Processing Plant Shutdown, Swedesboro NJ
Byers executed a planned shutdown at a New Jersey food manufacturing facility to deliver major controls and electrical upgrades with minimal impact to production. The centerpiece was a new automated control panel for the bulk ingredient delivery system, paired with full electrical renovations in two recipe-batching kitchens and along the packaging line to improve reliability, safety, and maintainability.
For the bulk ingredient process, the team installed a VFD control panel with a remote HMI designed and built by MG Newell, furnished stainless conduit and raceways, and completed all feeds and control wiring for twelve motors. The scope also added two motors in the bulk tomato area, provided new feeds to existing drives, installed all associated instrumentation, and replaced legacy conduit and raceways in the tomato zone with stainless steel for durability and washdown compatibility.
Kitchen work removed and replaced all wireway, conduit, and instrumentation boxes with stainless components, relocated load cell and RTD transmitters for easier maintenance, refreshed process and motor wiring, and integrated a new mill with controls, safety circuits, and feeders. Byers’ mechanical group fabricated stainless stands and brackets for panels and transmitters, while the packaging line was overhauled with PVC-coated rigid conduit, new control stations, and service disconnects to nineteen motors to enhance safety and serviceability.
