So I posted this over at the smoke ring but I figured Id post over here and beg forgiviness if there was any over lap... Here is the current project.
I know that I had mentioned that I was going to be getting 2 of these cabinets from work awhile ago and I have one home finally the 2nd should be joining its mate in the next couple weeks.
Cabinet measures 60"wx28"dx67"h and the top of the doors its actually almost 7' at the back where the 8" stacks come out.
So here's the new build... I can handle the mechanical side of this build as it's literally going to just be insulate and skin it then add some racks.. The part that is killing me is the electronic side... I know what I want it to do but when it comes to programming the PLC I am freaking lost...
So the plan here is to put 1" of insulation on the back and sides then skin it with either 16 or 18ga SS. I had thought about doing the lower half of the doors but havent came to a final decision on that yet. I will be splitting the cabinet down the middle between the doors with either a single sheet or a insulated skinned wall.
I plan on building a pellet burner for each side with a chunk of 3/4" steel as a heat diffuser above the fire pot.
I currently have 1 temp input module that will support up to 4 probes I was planning on adding a second module and running 4 probes per side. PLC would control fan speed, auger feed base on averaged temp inside each half of the smoker.
There was and is alot of trash in the bottom of the cabinet as some people thought it was a good place to toss their crap rather than walking 5' to a garbage can
Kind of hard to see from this shot but there is a 1" offset from the edge of the door to the inside edge of the cabinet. Perfect for insulation
10" touch screen HMI. one of the few things I've been able to program is the annimation for the screens.
Inside of the controller cabinet. I had to tear out all of the 208VAC components as they weren't needed. I will be setting this up to run off of 110VAC with a 24VDC backup in case I lose power during a smoke.
Up close look at the brains behind the smoker...
What do you guys think? Anybody out there know anythign about programming PLCs?
I know that I had mentioned that I was going to be getting 2 of these cabinets from work awhile ago and I have one home finally the 2nd should be joining its mate in the next couple weeks.
Cabinet measures 60"wx28"dx67"h and the top of the doors its actually almost 7' at the back where the 8" stacks come out.
So here's the new build... I can handle the mechanical side of this build as it's literally going to just be insulate and skin it then add some racks.. The part that is killing me is the electronic side... I know what I want it to do but when it comes to programming the PLC I am freaking lost...
So the plan here is to put 1" of insulation on the back and sides then skin it with either 16 or 18ga SS. I had thought about doing the lower half of the doors but havent came to a final decision on that yet. I will be splitting the cabinet down the middle between the doors with either a single sheet or a insulated skinned wall.
I plan on building a pellet burner for each side with a chunk of 3/4" steel as a heat diffuser above the fire pot.
I currently have 1 temp input module that will support up to 4 probes I was planning on adding a second module and running 4 probes per side. PLC would control fan speed, auger feed base on averaged temp inside each half of the smoker.
There was and is alot of trash in the bottom of the cabinet as some people thought it was a good place to toss their crap rather than walking 5' to a garbage can
Kind of hard to see from this shot but there is a 1" offset from the edge of the door to the inside edge of the cabinet. Perfect for insulation
10" touch screen HMI. one of the few things I've been able to program is the annimation for the screens.
Up close look at the brains behind the smoker...
What do you guys think? Anybody out there know anythign about programming PLCs?
