Streamlining Food Processing Line Control with IP67 Waterproof Box PCs

Standard of Waterproof Rating

The IP67 waterproof rating is a protection level standard established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), where IP stands for "Ingress Protection" and 67 is the specific protection level code. The first number "6" means complete dustproof, that is, the inside of the device is completely sealed and dust cannot enter; the second number "7" means water-proof, that is, the device will not be damaged by water after being immersed in 1 meter deep water for 30 minutes.

This protection level is of great significance in industrial applications. In food processing workshops, equipment needs to withstand the washing of high-pressure water guns; in marine environments, equipment has to face the impact of waves and the corrosion of salt spray; in chemical plants, equipment may be exposed to various corrosive liquids. The IP67 protection level ensures that the equipment can still work normally under these harsh conditions, greatly reducing the failure rate and maintenance costs.

Technical advantages of embedded systems

Targeted design: Embedded systems are designed for specific application scenarios. Both hardware and software are optimized to accurately meet specific functional requirements and avoid resource waste in general systems.

Customization: Functional modules can be tailored according to specific application requirements, unnecessary components can be removed, and the best performance-price ratio can be achieved.

Deterministic response: Embedded real-time operating systems can ensure response to interrupts and task scheduling within the specified time to meet the requirements of hard real-time or soft real-time systems.

Low latency: Due to system simplification and optimization, the interrupt response time is usually at the microsecond level, which is suitable for control applications with strict timing requirements.

Strong adaptability: Specially designed hardware can work stably in harsh environments such as extreme temperature, vibration, and electromagnetic interference.

Fault tolerance: Integrated hardware watchdog, ECC memory, redundant design and other mechanisms to improve the system's fault tolerance.

Long-term stable operation: The optimized system architecture avoids problems such as memory leaks and resource competition, and supports 7×24 hours of uninterrupted operation.

Fanless cooling

The waterproof industrial embedded mini computer adopts fanless cooling technology and uses an aluminum alloy shell with high thermal conductivity, which can quickly transfer internal heat to the shell surface. The shell surface is designed with a fin-type heat sink, which not only increases the heat dissipation area, but also improves the heat dissipation efficiency, ensuring that the heat can be quickly dissipated. This allows the device to work normally in a wide temperature range of -20°C to 60°C, meeting the application requirements under different climatic conditions.

Food processing industry

The food processing industry has extremely high requirements for equipment hygiene. At the same time, the production environment is humid and the temperature changes frequently. These characteristics make it difficult for traditional industrial computers to adapt. Waterproof industrial embedded mini computers have brought revolutionary changes to the food processing industry.

Washing line control system application: Food processing workshops need to be cleaned regularly, including equipment and floors. Traditional control systems often need to be powered off during cleaning, which affects production efficiency. Waterproof mini computers can continue to run during the cleaning process, achieving truly uninterrupted production.

Wet processing monitoring application: During wet processing, such as vegetable washing and meat thawing, the environmental humidity is extremely high, and traditional computers are prone to failure due to moisture intrusion. The waterproof design ensures the stable operation of the equipment in a high humidity environment.

Cold storage environment application: The cold storage environment has low temperature and high humidity, which is prone to frost. The wide temperature working range and waterproof design of waterproof industrial computers can adapt to this harsh environment and provide reliable support for temperature control and inventory management of cold storage.

HACCP system integration application: The food safety control system needs to monitor the key control points in the production process in real time. The waterproof mini computer can be deployed directly at the production site to realize real-time data collection and analysis to ensure food quality and safety.

High-performance Hardware

Technical Advantages of Intel® Core i5-1135G7 Processor

Intel® Core i5-1135G7 is an important member of Intel's 11th generation Core processor family. It adopts advanced 10nm process technology and provides powerful computing power for waterproof industrial embedded mini computers.

Architecture Advantage Analysis: The processor is based on the Tiger Lake architecture, with a 4-core 8-thread design, a base frequency of 2.4GHz, and a maximum turbo frequency of 4.2GHz. This design not only ensures the efficiency of multi-tasking, but also achieves effective control of power consumption. In industrial applications, this means that the device can handle multiple control tasks at the same time, such as data acquisition, algorithm calculation, communication transmission, etc., without performance bottlenecks.

