Programming a computer control system for a large dairy

The dairy was the Toni Molkerei dairy, Zürich, Switzerland

Start-up of the dairy control system software in Switzerland

Process Plant

Very large six storey milk processing, cheese, yoghurt, and ice cream production plant.
Centralized computer control of all production and cleaning in place (CIP) processes.
DEC PDP 8 with 32k memory and 4x32k disks used as controller.
4,000 input/output signals were multiplexed on data highways to control the plant.
I was involved in this project for two years as part of a large engineering team.
Some of the software design methods I evolved on this project have become standard in the APV Company and are being used ever since as standards in the automation of food processing plant throughout Europe.
They have been adopted in toto by Swiss and French design teams.