US 12,427,549 B2 · System and method for optimizing a cleaning session of a food processing system

Abstract

A system for optimizing a cleaning process of a processing machine having at least one sensor and a computing device having at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that is communicatively coupled to the processing machine and a data store and computer-executable instructions stored thereon including executing instructions by the at least one processor to cause the computing device to perform actions including: receiving, by the computing device, data from the at least one sensor; processing, by the computing device, the data from the at least one sensor; and displaying, by the computing device, processed sensor data as a first metric relating to at least one cleaning step of a selected cleaning session of the processing machine compared to an average first metric of the at least one cleaning step of a plurality of past cleaning sessions of the processing machine.

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A system for optimizing a cleaning process of a processing machine, the system comprising:

a processing machine having at least one sensor for performing at least one of detecting and measuring a physical property of the processing machine during a cleaning session having at least one cleaning step;
a computing device having at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to the processing machine;
wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium has a data store and computer-executable instructions stored thereon;
and
wherein the instructions, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to perform actions comprising:
receiving, by the computing device, data from the at least one sensor;
processing, by the computing device, the data from the at least one sensor;
and
displaying, by the computing device, processed sensor data as a first metric relating to at least one cleaning step of a selected cleaning session of the processing machine compared to an average first metric of the at least one cleaning step of a plurality of past cleaning sessions of the processing machine.

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A method for optimizing a cleaning process of a processing machine, the method comprising:

performing at least one cleaning step of a cleaning session on a processing machine;
performing, with at least one sensor, at least one of detecting and measuring a physical property of at least one of a processing machine and a clean-in-place (CIP) system for carrying out a CIP process on the processing machine during the cleaning session;
receiving, by a computing device, data from the at least one sensor;
processing, by a computing device, the data from the at least one sensor;
displaying, by a computing device, processed sensor data as a first metric relating to at least one cleaning step of the cleaning session of the processing machine compared to an average first metric of the at least one cleaning step of a plurality of past cleaning sessions of the processing machine;
displaying, by a computing device, a status indicating at least one of an alarm, a wait time, and an indication of a LO/TO event(s) generated during the at least one cleaning step of the cleaning session;
and
at least one of displaying and performing, by a computing device, a cleaning optimization step for addressing an issue that generated the at least one of an alarm, a wait time, and an indication of a LO/TO event(s) during the at least one cleaning step of the cleaning session in response to the first metric relating to at least one cleaning step of the cleaning session of the processing machine being outside a predetermine range of the average first metric of the at least one cleaning step of a plurality of past cleaning sessions of the processing machine.

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System and method for optimizing a cleaning session of a food processing system

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