Food and drink manufacturing: processing equipment
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Control solution drives down dairy's energy bill
The power requirement for the water management system at a dairy has been reduced by up to 173kW per hour, giving a pay back period of only 19 months for the entire system.
News from Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems, Apr 1, 2003
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SS fixtures upgrade clean environments
An extended range of stainless steel fixtures offering OEM manufacturers the ability to upgrade equipment for use in clean environments such as those found in the medical and food industries.
News from WDS, Mar 28, 2003
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Videographic recorder offers wide security range
Large screen multipoint videographic recorder offers one of the widest range of security, recording and display features available in a single unit.
News from ABB Automation Technologies (Drives and Motors), Mar 20, 2003
Batching system improves efficiency and safety
A ten-station batching system, to control and monitor quantities of chemicals and other liquid materials, improves process efficiency and reduces operator exposure to chemicals.
News from Burkert Fluid Control Systems, Mar 17, 2003
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Bespoke recipe system integrateed with management
Wanting a more efficient recipe blending system which could also be integrated within its existing management system a drinks manufacturer chose a bespoke recipe system.
News from Marco Weighing Systems, Mar 13, 2003
Bags maintain safety on wet mixers
Maintenance workers use Lockout Bags to ensure safety while maintenance is carried out on the wet mixing operation.
News from Castell Iso-Lok, Feb 19, 2003
Ultrasonic flowmeter keeps the brew on tap
Brewers had no method of verifying existing in-line flowmeters, or measuring pipelines where flow metering was absent until a portable ultrasonic flowmeter was acquired.
News from Katronic Technologies, Feb 18, 2003
Sensor array systems have a nose for quality
Sensor array systems verify raw materials, finished products and packaging to a gold standard and detect taints and odours, allowing sample analysis to be completed in less than 3 minutes.
News from Presearch, Jan 21, 2003
Static unseating of labels on plastics avoided
Leading soft drinks manufacturer has installed static elimination solutions prevent labels peeling on soft drinks plastics bottles and avoid production stoppages.
News from Meech Static Eliminators, Jan 20, 2003
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Multi-station distribution system ups production
A multi-station snack-food storage, handling and distribution system is improving production efficiency at one of Europe's leading food and beverage producers.
News from Gough Engineering, Jan 13, 2003
You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It!
A central bakery had been looking for over three years for a suitable recipe system that would integrate directly with its main AS400 computer system and it has now found the right one.
News from Marco Weighing Systems, Jan 9, 2003
Food approved lubricants range expanded
Dow Corning's UK and Ireland Channel Partner, RW Greeff has announced the launch of the extended Molykote range of food approved industrial lubrication products and services.
News from Dow Corning, Dec 16, 2002
Eliminator wrapped up food packing static problem
When a food arapping facility experienced productivity problems, the cause was tracked down to static in the wrapping films - quickly solved by using a static eliminator system.
News from Meech Static Eliminators, Dec 10, 2002
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Flat bed scales offer ease of loading
Thanks to the low loading height of a flat-bed scale - as little as 25mm - samples can easily be loaded onto the weighing platform ensuring continued health and safety for the operators.
News from Sartorius, Nov 27, 2002
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Brochure details modular mixing system facility
Brochure details an in-house design capability to upgrade and customise a modular range of off-the-shelf mixing systems to exacting user requirements.
News from Mixing Solutions, Nov 4, 2002
Oil fired boiler chosen for reliability
Owing to their easy to use and reliable features, backed by a strong after sales team, menthol cough sweet producer installed a new oil-fired steam boiler to supply the process lines.
News from Fulton Boiler Works, Oct 24, 2002
Pumps have no con-rods to ensure cleanliness
Unlike a conventional hygienic pump fitted with con rods a hygienic pump is fitted with a titanium flexible shaft to ensure there is no possibility of product contamination from pump lubricants.
News from Netzsch Pumps, Oct 22, 2002
Manways designed for medium-pressure usage
Stainless steel manways have been designed for atmospheric and medium atmospheric and medium-pressure liquid, powder and grain applications.
News from Axium Process, Oct 21, 2002
Brochure details mixing solutions capability
Detailing an in-house design capability to upgrade and customise a modular range of mixing systems, a brochure describes agitator drives from 0.25kW to 2000kW and an extensive impeller range.
News from Mixing Solutions, Oct 17, 2002
Steam generation room provided as package deal
A specialist in the development and manufacture of clarification technology for the alcoholic beverage industries, has installed a fully packaged steam generation plant room.
News from Fulton Boiler Works, Oct 7, 2002
Ishida acquires Qualitech Systems
Ishida Europe has acquired Qualitech Systems Handling, one of the UK's major suppliers of tray sealing solutions, including tray denesters, filling systems and sealing equipment.
News from Ishida Europe, Oct 1, 2002
Robotic cells reduce tea conversion costs
Premier International Foods has reduced by more than 26 per cent the cost of converting a tonne of tea into tea bags at its Typhoo production plant on the Wirral, near Liverpool.
News from Motoman Robotics (UK), Sep 16, 2002
Do not get into a pickle over food legislation
Average weight legislation dictates that manufacturers must check at different intervals, the net weight contents of containers without the preservative liquid, here is how it is done.
News from Marco Weighing Systems, Sep 9, 2002
Fish feed manufacturer ups bagging efficiency
The key to any successful bagging operation lies not only in effectiveness of the bagging equipment but also in the efficient and controlled transport of product to and from the weighing station.
News from Chronos Richardson, Sep 9, 2002
Novel meter measures low pressure gas flow
The design problem of achieving economic flow measurement for low pressure gases, typically met on methane or sour gas monitoring from digesters, has now been solved.
News from Influx Measurements, Sep 5, 2002
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