AUTOMATIZACIÓN DE LA LÍNEA DE PRODUCCIÓN DE PAPAS FRITAS DE LA EMPRESA COFICA EXPORT S. A.

Currently the companies require that all their processes are automated to improve production times, the project focuses on using elements of industrial control in the potato chips production line of the company Cofica Export S.A. oriented to the commercialization of snacks in the Ecuadorian market which has several individual systems based on threephase motors and direct drives for each of its stages. An easy-to-use automated elaboration is carried out, which includes the integration and control of the stages of peeling, vertical transport, cutting, frying, flavored. Through the adaptation and programming of a programmable logic controller XINJE XC3, which will perform the acquisition of data from an HMI TouchWin OP320 interface for the operation and input of information, the entire system works in conjunction with relays, contactors and variable speed drives iG5A. The integration of the aforementioned control elements allows us to guarantee accuracy, minimize unexpected downtime, maximize productivity, optimize human and technical resources, provide energy savings, comfort, safety and simplicity in processes. KEY WORDS Production line, Programmable logic controller, HMI interface, Variable speed drives, programming, industrial control elements.