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Our Process Engineering group offers experience in the design of highly automated, hygienic process systems for the dairy, pharmaceutical, beverage, meat, and snack food industries. Our diverse experience in the design and construction of FDA, USDA, and CGMP processes and facilities assures innovation with minimum experimentation. Beyond engineering, our Design and Build philosophy provides accountability for safety, constructability, serviceability, sanitation, and ergonomic issues. We believe our successful track record and our many repeat customers are a testament to the innovation and quality focus that our people bring to the project team.
Areas of expertise include:
- Facility and equipment layout and design
- Dry materials handling
- Clean-In-Place (CIP) process design
- Steam-In-Place (SIP) Process and CIP optimization
- Product loss reduction
- Product receiving and storage
- Batch and continuous product blending
- Filtration, membrane, and centrifugal separation
- Finished product surge and product filling
We have employed 3D graphic models and "real-time" simulation software for liquid, batch processing, and packaging line applications. By simulating the process before actual deploymen,t we have been able to shorten startup time and improve system usability.
With the ability to rapidly transport products and track their progress through a facility, conveyors continue to grow in popularity. With the proliferation of SKUs, the distribution must efficiently pick and transport more products than ever, and manufacturing is being challenged with reducing handling costs while managing process control and insuring quality. A well-engineered conveyor system can help accomplish those goals.
Cranes and Hoists have been used for hundreds of years to lift and move materials too heavy to be efficiently handled manually. They can be designed to swiftly maneuver 100-pound loads or delicately and safely transport 100-ton loads. In some cases, overhead handling is used to improve ergonomics in a repetitive work cell environment, to service/maintain heavy production machinery, or to support a manufacturing operation by lifting and transporting heavy pieces.
There is burgeoning interest in the use of carousels for sorting and retrieving products. Depending on the specifications and type selected, carousels can be utilized to pick anything from tiny electronic parts to metal fixtures, and are applicable for finished goods picking in distribution or work-in-process for manufacturing. There are three basic types of carousels, each of which can be utilized with simple controls for paper-driven picking systems all the way up to automated controls with light prompts.
There is a multitude of storage mediums available, each designed to be utilized with different storage applications. There are a number of considerations in selecting an appropriate storage medium. In the physical domain, the size, weight, and packaging of the commodity to be stored must be considered, as well as the overall height of the system and the method by which the product will be loaded/unloaded from the storage medium.
Equally important, however, are non-physical considerations. The velocity of the product is important in that highly active product must be stored such that it is readily accessible and in sufficient volume to meet activity requirements. The unique product must always be accessible since it is the only SKU of its kind in a given facility, whereas multiple loads of the same SKU do not require that all loads be readily accessible.
Lastly, the storage and picking methodology affects the storage mediums. Products stored in a forward pick area will normally use a different storage medium than products used as backup storage. Forward pick areas have high degrees of picking activity, so the storage medium must complement that. Backup storage tends to be handled in larger unit volumes and therefore has lower and different storage needs.
Broad experience with exceptional process control knowledge of the manufacturing environment ensures we design a system that works and meets your expectations. We provide project scoping, accurate cost estimates, complete equipment specifications, detailed project schedules, skilled project management, and comprehensive design documentation. You have a superior material handling system after we complete installation, calibration, startup, and training in partnership with your personnel.
Object Technologies CEM, Inc. is committed to providing computer systems validation and regulatory compliance services for the pharmaceutical industry. Our work with computer and automated systems, including compliance with the U.S. FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11, is well known throughout the industry.
Our services include a full range of products, automated tools, validation services, and procedures to help enable compliance with 21 CFR part 11 and the EU Annex Part 11. We leverage our expertise to provide systems, tools, policies, and procedures for compliance.
Object Technologies can help you achieve and maintain a competitive advantage by:
- Developing state-of-the-art solutions for compliance
- Identifying specific actions necessary to become compliant
- Automating software validation process
- Implementing automated tools for validation and validation management
- Meeting validation schedules and critical path
- Minimizing the effort required for ongoing regulatory compliance
- Improving operational efficiency
Power and energy companies require a rapid operational response to be competitive as they produce cost-effective and reliable energy. Object Technologies specializes in applications for upgrading and modernizing existing operations as well as complete solutions for new systems. Our automation software and solutions expand, as you need to connect people to plant-wide information, in real time, offering new capabilities to manage plant performance.
Services
- Recovery Boiler Control, process troubleshooting, and control tuning
- Boiler Cleaning Control, process troubleshooting, and control tuning
- Tie line power management control, process troubleshooting, and control tuning
- Understanding of concepts and procedures used to analyze machines and determine the cause of the caused process variation
- Understanding of how to differentiate between machine-caused and process-control-caused process variations
- Adept at interfacing with Data Acquisition Hardware; in-depth knowledge of National Instruments and IOTECH hardware
- Expert at troubleshooting and tuning Batch processes including troubleshooting sequence logic
- Expert at troubleshooting and debugging interlocking logic
With increasing globalization, pulp and paper manufacturers must improve product quality, production efficiency, and flexibility to stay competitive. Our applications help companies reduce downtime with communication links between remote locations as well as comply with environmental regulations using enhanced performance and reporting features.
Paper Machine Services
Object Technologies CEM, Inc. can provide a wide variety of services for your paper machine control system (DCS). We have over 20 years of experience in paper machine optimization. This includes cross-direction and machine direction tuning, beam modeling calculations, multiple frequency actuator control tuning, wave model setup, and other advanced control schemes. We specialize in Honeywell Measurex control system services.
- Headbox alignment for precise control after a major shutdown or machine modification is always required for accurate mapping of actuators to control zones in the process control system. This service is always included in our optimization packages.
- Paper machine optimization
- CD control optimization
- CD cabinet replacement
Pulp Related Services
- Batch and continuous digester, process troubleshooting, and control tuning
- Waste Fiber Plant, process troubleshooting and control tuning
- De-Inking plant, process troubleshooting, and control tuning
Since 1995, Object Technologies CEM has specialized in the sales, design, engineering, integration, installation, and service of industrial and municipal process control and radio telemetry systems. Our waste Water management and control systems are a cost-effective way to meet the growing challenge of environmental control, compliance, and reporting.
System features include
- Automated multi-source, multi-condition data acquisition.
- Automated EPA/State report generation.
- Client-Server architecture
Scalable platform. - Multi-user capabilities
Our development and capabilities strongly reflect expertise and experience in both process control and automation and the management of process data. As a result, our systems:
- Ensure repeatable and auditable demonstration of compliance.
- Generates predictive alarms to prevent excursions.
- Reduces environmental manpower growth.
- Allow environmental personnel to perform higher-value work.
- Helps avoid litigation and penalties.
