Pet Food Automation, Engineering and Panels
Comco Controls supports the pet food industry with automation systems that ensure product consistency, quality, and compliance. From ingredient handling and batching to extrusion, drying, and packaging, our solutions are engineered for hygienic, high-volume production. We understand the regulatory pressures and precision required in every process.
Comco understands the challenges that feed producers face. This experience enables us to provide feature-rich feed automation solutions that are cost effective for any size operation.
System Features
- Full facility automation, front to back
- Comprehensive traceability and lot tracking
- Detailed searchable audits for all processes
- Extensive reporting capabilities
- Flexible import / export system
- Seamless integration with 3rd party applications
- Clear and concise custom graphics
- Equipment tracking and downtime analysis
Data Management & Analytics
We help our clients to make decisions and obtain actionable insights from standalone or integrated data sources, including Operational, Customer, Financial etc. through:
- Data management and historian implementation
- Development of custom dashboards and reporting
Receiving
- QA record keeping
- Cross-contamination prevention
- Unattended operations with automatic interfaces
- Custom equipment settings based on incoming product
Grinding
- Equipment specific configuration
- Optimized feeder settings to maximize throughput
- Preset sequencing of source and destination bins
- Automatic keep-full system
- Trending charts for performance evaluation
Coating
- Control of downstream liquid & dry coating additions
- Can be configured for multiple coater lines
- Available dry flow control as well as liquid and dry
ingredient dosing system
Mixing / Batching
- Advanced recipe management and material substitution
- Dynamic free fall calculation
- Merge or split orders
- Cross-contamination prevention
Extrusion
- Destination bin swaps on the fly for faster throughput
- Merge or split runs
- Trending charts for performance evaluation
- Increased efficiency with higher production rates and less waste
- Parameter adjustments can be captured and reused for consistent results.
Routing
- Manages conveyors, elevators, and other equipment to route finished product to the correct bin for packaging
- Maximizes speed and equipment efficiency
- Maintains traceability