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

该项目旨在为食品和饮料生产设计创新技术和工程解决方案。过程产率损失目前由质量平衡法确定；在生产运行结束时，将输出与各种工艺成分和材料的输入进行比较。这种方法只能识别事故发生后的损失，而不能确定损失发生的位置，因此难以准确识别所需的改进。下一个产品运行的材料可能不同，因此已确定的改进可能不完全适用。提出的跟踪技术称为LINE-TRACK，采用预测原理实时测量产量损失。linetrack1)可以用来识别损失发生的点；2)帮助找出造成损失的根本原因；3)一旦损失超过规定的目标，立即提醒操作人员；4)直接干预系统，最终目标是避免损失发生。

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.