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Pet food automation

Pet food manufacturing runs on recipe and batch control, structured production data and reliable handling equipment. The guides in this cluster cover the batch structure, performance measurement, condition monitoring and data integration that apply directly to pet food lines, drawn from the wider manufacturing library.

They connect to the pet food industry page and the services Metromotion Controls delivers across batch control, OEE, IIoT and control panel engineering.

Guides in this hub

Process Control · 14 min

Pet Food Automation in Australia: Batch, Extrusion and Process Control

A guide to pet food automation Australia: ISA-88 recipe and batch control, extrusion and rendering process control, CCP interlocks and AS 5812, OEE.

Control Systems · 15 min

Batch Control and ISA-88 for Australian Food and Beverage Manufacturers

A practical ISA-88 batch control guide for Australian food and beverage manufacturers, covering when you need it, the physical, procedural and recipe models, phase states, FSANZ traceability, platform choice and brownfield migration.

Industrial Data & IIoT · 11 min

Where OEE Misleads: The Limits of the Metric on Australian Food and Beverage Lines

OEE is useful but routinely over-trusted. This guide covers what OEE leaves out by design, where it distorts on multi-SKU Australian food and beverage lines, why cross-line comparisons fail, and the one limitation that is actually fixable: the signal layer between the machine and the dashboard.

Industrial Data & IIoT · 11 min

IIoT and Condition Monitoring for Australian Manufacturing Sites

A practical guide to IIoT condition monitoring for Australian manufacturers, covering ISO 17359 and ISO 13374, the P-F curve, vibration, temperature and current sensing, MQTT and Sparkplug B, OPC UA, and how condition data ties into the historian and OEE.

Industrial Data & IIoT · 9 min

Why Most Plants Collect Data but Can't Use It

Most Australian manufacturing sites have more data than they can act on. This guide explains where plant data silos form, how a unified namespace, MQTT Sparkplug B and OPC UA break them down, and what a single source of truth aligned to ISA-95 actually looks like.

Control Panel Engineering · 11 min

Control Panel Engineering in Australia: Compliance, Design and Handover

A practitioner guide to control panel and switchboard engineering in Australia, covering AS/NZS 61439 and AS/NZS 3000, form of separation, MCC design, short-circuit rating, thermal management, FAT and handover records.

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