LINE-TRACK: technology to improve overall yield during the manufacturing process

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The project aims to devise innovative technologies and engineering solutions in food & drink manufacturing. Process yieldlosses are currently identified by the mass balance method; at the end of the production run the output is compared to theinput of the various process ingredients and materials. This method only identifies the losses after the event and does notdetermine where the losses have occurred and so required improvements are difficult to identify accurately. The nextproduct run materials may be different and so the identified improvements may not be fully applicable. The proposedtracking technology called LINE-TRACK adopts the principles of prognostics to measure the yield losses in real time. LINETRACKcan be used to 1) identify the points where losses occur; 2) help identify root causes of the losses; 3) alert theoperators as soon as the losses are above specified targets & 4) directly intervene in the system with the ultimate goal toavoid losses occurring.