Predictive maintenance for food & beverage plants
DHMSCare monitors the bearings, gearboxes and motors of filling lines, homogenizers and centrifuges.
A production line takes about 30–40 wireless vibration and temperature sensors.
It identifies early fault signs such as gear wear and bearing anomalies.
It then assesses equipment health and provides maintenance recommendations.
Industry challenges
Dense equipment layout makes early bearing degradation and gear wear difficult to detect.
Unexpected shutdowns can result in significant raw material losses.
Fluctuations in temperature, flow and concentration during CIP processes can affect batch consistency.
Disassembling food-grade equipment is time-consuming and labor-intensive, limiting inspection frequency.
Quantifiable value
Monitoring solution
Focus monitoring on the operating condition of bearings, gearboxes and motors in critical equipment such as filling lines, homogenizers, and centrifuges.
Platform
DHMSCare uses AI to identify early fault signs such as gear wear and bearing anomalies, assess equipment health and provide maintenance recommendations.
Hardware deployment
| Asset | Sensors |
|---|---|
| Homogenizer | 4 |
| Centrifuge | 5 |
| Filling machine | 4 vibration / temperature |
| Pumps / blowers | 3 vibration / temperature per unit |
| Per production line | approx. 30–40 |
Recommended measuring points and plan
What a typical production line needs, so you can see the whole plan before we talk.
| Asset | Suggested sensors | Measuring points (bearing seats) |
|---|---|---|
| Homogenizer | 4 | Motor drive end (DE) and non-drive end (NDE), plus 2 on the drive-unit bearing seats |
| Centrifuge | 5 | Motor DE and NDE, plus 3 on the machine's bearing seats |
| Filling machine | 4 | Main drive motor DE and NDE, gearbox input and output |
| Pump / blower | 3 per unit | Motor NDE and DE, plus the pump or fan DE bearing |
| Per production line | approx. 30–40 |
Actual quantities are confirmed on site
AI Care
The first plan with AI fault diagnostics, the AI that finds the gear wear and bearing anomalies behind these results.
Choose AI Care Plus for unlimited automatic diagnostics, remaining-life forecasts with Mina Ultra and 24 months data retention.
Smaller teams can start on Care: AI condition monitoring and daily reports with 10 user accounts, then move to AI Care when you need AI fault diagnostics.
Start with one line
The smallest sensible start, then grow line by line or roll out plant-wide.
Watch the machines you can least afford to stop.
You learn about faults days ahead.
All your lines, all sites, on one dashboard.
Tailored to your project's requirements.
Runs on your own servers or private cloud.
Contracted and delivered as a project.
Can DHMSCare monitor fillers, homogenizers, conveyors and refrigeration compressors on a beverage line?
Yes. DHMSCare monitors filler motors, conveyor drives, pumps, cooling fans and compressors on beverage lines, and already runs on filling and mixing lines at food and beverage plants. At a beverage plant it covers filling motors, fluid pumps, conveyor systems, cooling fans and sterilization circulation equipment; homogenizers are high-pressure piston machines, and DHMSCare monitors their motor and drive.
Questions
We are a small or mid-sized company. Is this for us?
Yes. Start with one line and one gateway, subscribe per sensor per year, and begin on AI Care; Care if you only need condition monitoring.
How long does a one-line pilot take?
Installation follows the seven steps in our quick installation guide: create the equipment, mount the gateway, attach the sensors and bind the measuring points. We agree the pilot period with you by line size.
We have no vibration engineer. Can we still use it?
Yes. The AI identifies early fault signs, assesses equipment health and gives maintenance recommendations, and Mina tells you which machine to handle first and why.
Which equipment should a food plant monitor first?
Filling lines, homogenizers and centrifuges: the bearings, gearboxes and motors in them.
How many sensors does a production line need?
About 30–40: 4 per homogenizer, 5 per centrifuge, 4 per filling machine and 3 per pump or blower.
Do the sensors survive washdown?
Every DHMSCare wireless sensor is rated IP69.
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Related case studies
The Coca-Cola CompanyEngaged in the research, production, and global distribution of carbonated beverages and othersView case study →
Satake CorporationManufacturer of high-precision, intelligent grain processing machineryView case study →
Ajinomoto (Thailand)Seasonings, frozen ready meals and processed farm products for Southeast AsiaView case study →
Suntory PepsiCo ThailandLeading beverage maker in Thailand, a Suntory and PepsiCo joint ventureView case study →Satake: from periodic inspection to continuous online monitoring
Satake Corporation, the Japanese maker of grain and food processing equipment, uses DHMSCare on its no-wash rice equipment and fans. Monitoring moved from periodic inspection rounds to continuous online monitoring, which covers the blind spots of lines that run continuously under high load. DHMSCare helps the team diagnose bearing, main-shaft, gearbox and motor faults and avoid the raw-material losses that unplanned stops cause.
- Cut unplanned downtime by 40–45%
- Raise OEE by 12–18%
- Cut maintenance costs by 25–30%
Ajinomoto (Thailand): reliable machines for cold-chain food lines
Ajinomoto (Thailand), a core overseas production base of Japan's Ajinomoto Group, runs cold-chain and automated food lines around the clock under strict hygiene standards. DHMSCare monitors its air compressors, mixer motors, cooling fans, conveyor drives and food processing pumps. It sends accurate alerts for these heavily loaded machines and supports maintenance scheduled from data.
- Cut unplanned downtime by 40–45%
- Raise OEE by 12–18%
- Cut maintenance costs by 25–30%
Suntory PepsiCo Thailand: keeping high-speed filling lines running
Suntory PepsiCo Beverage (Thailand), a joint venture of Japan's Suntory Group and PepsiCo, runs automated filling lines around the clock. DHMSCare monitors its filling motors, transfer pumps, conveyors, cooling fans and sterilization equipment. It gives early warning of wear faults and helps lower the risk of conveyor and packaging stops.
- Cut unplanned downtime by 40–45%
- Raise OEE by 12–18%
- Cut maintenance costs by 25–30%
Tell us the line and its critical assets; we size the sensors and the plan with you.