Rockwell Automation Helps Clos du Bois Wines Increase Bottling Efficiency

With more than 20 varieties in its portfolio, Clos du Bois is famous for producing elegant, rich and supple wines that offer complexity and aging potential. It's Northern California facility produces more than 10,000 cases of wine daily, totaling nearly 1.75 million each year. Consumer demands, increasing competition and thinning margins led Clos du Bois to look for ways to cut costs in order to remain a leader in the global market. A thorough production study determined that the high-speed bottling line was a systems with significant influence on overall production and yield. The line was experiencing unplanned bottlenecks and stoppages and running at a mere 65 percent efficiency. Clos du Bois turned to Rockwell Automation for a sophisticated data acquisition system that could deliver accurate, real-time information to help management identify the root cause of problems and drive continuous improvement. Clos du Bois selected Rockwell Automation Line Performance as the backbone for the winery's enterprise data acquisition. The team installed FactoryTalk Metrics for evaluating the performance of critical production assets on its production server. Then, FactoryTalk Historian was added to collect, analyze and report production data through web-based reporting via the Clos du Bois intranet. FactoryTalk Transaction Manager gathers information housed in the controllers of each work cell and delivers it to the central server.

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