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Food Processing Automation Computing for Washdown and Hygienic Lines
Where Food and Beverage Computers Are Deployed
Food and beverage computing sits in four places: the processing line inside the washdown area, the packing and end-of-line station, the inspection point where vision checks the product and the chilled store and despatch dock. Each carries its own sealing, hygiene and temperature demands, so the right platform differs from one to the next.
IP69K Stainless Steel HMIs on the Processing Line
Inside the washdown area, everything on the line is hosed with hot high-pressure water and sanitised between shifts, and a consumer computer in a retrofit enclosure is the first thing to fail. IP69K stainless steel HMIs in 304 or 316 grade, with a flush touchscreen, no exposed fasteners and M12 connectors, take the cleaning regime as part of the day. Our work with food and beverage manufacturers covers hundreds of waterproof HMIs deployed on exactly these lines.
Sealed Displays at the Filler, Labeller and Case Packer
At the filler, labeller and case packer the operator needs a screen at the machine while the computer stays in the cabinet. IP65 to IP69K stainless steel touch monitors from 10.4 to 32 inches carry the line HMI and the changeover screens, with PCAP or resistive touch for gloved hands, RFID login for operator accountability and push-button variants for start, stop and emergency stop beside the display.
Edge AI Computers for Vision Inspection on the Line
Vision inspection moves quality control from a person’s judgement to a model that checks every item. A UK bakery trained its models on an industrial GPU computer and ran inference at the ovens on NVIDIA Jetson, and the same pattern now runs on Jetson Orin computers sealed to IP66 and IP69K GPU computers with M12 PoE camera ports, so the inference sits beside the line rather than in a separate room.
Wide-Temperature Computers for Chillers, Freezers and Despatch
Chilled stores, blast freezers and despatch docks add cold and condensation to the sealing problem. Fanless IP66 and IP67 box PCs with wide-temperature operation run the stock, temperature-logging and traceability systems in the cold store, autonomous mobile robots and forklift-mounted computers move pallets between the line and the dock, and cellular computers keep the cold chain reporting from the vehicle.
Built to the Standards Food and Beverage Lines Specify
Food and beverage hardware is specified against the cleaning regime, not just the ingress rating on the datasheet. We select products whose sealing, steel grade and connectors match the washdown, the chemicals and the temperature of the area they are installed in, and say clearly where a product is rated for hosing rather than for hot high-pressure jets.
Food-and-Beverage-Ready Hardware
Stainless Steel Panel PCs
IP66 and IP69K stainless steel panel PCs in 304 or 316 grade, from 10.1 to 23.8 inches, for HMIs on the processing line inside the washdown area.
Stainless Steel Monitors
IP65 to IP69K stainless steel touch monitors from 10.4 to 32 inches, for screens at the filler, labeller and case packer driven by a computer in the cabinet.
Waterproof Box PCs
IP66, IP67 and IP69K sealed computers with M12 connectors and wide-temperature operation, for line-side control, data collection and cold-store systems without a cabinet.
Rugged Jetson Computers
Sealed NVIDIA Jetson Orin computers with PoE camera ports, for vision inspection, counting and grading at the line without a separate control room.
Ranges in Stainless Steel Panel PCs
IE3S Winmate Celeron Stainless Steel Washdown Panel PCs
Winmate 10.1 to 23.8-inch stainless steel panel PCs on Intel Celeron N6210, in IP65, IP67 and full IP69K builds, with push-button variants for start and stop beside the screen.
IT3S Winmate Core i5 IP69K Stainless Steel Panel PCs
Winmate 15 to 23.8-inch full IP69K stainless steel panel PCs on Intel Core i5 Tiger Lake, with AISI 316 and rain-mode touch options for the wettest positions on the line.
PPC-Z Arestech IP66/IP69K Stainless Steel Panel PCs
Arestech 10.1 to 23.8-inch fanless stainless steel panel PCs sealed to IP66 and IP69K, on Intel Pentium N4200 to Core i5, with M12 connectors and 316-grade options for chemical-heavy lines.
