The SmartMixer is an innovative new type of mix system designed for accurate real-time mixing of a wide range of Dairy Products.
It
has been designed to produce the correct amount of the correct specification end product using three ingredient streams, any of which can contain fat as well as solids.
Uniquely, it achieves this by calculating each batch just
prior to manufacture, using the parameters of the ingredients available on the day, then solving the equations to calculate the amounts needed of each ingredient.
The equations currently allow end products to be standardised by
SNF % or by Protein %, depending on customer preference.
This website explains in detail the way the SmartMixer
works, the design philosophy, the problems that it has solved, the benefits to the customer and the potentially massive cost savings that it can produce.
Our extensive research into the mechanical properties of dairy products, plus customer feedback, mean that we are totally confident that the SmartMixer is
the best possible way to accurately produce dairy products of any Fat% and any Total Solid %
TCS
have been been involved with Process Control in the Dairy Industry for almost 25 years. Based in the South West of England, we started working with PLC control systems in 1985 and have been designing, installing, modifying and commissioning PLC based process equipment ever since.
Our PLC control systems now range from networked control of entire manufacturing sites down to small stand alone applications.
In March 2005, we began to look at an application to improve the calculation, mixing
and production of a wide range of dairy products, and this work resulted in the invention of the SmartMixer, the most innovative and exciting product that we have ever been
involved with.