About Talachin

Talachin is the largest potato processing factory in the Middle East, manufacturing French fries and chips in different shapes, sizes and flavors with highest standards and qualities.

My Activities & Responsibilities

As the engineering manager, automation/electrical engineer and designer, I have managed numerous production/storage development projects that have led to significant increment in product quality and capacity.

• Vision-Based Sorting & Rejection System:

  Developed a Vision sorter, incorporate 6 CCD cameras in different positions, builds a color high resolution and 360 surround view of illuminated moving conveyor belt filled by potato slices. Captures are processed by intelligent algorithms in image processors, passing two phases of localization to determine position of moving article and classification for sorting item according predefined parameters as defects, biological characteristics, shape and size, structural differences, color and density, to be marked and finally unwanted material removed using air ejectors with millisecond precision, allowing the good product to continue for further processing. Intelligent sorter ensures high-quality end product while reducing good product loss to increase yield and profitability.

• Efficient Recycle & Stain Removal of Defect Sliced Potato:

  Developed a innovate adaptive control structure and machinery set consisting of many rotating cutters, vibrations, sieves and pumps to re-cut of rejected slices and reprocessing fragments by closed-loop sorter, achieving 98% efficiency and accuracy.

• Intelligent Process Control and SCADA System:

  Designed and developed a central automation control/supervisory based on S7-400/Citect platforms integrated to local stations. Almost of production parameters are adjusted efficiently using implemented artificial intelligent decision making philosophy according to real-time data acquired from field instruments and Vision-based analysis utilized in all sections of plant.

• Novel Automation Control of Potato Warehouses and Cold stores.

• Robust Control of Freezing Screw HP Compressors using Machine-Learning.

• Energy Recycle Between COOL/IQF/CS Compression and Oil Boiling facilities.

• French Fries Plant Extension for 550 Tons/day Potato In-feed:

  Redesigned, optimized and installed required facilities, machinery and Controls for plant extension in Bunkers, Washing, Peeling, Preheating, Cutting, Sorting, Blanching, Drying, Frying, Pre-Cooling, Freezing, Packing and Storage sections.