Integrated graphics performance: Intel Iris Xe Graphics integrated graphics has significantly improved performance compared to previous generations. It can not only support 4K video playback, but also has certain AI computing capabilities. In industrial applications, this graphics processing capability is of great value for applications such as visual inspection, image recognition, and interface display.

AI acceleration capability: The Intel DL Boost technology built into the processor can accelerate machine learning inference tasks and provide hardware support for industrial AI applications. This is of great significance for intelligent applications such as predictive maintenance, quality inspection, and anomaly recognition.

Power management technology: Advanced power management technology enables the processor to dynamically adjust power consumption according to the workload, minimizing power consumption and heat generation while ensuring performance. This is particularly important for waterproof industrial computers with fanless design, which helps to achieve long-term stable operation.

Instruction set support: Supports the latest instruction set extensions, including AVX-512, Intel TSX, etc., providing hardware acceleration support for high-performance computing and multi-threaded applications.

Memory 8G DDR4

The 8GB DDR4 memory configuration provides the system with ample memory space, ensuring the smoothness of multi-tasking and the effectiveness of data caching. The 8GB configuration is sufficient for most industrial applications and can support multiple applications running simultaneously, including operating systems, control software, databases, monitoring programs, etc.

SSD Solid State Drive

The 128GB SSD solid state drive not only provides fast read and write performance, but more importantly, its anti-vibration characteristics and reliability fully meet the stringent requirements of industrial environments. Compared with traditional mechanical hard drives, SSDs have significant advantages such as no mechanical parts, anti-vibration, low power consumption, and low heat generation. In industrial environments, equipment may face mechanical stresses such as vibration and impact, and the anti-vibration performance of SSDs ensures data security. The 128GB capacity can meet the storage needs of most industrial applications, including operating systems, applications, databases, log files, etc. Although the standard configuration is 128GB, the system design supports upgrades to larger capacity SSDs, providing space for future expansion needs.

Network communication is an important part of industrial systems. The Intel I211AT network chip and rich interface configurations provide devices with powerful network connection capabilities.

Intel I211AT provides a transmission rate of 1000Mbps, which can meet the data transmission requirements of most industrial applications. Whether it is real-time control data, monitoring video streams, or large-scale data transmission, good performance can be achieved.

Network protocol support: Supports standard network protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, and is compatible with industrial Ethernet protocols such as Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, etc., providing wide compatibility for industrial automation applications.

POE Function

The 4 POE ports are a highlight of this device, supporting the IEEE 802.3af standard and providing great convenience for system integration.

IEEE 802.3af standard details: IEEE 802.3af standard defines the Ethernet power supply specification, each port can provide a maximum power output of 15.4W. This power level can power most network devices, including IP cameras, wireless access points, sensors, small switches, etc.

POE technology advantages:

Simplified wiring: only one network cable is needed to transmit data and power at the same time

Reduce costs: reduce the need for power adapters and power cords

Improve reliability: centralized power management, easy monitoring and maintenance

Enhance security: support remote power management and fault detection

Actual application scenarios:

Monitoring system: directly power IP cameras to simplify the installation and maintenance of monitoring systems

Sensor network: power various industrial sensors to build a complete data acquisition network

Wireless coverage: power wireless access points to expand network coverage

Lighting control: power LED lighting equipment to achieve intelligent lighting control

Interface Configuration

The interface configuration of the device fully considers the actual needs of industrial applications and provides the necessary connection options.

1*HDMI: The HDMI interface supports up to 4K resolution output, providing high-quality video output for industrial display applications. At the industrial site, a large-screen display can be connected for monitoring interface display, data visualization, operation interface, etc.

1*USB3.0 interface function: The USB3.0 interface provides a data transmission rate of 5Gbps and supports the connection of various USB devices, such as keyboards, mice, U disks, mobile hard disks, printers, etc. You can also connect USB to serial devices to expand serial communication capabilities.

Scalability: Although the number of interfaces in the standard configuration is limited, the number of interfaces can be further expanded through devices such as USB Hub and serial port servers to meet more complex application requirements.