Visualization and control of the cooling process at Vogelaar Vredehof, Netherlands

Vogelaar Vredehof B.V. is a Dutch company specializing in the trading and packing of hard fruit. Large volumes of apples and pears from around the world are processed and distributed all year round.

The company's headquarters in the town of Krabbendijke lies in the major fruit district in the south-west of the Netherlands and is centrally located among the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Vlissingen. The aim of Vogelaar Vredehof's policy is to optimally attend to its customers with products and services using modern grading, packing, and storage facilities. In that respect, they can pride themselves on years of global experience and an enthusiastic team.

Apples, illustrative image

Within the company's fruit storage facilities, the Reliance SCADA/HMI system is installed to allow the operating personnel to completely visualize the cooling process. The operators can change process parameters and also print detailed reports of the temperature history. Report generation is highly automated.

Examples of visualization windows

Visualization of temperatures in cooling cells

Visualization of the cooling process in a cell

Cooling process setup

Visualization of temperatures in cooling cells

Visualization of the cooling process in a cell

Cooling process setup