How do you use IMPAQT in your processing plant?
“IMPAQT is not a tool to solve sudden incidents. We prefer to use it as a monitoring tool for trends, which alerts us if performance drops in a particular area. This means we can react faster and more efficiently. At the moment, our technical department benefits most from IMPAQT. They are really enthusiastic and use it frequently. The Nuova, LineLink DE and EC dashboards are a continuous help for them. They constantly keep their eyes on these dashboards, spot the issues and can react quickly if the performance of any unit drops. But as IMPAQT can monitor many other things, we are still creating processes that will lead to higher uptime. For example, the line-stop report we use now is not 100% accurate. We would like to use IMPAQT data to restructure this report. The Event Editor enables us to see the exact time and length of each stop and the reason for it. In this way, the line-stop report will be more accurate. It will take less time to record downtime. We will be able to see downtime statistics too.”
Has IMPAQT already resulted in a better performance?
“Yes, definitely. Gizzards, hearts and livers are very important products for us. We always pay a lot of attention to preventing the loss of these products. As this process starts with the Nuova eviscerator, it is crucial that we can closely watch its operation. With IMPAQT, our technical team can keep a constant eye on this machine by checking the Nuova performance dashboard. This screen not only shows them overall performance but also tells them straight away which unit is not performing well and needs to be repaired or replaced as soon as possible.”