1. Tyrrell’s Wines counts on Innovec
Innovec End User
Tyrrell’s Wines recently celebrated its 150th
anniversary in
2008 at its Pokolbin headquarters in NSW’s Hunter Valley.
Tyrrell’s is an iconic wine growing brand that continues to
produce new wine varieties and win more awards in the
process.
TYRRELL’S WINES
*Tyrrell’s Wines was established in the Hunter Valley, NSW in
1858.
*The company has vineyards in NSW, South Australia and Victoria,
and employs 110 people.
*Tyrrell’s Wines produces award-winning wine varieties such as
Chardonnay, Semillion, Pinot Noir, and Shiraz.
Customer Challenge
Tyrrell’s Wines needed to be able to accurately measure
the liquid flow of wine used in its varietal wines. Wines
need to be transferred from wine tanks at Pokolbin into
smaller containers for production runs. Used for this
purpose are pumps that sit on trolleys and are moved
between tanks. Amounts transferred by pumping were
hard to accurately visualise on a per litre basis using
existing equipment, and this process was time consuming.
INDUSTRY CASE STUDY
Product Solution
Tyrrell’s approached W.E. Ware, a South Australian
manufacturer of quality stainless steel wine equipment
and wine equipment supplier.
W.E. Ware has extensive experience in liquid transfer and
measurement in the food and beverage industry and
suggested an Innovec Control Process Totaliser. This
Innovec ‘controller’ displays the flow measurement from
an existing flow meter.
An Innovec Controls’ CO8WP Powered Process Totaliser
with user programmable K factor and 8-digit 25mm
character height display, was installed on the wine transfer
pump units at the Pokolbin facility in mid-2008.
Results Achieved
The Innovec CO8WP Powered Process Totaliser allowed
Tyrrell’s to more accurately visualise, monitor and transfer
the required amount of wine that needed to be pumped
from each tank on the trolleys. It allowed for continuous
monitoring of the wine flow per litre and a ‘pulse per litre’
analysis.
With its brighter and larger, high contrast LED display, the
CO8WP Totaliser enabled the operator to count the liquid
flow value to the required litres.
The result was better management of the process which
saved time and was more convenient for staff. Tyrrell’s
said the Innovec CO8WP met its technical and functional
requirements and was a cost-effective solution.
The CO8WP Powered Process Totaliser is a low cost but
high performance, 120/240VAC or 18-36VDC powered
microprocessor based totaliser that incorporates an eight
(8) digit 25mm digit height LED display, housed in a
weatherproof surface mount enclosure.

2. INNOVEC CO8WP POWERED PROCESS TOTALISER
The instrument can be configured to count up, up/down,
elapsed time, time of day clock, events or totalize flow
with programmable K factor.
It accepts a pulse input from a dry contact closure,
proximity switch, photo-electric switch, open-collector
transistor or 24VDC source. The count value is maintained
during loss of power for a minimum period of ten years in
eeprom.
The CO8WP Powered Process Totaliser is an advanced
instrument which has been designed to accept pulses from
dry relay contacts, open collector flow meters, photo
electric switches and 5 to 24VDC source.
The input measurement is shown on a high contrast 8 digit
LED display.
KEY FEATURES
• Memory retention in power down for 10 years
• Optically isolated inputs
• 120 or 240VAC 47-63 Hz supply or factory fitted 5 to
24vdc isolated supply
• Contact bounce elimination circuitry
• Microprocessor based
• Low cost - High performance
• Screw terminal electrical connection
• Count up and down
• High contrast LED display
• The CO8WP has an 8 digit 25mm digit height LED
display
• Surface mounting IP65 weatherproof enclosure
• Isolated 24VDC loop supply
• Touch switch programming of display intensity,
decimal point, k factor and repeat contact
• Applications include count up/down totaliser, flow rate
totaliser and time date display.
ABOUT INNOVEC CONTROLS
Innovec Controls is a specialised provider of process
control instruments and electronics to the food and
engineering industries and has been established for
over 25 years, based at St Leonards, Sydney.
Innovec supplies some of Australia’s major food
and industrial companies and government
contracts through a network of wholesalers and
specialist engineering suppliers.
Innovec Controls Pty Ltd.
Tel: + 612 9906 7158;
Fax: +612 9906 7220
Sydney, Australia.
Website: www.innovec.com