Bega Cheese
Natural Slice and Portion Line, Strathmerton, Australia

The Bega site in Strathmerton was chosen to host a new natural cheese production line.

IAL supported Cheese Solutions NZ Limited (CSL) as an OEM provider of the majority of the machinery used to construct this production line, with CSL handling mechanical design, and IAL providing the electrical design and automation, and a combined commissioning effort.

The result was a turn-key prototype system that was specially engineered to meet the customer’s site specifications and performance requirements.

Line Summary

CSL Log Cutter
CSL Continuous Slicer
CSL Line Control System
CSL Anaconda Cheese Reforming System
2 x Checkweighers
2 x CSL Robotic Clamshell Loaders

Project Features

The CSL 240 Line Control system manages the conveyors that run between the various machines, as well as co-ordinating the flow of product and handling machine-to-machine communications.

Interfacing between systems provided by the different manufacturers was provided entirely by IAL for this project, and not only covers basic handshaking (ready to receive, ready to send, etc.), but also more complex management of demand and accumulation control, relaying of machine alarms, and automatic adjustment of upstream machines based on feedback from downstream (changing slice thickness according to checkweigher measurements).