templates, covering information such as operating parameters, production output, and fault conditions. With powerful data analysis capabilities, it delves deep into data value, extracts patterns, and provides scientific bases for enterprise production decision-making, helping to optimize production processes and improve product quality.

Details please see http://www.wideiot.com/

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