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Sudbury, Ontario is a place renowned for pulling minerals out of the ground, but Valley Growers is doing its best to put anotherx000D
underground resource, potatoes, on the map. Dating back to the 19th century, Sam Rainville discovered that potatoes grown inx000D
the rich, sandy soil north of Sudbury produced some of the most exceptional potatoes hed ever eaten. Since then, potatoes havex000D
become a staple crop in Sudbury, and Valley Growers has become one of the communitys premier potato farms. In addition tox000D
harvesting potatoes, Valley Growers also produces its own French fries. Currently, they produce over 3,000 cases of fries perx000D
week, and the annual sales associated to this tasty, golden product is more than $3-million.x000D
The challenge confronting Valley Growers is that they do not have an automated and intuitive system for gauging how effectivex000D
their cooling methods are after the deep frying process. As a result, Cambrian College is proposing the installation of infraredx000D
temperature monitors across the production line in order to assess what the temperature is of the fries as they immediately comex000D
out of the fryer and the cooling units. Currently, the temperature of the French Fries is taken manually using remote probex000D
sensors, which slows down the production cycle and limits efficiency. Using automated sensors, data will be captured into ax000D
computer where Valley Growers can then carefully monitor the temperature of the French fries in real time in order to enhancex000D
production.