Reduced-cost recipe management

Mitsubishi Electric’s latest batch server has been developed for controlling short-run processes in small and medium-sized specialised applications.

Based on Mitsubishi’s Melsec System Q controllers and developed in collaboration with industry partners, the new PAC (programmable automation controller) solution for recipe-oriented production offers a reliable and inexpensive alternative to conventional computer-based solutions.

This new solution from Mitsubishi Electric is yet one more step in the development that began with the successful introduction of dedicated PAC CPUs for the process industry and redundant process CPU modules for the modular Melsec System Q controller. The high-availability PAC Batch Server conforms to the ISA S88.01 industry standard and is a joint development by the technology company INEA and the renowned Jozef Stefan Institute, both based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Jozef Stefan Institute actually laid the foundations for this technology by developing the algorithms for the implementation of these standards.