GOT800 Axiomtek IP69K Full-Flat Panel PCs
Axiomtek 15.6 to 21.5-inch full-flat IP69K panel PCs on Intel Core Tiger Lake, for line-side HMIs where a widescreen format suits the recipe and batch screens.
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Ranges in Stainless Steel Monitors
L100-SP Winmate IP65 and IP69K Stainless Washdown Displays
Winmate 10.4 to 32-inch stainless steel chassis displays with PCAP touch, in IP65 builds for wipe-down areas and full IP69K builds for the washdown zone.
IP67 Winmate Stainless Chassis Displays
Winmate 10.4 to 19-inch IP67 touch displays with a stainless steel chassis, for positions that are hosed directly or briefly immersed during cleaning.
TPM-36 Arestech IP66/IP69K Stainless Steel Touch Monitors
Arestech 10.1 to 23.8-inch stainless steel touch monitors sealed to IP66 and IP69K, with PCAP or resistive touch, an RFID reader option for operator login and 316-grade builds.
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Ranges in Waterproof Box PCs
SEMIL-2000 Neousys IP69K Rack-Mount Computers
Neousys half-rack IP69K computers on Intel 14th and 13th Gen Core, with M12 8-port Ethernet and PoE+, and an NVIDIA L4 GPU option for vision inference mounted beside the line.
Nuvo-9650AWP Neousys IP66 Waterproof PCs
Neousys IP66 fanless computers on Intel 12th to 14th Gen Core with four M12 PoE ports, for a camera or sensor hub in the wet area.
POC-766AWP Neousys IP67 Compact Computers
Neousys IP67 ultra-compact computers on Intel Core i3-N305 with M12 connectors, small enough to mount on a conveyor frame or inside a chiller.
ECX700 DFI IP67 Compact Waterproof Computers
DFI Intel Atom IP67 compact computers with CAN, serial and a 4G LTE option, for temperature logging and traceability in cold stores and on despatch docks.
SBOX-2624P-IP66 Sintrones AMD Ryzen Waterproof PCs
Sintrones IP66 fanless computers on AMD Ryzen Embedded R2312 with two PoE ports, for wet line-side positions that need x86 performance.
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Ranges in Rugged Jetson Computers
IBOX-600-IP66 Sintrones IP66 Jetson Orin Nano and NX Computers
Sintrones compact IP66 edge AI computers on NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and Orin NX, for a single-camera inspection or counting station on the line.
IBOX-602P-IP66 Sintrones IP66 Jetson Orin NX Computers with PoE
Sintrones IP66 edge AI computers on NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX with PoE camera ports, for two-camera inspection where the cameras take power from the computer.
IBOX-650P-IP66 Sintrones IP66 Jetson AGX Orin Computers with PoE
Sintrones IP66 edge AI computers on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32GB and 64GB with PoE, for multi-camera grading and defect detection at line speed.
NRU-230V-AWP Neousys IP66 Jetson AGX Orin Computers
Neousys IP66 rugged edge AI computers on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin with M12 connectors and wide-temperature operation, for inspection in chilled and washdown areas.
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Food and Beverage Case Studies and Guides
See how we deploy washdown HMIs and edge AI on food lines, and read our guides to IP ratings, stainless steel grades and M12 connectors.
An Extension of Your Engineering Team
Our engineers work as part of your team, not as a reseller. We check the cleaning regime, the chemicals and the mounting position against the line before you commit to a build.
Built, Imaged and Ready to Deploy
Memory, storage, modules and M12 cable sets are fitted and the OS image loaded before shipping, so each unit is tested as a complete build and arrives ready to mount on the line.
Supported for the Life of the Line
Repeatable builds, revision control and last-time-buy planning keep later units matching the first across a line's operating life, so a replacement HMI drops in without requalification.
Hardware That Survives the Washdown.
Tell us where the screen or computer will be mounted, what the cleaning regime and chemicals are and what it needs to connect to, and we will recommend the right stainless steel or IP69K platform for the line, then configure, image and test it before it ships.