Method for transforming production flow data to human machine interface data, and a system

A system comprising:

• a food processing line;
• an operator display;
• and
• a control unit configured to transform production flow (PF) data into human machine interface (HMI) data, wherein the PF data comprises storage objects representing storage units of the food processing line, and processing objects representing processing units of the food processing line, wherein the processing units are selected from the group consisting of temperature treatment apparatuses, homogenizers, separators, filter apparatuses, mixers, cheese vats, ice cream freezers, ice cream extruders, powder dryers, and packaging machines, and wherein the storage units are tanks, said control unit comprising:
• a PF data receiver configured to receive the PF data,
• a storage and processing object identifier configured to identify the storage objects and the processing objects in the PF data,
• a source object identifier configured that for each processing object identify source objects for the processing object among the storage objects and the processing objects,
• a destination object identifier configured to identify destination objects for the processing object among the storage objects and the processing objects,
• a process sequence former configured to form a number of process sequences based on the PF data, wherein each process sequence comprises a process sequence specific source object and a process sequence specific destination object,
• a linking object identifier configured to identify linking objects comprising at least one of the storage objects or processing objects present in two or more of the process sequences,
• an aggregated process sequence generator configured to generate an aggregated process sequence by linking the two or more process sequences together via the linking objects, and
• an HMI data generator configured to generate HMI data based on the aggregated process sequence, such that the HMI data once executed on the operator display, generates a rectangular array of screen area elements arranged in a first direction and a second direction,
• wherein a visually represented destination object of the destination object is placed subsequent to a visually represented source object of the source object for each of the process sequences in the first direction in the rectangular array.