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Real World Industrial Automation Project Explained From Process Design to PLC Commissioning

In this video, I walk through a real world industrial automation project centered around a peanut butter manufacturing facility expansion and use it to explain what automation projects actually look like beyond just PLC programming. This conversation is aimed at engineers, students, and professionals who are trying to understand how much work happens before a single line of PLC or HMI code is written. Using a real project example, I explain how automation work starts with whiteboarding, architecture discussions, process understanding, and deep collaboration with engineering leadership long before development begins. We cover how raw materials move through large scale industrial processes, including bulk bag handling, conveying systems, roasting, inspection, sorting, batching, and tank management. I explain how instrumentation decisions are made, how IO lists are created, and how control architecture choices impact reliability, safety, scalability, and long term maintenance. This includes discussions around PLC selection, distributed IO, VFD heavy systems, network architecture, standalone versus integrated control systems, and how HMI and SCADA decisions affect operations across different areas of the plant. I also walk through how scope of work documents, bills of materials, control narratives, and project proposals are created, refined, and aligned with customer expectations. The later portion of the video covers commissioning realities, safety considerations, change management, and why most of the value in industrial automation comes from design and planning rather than pure coding. If you are learning industrial automation, working as a controls engineer, or managing automation projects, this video gives you a grounded and realistic view of what complex manufacturing projects actually involve. Related Joltek resources that expand on these topics include https://www.joltek.com/blog/industria... https://www.joltek.com/blog/control-s... https://www.joltek.com/blog/plc-progr... https://www.joltek.com/blog/manufactu... https://www.joltek.com/blog/industria... Timestamps 00:00 Why real automation projects start long before PLC programming 02:10 Understanding the peanut butter process and facility expansion scope 03:45 Roasters inspection systems and batching complexity explained 05:40 Instrumentation gaps and defining automation requirements 07:15 Building IO lists and defining inputs and outputs 09:10 Control architecture decisions standalone versus integrated systems 11:05 Distributed IO panels VFD heavy designs and network layout 13:10 HMI strategy operator workflows and system handshakes 15:20 Creating bills of materials and scope of work documents 18:10 Control narratives process logic and operational constraints 21:00 Safety considerations and system interlocks 24:40 Commissioning realities and what engineers actually spend time on