Remote monitoring

Haver’s Service Pad tablet-based system provides remote monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting of Haver filling machines. The mobile device allows operators to access production analytics at any time, provides alerts when maintenance issues occur and enables operators to videoconference with members of the company’s service department when troubleshooting. Haver machines fill granulated and micro-granulated bulk materials at a capacity of up to 2,400 bags per hour and powdery material at a rate of up to 6,000 bags per hour. The machines incorporate the supplier’s MEC III electronic weighing system.

Haver Filling Systems, Inc.; 888-964-2837; www.haverusa.com

Wayne Labs has more than 30 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.

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