HMI symbols for food & beverage production

1 · Raw material handling & ingredient dosing

Bulk silos, weigh hoppers, screw conveyors moving flour, sugar, malt, etc. Vibrating feeders for portioning.

• Sphere & bullet tanks (gases, CO₂) — tank_sphere, tank_bullet
• Screw conveyors — conv_screw
• Bucket conveyors (vertical lift) — conv_bucket
• Apron conveyors — conv_apron

2 · Mixing & cooking

Brew kettles, mash tuns, jacketed mixers. Shell-and-tube and plate heat exchangers for temperature control.

• Jacketed mixer / brew kettle (use CSTR canonical) — cstr_canon
• Plate heat exchangers — heatx_plate_v3
• Shell-tube heat exchangers — heatx_shell_v3
• Autoclaves — autoclave_horiz

3 · Fermentation & aging

Beer, yogurt, soy sauce — long residence-time vessels with controlled temperature and pressure.

• Fermenters / pressure tanks — tank_press_canon
• Distillation columns — dist_column

4 · Filtration & clarification

• Cartridge / bag filters — filter (generic process filter)
• Pervaporation membranes — pervap_membrane
• Centrifugal separators (decanters) — centrifuge_dec

5 · Dairy & CIP/SIP

Sanitary pumps and 3-A compliant fittings. Solenoid valves drive the CIP loop sequencing.

• Solenoid valves — valve_solenoid
• Sanitary centrifugal pumps (end-suction) — pump_end_suction
• Positive-displacement pumps for viscous product — pump_pd_canon
• Vacuum pumps for tank evacuation — pump_vacuum

6 · Drying & powder handling

• Spray dryers — spray_dryer
• Rotary dryers (tilted) — rotary_dryer
• Falling-film evaporators — evap_film
• Cyclone separators — cyclone_canon

7 · Packaging line motors

Servo motors for conveyors, fillers, cappers, labelers. VFD-driven AC motors for indexing tables.

• Servo motor with encoder — motor_servo_canon_v2
• VFD-driven 3-phase motors — motor_with_vfd_canon
• Reversible motors (cap orientation) — motor_reversible_canon
• Stepper motors — motor_stepper_canon