Rockwell Automation Collaborates with Axtel
Rockwell
Automation, Inc., the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial
automation and digital transformation, has worked with Axtel Industries
Limited, a specialist in engineering process systems for the food &
beverage industry, to upgrade its chocolate moulding and spice processing
systems. By integrating Rockwell’s innovative motion and process control
systems, safety, and advanced diagnostics solutions, Axtel has achieved greater
precision, efficiency, and consistency in chocolate moulding line and spice
processing, while improving safety and sustainability.
Axtel
developed a fully automated chocolate moulding line using Rockwell Automation’s
Kinetix® 5700 servo drives and Integrated Architecture® safety solution. For
spice mixing solution, it leveraged Rockwell’s advanced ControlLogix® processor
and PlantPAx® system to create fully automated ingredient management system.
Speaking
about the relationship, Ajay Desai, executive director, Axtel Industries, said:
“In the last 30 years, Axtel and Rockwell Automation have collaborated on
countless projects and provided sustainable automation solutions to customers.
We continue to invest robustly in such technologies and shall continue doing so
in the future.”
Dilip
Sawhney, managing director, Rockwell Automation India, added: “We always strive
to empower our customers to innovate and achieve excellence. We value our
longstanding relationship with Axtel and applaud their success in developing
world-class machines.”
For
operational excellence, Axtel leveraged Rockwell’s Integrated Architecture®
consisting of GuardLink 2.0 and Kinetix® 5700 servo drives system to enhance
safety and efficiency. As a result, Axtel achieved the PLd Safety Performance Level
in its manufacturing solutions. This accomplishment has made Axtel-manufactured
machines and process plants safer and more sustainable.
The
traditional process automation technology used by Axtel had limited
capabilities, where different stock-keeping units (SKUs) were required from a
single chocolate moulding line. This complex chocolate moulding processes,
which involve filling and book moulding for multiple SKUs on single moulding
line requires high levels of accuracy, precision, and efficiency.
In spice
processing, Axtel had a need for enhanced reporting capability as the evolving
market dynamics demanded a better compliance, operational efficiency, quality
control, and safety. With the fully automated ingredient management system,
managing multiple ingredients, including small and micro, while ensuring data
integrity has significantly supported the manufacturing process for spice
processors. This automation has improved both precision and efficiency,
enhancing the quality and consistency of the final product.
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