CONTROLS AND MONITORING | TECHNOLOGY
Automated process control and monitoring are a growing feature in plastics recycling. A number of suppliers have released new products and services in the past year
Keeping a close eye on quality during processing
Suppliers to plastics recycling and recompounding operations are increasingly offering technology, controls and software to help companies in a variety of tasks. Quality control is a key aim, while other activities include process optimisation and managing equipment efficiency. Grafit is a subsidiary of Starlinger which the Austrian plastics recycling technology group set up two years ago to give a dedicated platform to Grafit software for customers to use with its systems. By placing the Grafit products in a focused business, Starlinger aims to guarantee continuous development and provide full technical support. Starlinger says the company emerged from a long-standing co-operation it had with an IT developer. The first projects were implemented in 2004 at production plants of Starlinger’s custom- ers. The Grafit portfolio includes software for plant monitoring and digital process optimisation, Grafit 4.0, solutions for logistics such as the RTrack software for batch tracking throughout the entire recycling process.
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com Grafit 4.0 used on Starlinger machinery enables
central production monitoring and digital process optimisation. It allows the operator to centrally monitor the complete machine park in real time on a computer, via the company’s SmartView app, or on a monitor in the production hall. The data from all connected machines are presented in a clear form for the operator to analyse. The information is displayed in real time which allows for early detection, analysis and correction of errors. “The central monitoring of the entire machine
park offers numerous advantages such as higher productivity, less production scrap and lower costs,” says Starlinger. The system is available for the group’s complete plastics recycling machinery range (and also machinery for the production of plastic fabric). It was designed for the Starlinger portfolio, but machines of other manufacturers can be integrated as well by means of standardised interfaces. Starlinger says Grafit 4.0 “possesses a clear data structure; in the future, this structure will be geared
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