SCADA application for popcorn cooking and packaging system using PLC and internet.

The modern food industry requires real-time remote automation and monitoring processes. This paper develops automation for popcorn processing to packaging that can be monitored via the internet. The system is designed to monitor the temperature, quality of the popcorn and its packaging. The system is designed to be able to detect any anomalies in the process and alert operators via email or text message. The prototype consists of 2 containers of raw corn with 2 flavors, a cooking pot and its heating element, and a conveyor. Each container is equipped with a rotary vane feeder that can be adjusted the number of rotations to determine the volume of raw corn that is poured with certain variants into the cooking pan as desired by the user through the HMI. Detection of packaging position, rotary vane feeder, volume, and temperature carried out by a photodiode and thermocouple. Control system using PLC TM221CE40R which has an analog module and ethernet port. The result that system was able to cook and package 4 types of products, monitors the process that occurs in the plan remotely in real-time, and stores the daily number of products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]