Pet Food & Animal Feed

Industry experts in pet food automation

With thorough knowledge of the pet food manufacturing industry and food safety regulations, a pet food automation solution by NorthWind optimizes your facility in everything from the batching and recipe management systems to continuous extrusion, coating and quality control.

The Northwind Solution

Producing high quality pet food and animal feed is what your brand is known for. At NorthWind, we help you maintain that reputation through innovative and reliable automation solutions. Our goal with every project is to have your plant running as efficiently as possible.

Plant Integration

Your plant consists of many different pieces of equipment working together to produce quality pet food & treats.

NorthWind specializes in tying all those pieces together to create one seamless control system.This full plant automation solution provides increased plant visibility and allows you to monitor your entire plant no matter where you are. We connect your plant floor to the rest of business by integrating to your ERP system.

Formula Management

NorthWind’s Formula Management software has the flexibility you need with an easy to use interface.

BatchLOGIX® formula management software was built to handle the dynamic processes that are common with extruded pet food and treat plants. Reach maximum product consistency with formulas that contain both process & ingredient set points and handles both batching & continuous processes.

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Traceability

Track ingredients from the time they enter the plant to the time they leave.

Trace ingredients through your entire manufacturing process with lot tracking, storage, and reporting capabilities. Lot numbers for liquid and dry ingredients can be traced through multiple systems from source to finished product.

Data Management

NorthWind makes it easy to collect and use the data that is already available in your plant operation so you can make better, more informed decisions.

We collect information about everything from critical control points and run parameters to ingredient usage and system alarms. With this information we provide KPI dashboards and setup equipment maintenance alerts. All information is stored and ready for analysis and comparison to real-time data. Our online web reporter tool makes this easy!

Testimonials

Tuffy’s Pet Treats

Full Plant Integration

At Tuffy’s Pet Treat facility we provided full plant integration. This automation solution includes full plant control from ingredient delivery to finished product, recipe management and reporting software, and ERP integration. After project completion, you’re not alone. Our Service Team is a quick phone call away for all troubleshooting and support needs. 

US Pet Food

Full Plant Integration

This automation solution controls all production processes from the receiving of raw materials to milling, batching, mixing, continuous extrusion, drying, coating, and cooling. The SCADA system ensures cohesive communication between processes and overall plant visibility. Additionally, our team integrated the plant floor with the broader business operations by connecting with the ERP system. This integration optimizes efficiency but also provides a streamlined workflow.

GRUPO PABSA

Pet Food Automation Solution

Grupo Pabsa has a beautiful facility with five production lines. NorthWind provides system controls and SCADA for everything upstream of extrusion including recipe management with our BatchLOGIX System allowing for complete formula and campaign management, reporting, and robust lot tracking and tracing.

NorthWind PlantLOGIX™ Software Suite

NorthWind PlantLOGIX® software is explicitly designed to simplify and streamline your factory process. AlarmLOGIX®, BatchLOGIX®, and BatchMATE® were created specifically for the pet food industry to provide more visibility of your plant, seamless lot tracking and time savings.

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White Papers

Advanced Batching Control System Modernizes Animal Feed Production

Advanced Batching Control System Modernizes Animal Feed Production

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Fairview Mill’s Journey to Data-Driven Manufacturing

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