Monitoring, Operating, Controlling From milk treatment and curd preparation to portioning, and from the climate-controlled draining zone and demoulding to ripening and packaging, ALPMA supplies process control systems for controlling and monitoring the entire production sequence. ALPMA Plant Control Systems Intelligent Automation Concepts We develop automation solutions for every stage in the cheese-making process, tailored precisely to your requirements. All process parameters can be called up and adjusted with just a simple touch. The user-friendly operator guidance guarantees a high level of user convenience.

Control Units
All important information at a glance. Switch sections of the installation on and off with just the touch of a finger.

Network Servers
All important information at a glance. Switch sections of the installation on and off. Input process data. Record fault messages

Service
Access to online diagnosis and the possibility for on-site service personnel or our technicians to make adjustments to the program by means of teleservice while it is running.

Ethernet
High-speed data connections between the PLC controller, the server computer and the control units.

PLC Control System
User-programmable control system. The core of the system. This controls all the installation's functions in accordance with a cleverly conceived program.

Profibus
High-speed data communication between the control system and the peripheral equipment.

Curd Preparation
Coagulators and Portioning For larger installations with their own control system main group.

Mechanization
Drainage Belts, Climate-Controlled Conveyors, Transfer Devices and Turners. For larger installations and ranges of products, often with their own control systems and intensive data communication with the server.

Cleaning
Cleaning, loading supplies of and distributing moulds and racks. For larger installations with their own control system main group.