Solution Story - Factory Automation: Poultry Farming
2012-04-03
Poultry farming is an important field in the agricultural industry. Each year, over 50 billion chickens and chicken eggs are consumed worldwide. Since poultry farming is a delicate process, it is crucial to have effective equipments to ensure the process of inspecting chicken feed and eggs, and the overall sanitizing procedure are done properly and efficiently. Technical equipments such as mechanized egg washing apparatus, automatic feeder, slaughter machines and animal inventory devices have to be chosen carefully in order to fulfill the demands for safe farming. Accordingly, AAEON's extensive experience in all areas of facility management, industrial control, and HMI has met the demands of the industrial automation market for the past twenty years.
Environmental Monitoring
In order to ensure the safety of all humans and animals, environmental standards
should be consistently employed. AAEON's touch panel computer, AHP-1122, can be
placed at the back of the farm where it displays the environmental temperatures
of the farm. The COM ports and LAN ports assure the stability while the IP-65
certified front panel keeps away water and dust.
AHP-1122: 12.1" XGA HMI Touch Panel Computer with Onboard Intel Atom D510 1.66 GHz Processor
Automatic
Feed
The reliability and timeliness of the automatic feed for animals are important, as
it helps maintain their health and lowers mortality rate. AAEON's PC/104 module
PFM-LNP supports power supply voltage, fan speed and temperature monitoring for
additional support. AAEON's compact board PCM-LN02 uses COM ports to receive
feed data and to control the allocation of the animal feed.
Security/Surveillance
With heavy machinery constantly being operated, the facility needs to be on alert to
ensure everyone's safety. AAEON's COM-TC is ideal for security applications with
its hardware and video decode/encode accelerator. Adding a digital camera to
COM-TC, which supports H.264 and MPEG4 graphics, allows the facility to ensure
the safety of its corridors. With an ultra-low power chipset and a fanless
design, the COM-TC will minimize energy usage. As a computer-on-module, the
COM-TC can be integrated with a customized carrier board to provide a custom fit
at a lower cost and a quicker factory-to-market time frame, while providing
upgradeable long lifecycle management. Furthermore, the Energy Star certified
GCS-1500i has four Gigabit Ethernet ports to ensure the stability of the
security team. The EMB-A50M offers stunning HD graphics for HDMI and DVI which
heightens the quality of the video. Moreover, an emergency button can be
implemented through the DIO connector.
COM-TC: COM Express Type 2 CPU Module with Onboard Intel Atom E620/E680 Processor
GCS-1500i: Green Communication System with Intel Core i7/i5 rPGA988 Processor, 9 COM, 4 GbE, 8 USB2.0
EMB-A50M: Embedded Motherboard With Onboard AMD Fusion APU Processor
Chicken
Slaughter machine
Chicken slaughter is an unpleasant but necessary part of farms. Since billions of chickens are consumed worldwide, effective yet painless slaughter machines are widely sought after. AAEON's AFP-6152 and AHP-1122 are IP-66 and IP-65 certified respectively, which guarantees a water-resistant environment. With a stainless steel chassis, AFP-6152 decreases the probability of the chickens coming into contact with a virus. The GENE-CV05 offers six COM ports and six USB2.0 ports that can easily be connected to slaughter devices for flexibility.
GENE-CV05: 3.5" SubCompact Board With Intel Atom D2700/N2800/N2600 Processor
AHP-1122: 12.1" XGA HMI Touch Panel Computer with Onboard Intel Atom D510 1.66 GHz Processor
AFP-6152: 15" Stainless Fanless Touch Panel Computer With Intel Atom D525 Processor
Egg Inspection
Since there could be numerous pathogens in the farms, it is important to ensure that the eggs are properly cleaned. The IMBI-Q57 can be embedded into an IP-65 or IP-67 system to clean the eggs, as its eight USB ports and two COM ports give this industrial motherboard multiple I/O peripheral options. AAEON's EMB-LN8T connects to the monitor by the use of DVI, while a connected camera via USB enables the workers to oversee the egg cleaning process. After the eggs undergo the sanitizing process, an assembly line of farm workers would inspect and dispose of the bad or broken eggs.
IMBI-Q57: Industrial Motherboard With Intel Core i7/i5/i3 Processor
EMB-LN8T: Embedded Motherboard With Onboard Intel Atom N455/D525 Processor
Pick-up Orders
Customers can ultimately buy fresh meat and eggs after the produce has been cleaned and inspected. At the warehouse, workers can utilize the rugged and mobile RTC-1000AS for inventory purposes. By using the CompactFlash™ slot for the RFID reader, workers can collect data on orders. The inventory information is transferred through WiFi via the integrated antenna, and the details are documented by the manager. The EMB-LN9T (Rev.B) is also equipped with a dual Gigabit Ethernet to ensure secure connections so customers can easily order poultry and eggs online for faster service as well.
RTC-1000AS: 10.2" Rugged Tablet Computer
EMB-LN9T Rev.B: Embedded Motherboard With Intel Atom N455/D525 Processor
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