How To Makes Brewing Easily Via Automation_YoLong Brewtech

Automation is not just a word, it is a mixture of experience and knowledge and realized by programme and instruments. Instruments and automatic valves are skin and hands & legs, programme is the brain, so it is the most important factor to see a company’s experience.

Automation in brewery should connect all parties in brewery in series and monitor & control in control room. Automation saves brewers labour and makes sure people security. Automation helps brewers to think and remind all relative factors which might be ignored or forgotten by person to make sure beer quality. Automation makes sure equipment in normal running condition and avoid broken to have a long working life.

For mid-size craft brewery, investment is one of important issues which has to be considered by owners or investors, so trying to be reasonable automation has been becoming an important research subject for YoLong Programme team. We’ve had lots of “ask for” and “answer” to build communication of each parties.

1. Prepare malt by BH HMI ( recipe manager for malt mixture, weight controlled grist case), control will be also able via webserver

1. Starting brew process briefly description

2.1. pre water insert Mash Tun by user set value (mash in temperature, water value)
2.2. insert mash in water by user set value (mash in temperature, water value) and same time start malt transfer from milling section, start agitator with user speed
2.2. stop malt transfer, rinse grist hydrator (user water value)
2.3. start mashing program, 6 steps. Optional more if needed.
2.4. signal at 72°C rest for iodine check, preparing LT (hot rinse by time or value to heat up, set rakings in low position, lift scraper).
2.5. mash out at 78°C automatically
2.6. mash transfer with pump ramp up to a max. user speed in user given time, start raking at a system given speed to ensure a quite homogeneous leveling of the mash in LT
2.7. at a fixed value (about 75% transferred mash) lift the raking device to top position and stop)
2.8. by evaluated level MT (user given liters left) rinse MT (user water value, fixed 78°C) and transfer to LT
2.9. finish transfer process by flow sensor of mash pump and close LT inlets, start lautering (user given time).

1. Starting brew process briefly description

2.1. pre water insert Mash Tun by user set value (mash in temperature, water value)
2.2. insert mash in water by user set value (mash in temperature, water value) and same time start malt transfer from milling section, start agitator with user speed
2.2. stop malt transfer, rinse grist hydrator (user water value)
2.3. start mashing program, 6 steps. Optional more if needed.
2.4. signal at 72°C rest for iodine check, preparing LT (hot rinse by time or value to heat up, set rakings in low position, lift scraper).
2.5. mash out at 78°C automatically
2.6. mash transfer with pump ramp up to a max. user speed in user given time, start raking at a system given speed to ensure a quite homogeneous leveling of the mash in LT
2.7. at a fixed value (about 75% transferred mash) lift the raking device to top position and stop)
2.8. by evaluated level MT (user given liters left) rinse MT (user water value, fixed 78°C) and transfer to LT
2.9. finish transfer process by flow sensor of mash pump and close LT inlets, start lautering (user given time).

4.0. For boiling temperatures,flow and pressure will be watched, automatic hop dosing will be done after user given boiling time.
4.1. when boiling finished user has to confirm gravity and process done.
4.2. transfer to Whirlpool uses similar values as transfer MT-LT. If done Whirlpoolrest(user value).
4.3. Confirmation for cooling start.
4.4. Automatic wort cooling, by flow and temperature.