AUTOCHEF Process Control
Turn Recipes Into Repeatable Production Workflows
Precision-built for food processors, AutoChef structures production execution at the equipment level. It connects recipes, operator prompts, ingredient additions, timing, temperature, agitation, QA checks, alarms, approvals, and traceability into one controlled workflow.
AutoChef: Structured Execution for Food Production
AutoChef is more than a batch control system. It turns production knowledge into controlled manufacturing workflows, helping reduce operator-dependent variation, shorten training time, enforce quality checks, and create structured production data for reporting, troubleshooting, and ARTIS process intelligence.
An AutoChef recipe can include process parameters, operator instructions, quality checks, equipment actions, alarms, timing, and approvals, turning tribal knowledge into repeatable execution.
Built for real production complexity
Recipe-Driven Workflows
Build simple cooks, complex batches, multi-step processes, or phase-based operating sequences with the steps, limits, timing, equipment actions, and approvals needed for repeatable production.
Guided Operator Execution
Clear on-screen prompts, required confirmations, sequencing, and interlocks help operators follow the approved process without relying on memory or handwritten instructions.
Embedded Quality Checks
Require temperature verification, ingredient weight confirmation, pH checks, viscosity measurements, operator signoffs, or CCP verification before the process continues. AutoChef makes quality part of execution instead of separate paperwork.
Role-Based Access
Set permissions for operators, supervisors, maintenance, QA, engineering, and administrators so the right people have the right level of control.
Digital Batch Records
Capture recipe versions, operator actions, timestamps, process conditions, alarms, quality checks, overrides, and barcode or QR lot information as part of the production record.
Scalable Recipe Complexity
Support detailed recipes and production workflows without adding chaos. AutoChef helps standardize execution even when products, equipment, or process requirements become more complex.
Powered by Ignition
AutoChef is built on Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform, a trusted foundation for industrial SCADA and HMI systems.
- Universal: Recognized by many IT, OT, controls, and engineering teams.
Scalable:Â Designed to expand from one machine to multi-machine and facility-wide deployments.
Open:Â Built to integrate with plant infrastructure, data systems, and reporting tools.
Future-Ready:Â Ignition-based systems can be expanded, updated, and connected as production needs change.
Centralized Architecture: One Server, More Control
Reduce hardware complexity and support multi-machine management from a centralized system architecture.
Multi-Machine Deployment
A single AutoChef server can support multiple HMI clients across a facility.
Unified Management
Push recipe updates, user permission changes, and software updates from one central location.
Scalable
Add new equipment, lines, or HMI clients without rebuilding the control architecture from scratch.
Cleaner Data Structure
Centralized control helps keep recipes, users, production records, and equipment data organized as the system grows.
INTUITIVE FOR OPERATORS. POWERFUL FOR SUPERVISORS.
Operator View
Operators get clear visual prompts, step-by-step instructions, live process status, required confirmations, pass/fail checks, and alerts when attention is needed.
Supervisor View
Supervisors can review recipe progress, production status, alarms, operator actions, QA checks, and batch history to understand how the process is running.
Maintenance View
Maintenance teams can access device status, manual controls with proper permissions, live I/O, system health, and diagnostic information to support faster troubleshooting.
Data You Own. Control You Keep.
AutoChef stores production data locally in a secure SQL database, giving your team access to batch history, recipe records, process conditions, alarms, and operator actions. Data can be searched, reviewed, exported, connected to internal systems, or synced with ARTIS for deeper process intelligence.
Offline and air-gapped deployment options are available for plants with stricter security requirements.
FLEXIBLE HARDWARE. NO LIMITS ON SCALE.
AutoChef adapts to your production environment.
- Browser-based HMI access
- Compatible with Blentech and properly integrated third-party equipment
- Retrofit-friendly for legacy Blentech systems and selected existing controls
- Mobile-ready for supervisors and maintenance teams
- Scalable from one machine to integrated production lines
- Available for OEM and partner integration where appropriate
Execution Data That Supports the Enterprise
AutoChef helps create the structured production data needed for stronger reporting, traceability, integration, and continuous improvement.
- Ingredient lot capture with barcode or QR scanning
- Projected step timing and process duration records
- QA and CCP documentation
- Operator action history
- Recipe version history
- Alarm and override records
Smart Production Starts With Structured Execution
AutoChef helps food processors move from operator-dependent production to controlled, repeatable workflows. It guides operators, enforces critical checks, captures production records, and creates the structured process data needed for better visibility, stronger troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.