Editor’s note: This is Part One of three temperature articles to accompany the July Tech Update on Temperature Monitoring and Control. Part Two looks at linking process control with building, refrigeration and environmental control systems while Part Three considers IIoT and wireless temperature monitoring and control.
Another article entitled “No spiral freezer should be an island of automation” and written for this series by Ivy Arkfeld, energy engineer for VaCom Technologies, showed how integrating a spiral freezer with process and refrigeration controls increases efficiency, speeds production and saves energy.