BEHIND THE PROJECT | Kerry Ingredients Plant Protein
Electrical control infrastructure supporting a specialised food manufacturing environment
Food and process manufacturing relies on electrical and automation infrastructure to support increasingly specialised production systems.
At Kerry Ingredients’ Murarrie facility in Brisbane, a plant protein project required new and upgraded control infrastructure to support the manufacturing environment.
CE Group was engaged to deliver two key electrical packages: a Protein Control Board and an Automation Board Upgrade.
Control infrastructure for process manufacturing
Industrial control boards sit at the intersection between electrical infrastructure and the equipment responsible for delivering a manufacturing process.
For the Plant Protein Project, the Protein Control Board formed the major component of the electrical works, supported by a separate upgrade to the facility’s automation board. Together, the packages provided control infrastructure required as part of the broader plant project.
Delivering this type of infrastructure requires consideration of the wider operating environment. Equipment needs to be designed and manufactured for its intended application while integrating with the electrical and automation architecture supporting the process.
Electrical capability across industrial environments
The project demonstrates the role specialist electrical manufacturing plays within modern processing facilities.
From water infrastructure and utilities through to food and industrial manufacturing, control and automation boards provide the connection between electrical supply, equipment and the systems used to operate a facility.
For the Kerry Ingredients Plant Protein Project, that capability was applied within an established food manufacturing environment, delivering purpose-built electrical infrastructure to support the new process application.
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
Project: Kerry Ingredients Plant Protein – Control & Automation Board Upgrade
Location: Murarrie, Queensland
Sector: Food & Process Manufacturing
Practical Completion: 2022
CE Group Capability: Electrical Control Boards | Automation Infrastructure | Switchboard Manufacturing
Delivery Environment: Operational Manufacturing Facility
