5 Things to Learn About Advanced Automation

From data collection and operational agility to robotics and mass serialization, see how these food and beverage manufacturers are embracing new technologies.

From data collection and operational agility to robotics and mass serialization, the editors of ProFood World have explored how these food and beverage manufacturers are embracing new technologies. Download the 5 Things to Learn About Advanced Automation for more on:

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Chobani's productive use of Ignition software
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The Plan It RotoBagger inside the Hardy Buoys facility includes a multi-head weigher, the RotoBagger, a pre-made pouch machine, with a platform and sanitary washdown inclined conveyor.

Smoked Fish Business Upscales With Automation

Hardy Buoys turns to an automated bagging line to meet increasing customer demands, saving $3,500 per week in labor.

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Packaging updates from around the globe; retailer-led sustainable packaging material directives, high-speed automated solutions, and paper can package design.

TMRW is a plant-based innovation company working to reimagine how plant protein can feed people.

ERP System Helps Startup TMRW Foods Grow in the Right Direction

Icicle Technologies’ enterprise resource planning system is helping the plant-based protein producer make sure it has the data it needs—for traceability, HACCP, costing, and more—to optimize its growth.

Fresh tacos that were once too hot to handle manually are now placed into trays by JLS Talon robots.

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 1: CTI Foods Automates Its Hot to Handle Taco Packaging Line

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. Coming in at No. 1 is an article that introduced us to tacobots and what they could do to help a taco packaging line upgrade production—and win a Manufacturing Innovation Award.

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Web-based Portal Provides Boiler Room Operators With Real-time Information

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Fanuc Lr 10i A10 Robot

Robot Accommodates Repetitive Tasks and Warehousing/Logistics Applications

Maximizes flexibility in the workspace

Carlo Gavazzi Ics Series Sensors

Sensors Provide Reverse Polarity, Transient, Short Circuit, and Overload Protection

Offer Accurate Detection and Reduced Downtime

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Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 8: Wearable Technology Bolsters Worker Safety

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. Coming in at No. 8 is an article that came from sister publication Automation World and its coverage of wearable technologies at PepsiCo.

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Applying Artificial Intelligence to Food Tray Production

Food producer apetito uses Neurala’s artificial intelligence technology to automate and optimize visual inspection of meal tray components.

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Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 10: The Technology Balancing Act of Staying in the Zone

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. At No. 10 is a report from the FSO Institute’s Stephen Schlegel about balancing technology and people.

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Key Challenges to Using Automation in Packaging and Processing Operations

There are four main automation-related issues mentioned in a discussion between CPGs and OEMs, in relation to manufacturing operations.

Jls Bacon Loading System

Robotic System Efficiently Loads Bacon Drafts Into Thermoformers

Replaces complex series of conveyors and devices often used for the process

Automated Ingredient Handling Brings Bevy of Benefits

An automated system from Radar Process provided biscuit-making operations at Cerealto Siro Foods with more accurate weighing, elimination of foreign matter, improved inventory control, and significantly reduced safety risks for its workers.

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Three Ways Artificial Intelligence is Changing Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Artificial intelligence can aid in remedying some of the pain points in manufacturing, such as maintaining consistent product quality, need for predictive maintenance, and demand for actionable insights from sensor data.

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Automation Drives Danone Variety Multi-packs in Mexico

Festo and Hybernya Industrial develop an end-of-line automated packaging solution for multi-packs for Danone and Danup yogurts in Mexico.

Katz Gluten Free creates allergy-friendly baked goods for all kinds of dietary restrictions.

Data Insights Give Small Baked Goods Specialist Handle on Market

Finding it difficult to gain visibility into its sales channel without the kinds of resources a larger food maker might have, Katz Gluten Free found answers from the Crisp programmatic commerce platform.

Sridhar Sudarsan, chief technology officer at SparkCognition

Proper AI Application Fuels Food and Beverage Innovation

The collection of actionable data generates insights to optimize production, reduce downtime, and increase overall efficiency, and can be scaled throughout a company’s infrastructure.

GC Farms turned to the recently-launched Tomra Insight data platform from Tomra Food, a designer and manufacturer of sensor-based sorting machines and integrated post-harvest systems.

Vegetable Ingredients Supplier Goes Digital

GC Farms turns to data platform to improve line rates, product quality, yields, and profitability.

LAP is a Blue Ridge Automation sequencing system for the food and beverage industry, packaging equipment, and continuous processes.

Sequencing System Creates Low-code and No-code Solution for PLC Coding

The LAP system from Blue Ridge Automation is featured on the PACK EXPO Las Vegas show floor for easier, user-friendly PLC coding.

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Hand-Held Device Merges Industrial-Grade Safety with HMI Tablets

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All-Purpose Intelligent Robot Control System

MujinController manages any robotic application guiding the movement of robot arms via machine intelligence, a new category of artificial intelligence that automatically manages potential downtime scenarios through autonomous motion planning.

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Wyzo is the result of 30 years of delta robot experience, coupled with a vision to deliver a safe and highly efficient sidebot that can add considerable value to operations of all sizes.

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Wiliot Debuts its “Sensing as a Service” Platform

Wiliot showcased its platform and IoT Pixel technology at PACK EXPO Las Vegas that brings actionable intelligence to reusable packaging in support of more sustainable, transparent supply chains.

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The company’s next-generation machine allows enhanced brand recognition and maximizes the use of electronics.

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Power Central ERP System for Small and Mid-size Food Companies

ERP for food makers incorporates barcode mobile apps enabling SQF compliance and rapid growth.

Voice of customer interviews in the frozen/individual quick freezing (IQF), fresh produce, and cheese industries were conducted in order to develop the Hayssen ISB system, focusing on pain points and preferred features.

BW Flexible Systems’ Hayssen VFFS Machine For Intelligent Sanitary Bagging

This next-generation design of vertical form fill seal machines was developed through customer interviews for intelligent, sanitary bagging.

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Software Helps Optimize Product Quality and Maximize Yield

Reduces downtime and minimizes labor to increase profitability

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Cart-based Automated Storage and Retrieval Boosts Speed

Signode debuted its newly enhanced cart-based Storfast system at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, operating at twice the speed of previous systems with improved acceleration and deceleration control of robotic carts.

Ruprecht provides proteins cooked sous vide, a safe cooking process that vacuum seals the food and places it in temperature-controlled water.

Enterprise Resource Planning Essential Amid Strong Market Growth

Ruprecht, a sous vide cooked protein maker, integrates an ERP system purpose-built for food processing to build its Industry 4.0 foundation, helping operations better align with—and gain insights into—finance matters.

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Small-Footprint Robotic Case Packer has 1-Day Comission

Schubert Group’s compact lightline robotic case packer is a preconfigured machine that can erect, fill, and close cartons and cases in a range of formats.