Topic: HRB

[CanuckS2K]

It's coming together, one day at a time.  I'm still a good 3-4 weeks at least before I'll be ready to brew on it though.  Still lots of work to be done for the steam, glycol, and electrical.   

[KD]

Yea, that's quite a step up from the current setup for sure!  Good thing you have your detailing experience with all that stainless!    Lookin good Shane!   

I'll try to drop in early Friday afternoon for a quick gander if you are around. 

[Noto]

It's coming together, one day at a time.  I'm still a good 3-4 weeks at least before I'll be ready to brew on it though.  Still lots of work to be done for the steam, glycol, and electrical.   

So when can I book my flights?!?!

[CanuckS2K]

Yea, that's quite a step up from the current setup for sure!  Good thing you have your detailing experience with all that stainless!    Lookin good Shane!   

I'll try to drop in early Friday afternoon for a quick gander if you are around.

I'll be home brewing on my smaller system on Friday, but will likely be there tomorrow.  Shoot me a text if you're around. 

[CanuckS2K]

It's coming together, one day at a time.  I'm still a good 3-4 weeks at least before I'll be ready to brew on it though.  Still lots of work to be done for the steam, glycol, and electrical.   

So when can I book my flights?!?!

I'll keep ya posted Noah, but don't book any flights just yet.   

[johngenx]

So Nav is standard?

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[Allen]

 

[blur911]

What are the controls?  Is there a PLC?

[mrthompson]

^Siemens HMI.

[sailor723]

German electronics?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Naw, Siemens industrial PLC/HMI stuff is ok. I found them to not be terribly intuitive to program, but once you get the hang of it, they're fine.

[blur911]

Oddly, I've worked with very little Siemens controls, we mostly use Allen-Bradley/Reliance stuff.

[CanuckS2K]

Yep, it's a Siemens.

[blur911]

So does the HMI do all the controls or is there a small PLC somewhere?  Or does it just monitor stuff and everything is manual?

[CanuckS2K]

So does the HMI do all the controls or is there a small PLC somewhere?  Or does it just monitor stuff and everything is manual?

Other than me manually opening/closing valves, this controls everything else.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Oddly, I've worked with very little Siemens controls, we mostly use Allen-Bradley/Reliance stuff.

Allen-Bradley is my favourite. Great documentation too, and the support we got from Harris & Roome (Graybar now, I think) in Saint John was awesome.

[blur911]

So does the HMI do all the controls or is there a small PLC somewhere?  Or does it just monitor stuff and everything is manual?

Other than me manually opening/closing valves, this controls everything else.

I'm not familiar with Siemens, does the HMI directly do the I/O, or is there an I/O interface of some sort in between?

How do you turn pumps and heaters on and off?
Are you looking at bottling?

So many questions 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

So does the HMI do all the controls or is there a small PLC somewhere?  Or does it just monitor stuff and everything is manual?

I'm curious too. This could be a panel PC with I/O or an HMI connected to a little S7 controller.



 

[CanuckS2K]

So does the HMI do all the controls or is there a small PLC somewhere?  Or does it just monitor stuff and everything is manual?

Other than me manually opening/closing valves, this controls everything else.

I'm not familiar with Siemens, does the HMI directly do the I/O, or is there an I/O interface of some sort in between?

How do you turn pumps and heaters on and off?
Are you looking at bottling?

So many questions 

Does this help?   

PLC Brewhouse Control Panel
Siemens 12" touch screen
Brewhouse vessel temperature display and control
Brewhouse pump(s) control - on/off and speed
Lauter Tun Rake control - on/off and speed
Countdown timers
Includes 5x VFD's to control HLT pump, CLT pump, Wort pump, Kettle
pump and Lauter rake drive.


And yep, I'll be bottling. 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Sounds like an HMI and separate PLC.

I'll be able to sleep tonight.