Pilot-Series for Roasting Machines and Plants

Green coffee, roast and ground coffee, different production varieties, frequent recipe changes and blend variants: coffee always behaves differently depending on the conditions. PROBAT controls are tailored to batches or continuous processes and are designed to deal with the wide variety of this natural product.

PILOT PLANT is a plant control system for industrial production. The range includes a basic version with semi-automatic control for small production plants and independent stages of production, up to a comprehensive overall plant control that integrates all production-relevant components. PILOT PLANT EXCELLENCE can be connected to the customer’s ERP system that ensures real-time communication along the entire process.

Advantages and features of the plant control are, above all, faster, more efficient and safer processes. All plant components can be operated in a fully automatic manner.

There is a large selection of equipment features and functions. The four options available – “Basic, Standard, Professional and Excellence” – provide a range of control solutions depending on the customer’s demand. Further advantages are the traceability along the value-added process according to IFS and maximum security through user administration and a comprehensive alarm system.

PILOT ROASTER is a PC-based, fully automatic control for PROBAT industrial roasters. Its sensor technology greatly reduces the external influences on roasting such as batch size, green coffee moisture or temperature. It also ensures the highest level of reproducibility.

The advantages and characteristics of the PILOT ROASTER control are extensive. The PILOT ROASTER fully regulates and monitors the current and target temperatures as well as all other relevant roasting parameters. The roasting air temperature and quantities are adjusted independently if necessary. An automatic filling and emptying system simplifies the operational efforts at the beginning and end of production.
The Dialog, Fault Message and Process areas are shown on the screen in separate sections for a better overview. A product temperature curve visualizes the entire roasting process.
The control station stores all the data of the roasted coffee batches so that data can be recalled and evaluated if necessary. The history log ensures that the production process is smoothly documented. The extensive management of recipes with freely definable recipes ensures the convenient configuration of the machine to ensure not only reconfiguration to different roasting products but also a high degree of flexibility.