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Jeffrey Barach explains how blockchain may be a more thorough, accurate and timely solution for traceability in the food supply chain.
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Blockchain for food: A solution for supply chain transparency issues?
The shared, immutable ledger database is in the spotlight as a potential tool to improve transparency and better facilitate recalls.
April 5, 2019

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Line simulation IDs OEE improvement opportunity
Polytron used its platform at ProFood Tech to demonstrate a case in which OEE metrics were improved in a real-word bottling application.
March 27, 2019
Polytron's live, in-booth case study demonstrated real-world OEE improvement at a bottling plant.
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Sealed Air: Smart analysis of packaging equipment
Sealed Air’s SEE Smart Service digital portfolio relies on the Device Control Link cloud-enabled technology that monitors, manages, reports, and analyzes data from interconnected sources on packaging equipment.
March 11, 2019
Sealed Air’s SEE Smart Service digital portfolio features a dashboard like this one.
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New technologies extend the life of legacy networks
Neither Ethernet nor fieldbus have all the answers for industrial applications. Suppliers and industry groups are working on ways forward that take into consideration the needs—and limitations—of the present.
March 8, 2019
Profinet, based on Ethernet technologies, integrates existing fieldbus systems. Source: PI North America
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AI controller extends equipment life
Frees up employees from calculations, analyses and infrastructure upgrades
March 4, 2019
Omron Automation Americas Sysmac AI controller
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Turnkey line for PET
Tousnina Sarl, a water bottler in Algeria, recently installed a turnkey line for PET bottles that runs at 20,000/hr.
March 1, 2019
New PET line for water runs at 20,000 bph.
Robotics
Engineering a digital transformation
L&T Technology Services rolls out “Factory D.0,” a set of technology and engineering services designed to help manufacturers identify areas within the organization that will benefit the most from digitalization.
March 1, 2019
Narayanan Ramanathan, global head of digital engineering at L&T Technology Services says, “Factory D.0 is a set of solutions we’ve developed in collaboration with smart manufacturing.”
Sustainability
High-fidelity analytics help optimize energy across process industries
KBC, a Yokogawa company, has introduced Visual MESA Multi-Period Optimizer 6 to reduce costly uncertainty in energy use over multiple time periods across generation portfolios.
March 1, 2019
Visual MESA Multi-Period Optimizer 6 allows companies to incorporate more precise forecasts into the decision-making process over various time horizons when dealing with multiple time-dependent constraints.
Processing Equipment
New HMI/SCADA release highlights GE Digital’s new path
The release of iFix 6.0 shows GE Digital’s continued support for and development of its existing technologies as the company reorganizes around new technology groupings designed for cross-industry use.
March 1, 2019
iFix 6.0 features enhanced security and alarm capabilities, as well as new HMI/SCADA application development capabilities.
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An automated approach to emerging markets
Technology suppliers are delivering cost-effective and customizable control products for sub-markets like craft beer and cannabis that need consistent quality and repeatable processes, as well as business model scalability.
March 1, 2019
Matt Harrison, head of cultivation at TILT Holdings, checks the grow room, which holds more than 300 plants.
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Coriolis single-tube system precisely measures low flow quantities
Offers repeatability, even where process and ambient conditions fluctuate
February 26, 2019
Endress+Hauser Proline Promass A Coriolis single-tube system
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AR tool aids machine maintenance
Augmented reality concepts bring electrical schematics to the operators' fingers by scanning a bar code with a tablet.
February 25, 2019
Aurizon's rotary ultrasonics tooling on Detla Systems' Eagle flow wrapper allows for better control when adjusting speed levels.
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Actionable data collection remains as the holy grail
Strategic decision-making depends on a single, reliable infrastructure that unifies data silos and a single source of operational insights.
February 22, 2019
Joyce Fassl, Editor-in-Chief, explains how optimizing data use can solve many of the industry's biggest problems.
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