Inspection

Digital Sorter Helps to Overcome Workforce, Yield Issues

A Veryx B175 digital sorter from Key Technology has helped Jones Potato Farm not only move past the difficulties of manual inspection of its green beans, but has also improved efficiencies.

June 13, 2022

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Robotics

Sealed Air's Meat Packaging Automation Improves Predictability

New innovations in vision-based product identification, robotic bagging, vacuum, shrink, quality inspection, and more show how automation can help reduce labor needs and improve throughput, quality, and safety.

March 7, 2022

Inspection

Inspection Combo Provides Ease of Use in Small Footprint

Taking what would typically be 7.6 m of equipment down to 4.7 m, Wipotec-OCS has combined several inspection capabilities, including metal detection, vision, X-ray, checkweighing and more, all through a single HMI.

February 24, 2022

Inspection

Metal Detector Cues Retractable Noser Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor built a modular retractable and straight running conveyor system to transport 2 lanes of flexible packaged product that discharges from a checkweigher through an incorporated metal detection system.

January 31, 2022

Inspection

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 9: Inline Seal Inspection Maintains Quality of Retort Pouches

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. At No. 9 is a case study about how a Brazilian pet food manufacturer moved to 100% inline seal inspection at its state-of-the-art facility.

December 23, 2021

Inspection

Mettler Toledo Launches Metal Detector and Checkweigher at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Equipment updates include faster rates, better accuracy and easier operation.

November 4, 2021

Inspection

Inline Seal Inspection Maintains Quality of Retort Pouches

Investing in a state-of-the-art production facility, Brazilian pet food manufacturer Special Dog Company also opted to move to 100% inline seal inspection for its flexible pouches, eliminating concerns about poorly sealed product getting to the customer.

June 23, 2021

Processing Instrumentation

Advanced Weigh Cell Technology Boosts Efficiency in Packaging Applications

Compared to conventional weighing methods, electromagnetic force restoration-based solutions help ensure mission-critical quality control and faster throughput while providing space-saving efficiencies.

April 12, 2021

Processing Equipment

Decanter Helps Optimize Fruit Juice Concentrate Process

Moving to a new style of decanter largely because of maintenance issues with older machines, a fruit processor found several ways the new system improved production, including sanitation and flexibility.

March 19, 2021

Inspection

Metal Detector Upgrade Helps Cheesemaker Satisfy Growing Demand

Improved sensitivity, an automated reject system, and data transparency all contribute to better inspection efficiencies for Dutch cheese producer.

January 31, 2021

Inspection

A Quick Metal Detector Turnaround Gets Mushroom Maker Back Online

When a legacy metal detection system went down and brought production with it, Sunny Dell Foods was able to get back in operation with a brand new system in just 36 hours.

November 20, 2020

Inspection

Smarter Food Safety Relies on More Data, Compute Power

Demand is rising for improved precision in food inspection. Food producers are taking advantage of the data and processing capabilities in their systems to not only improve food safety, but also to work toward improved traceability.

October 28, 2020

Inspection

Artificial Intelligence Advances Food Safety

Landing AI is helping food producers overcome not only the limitations of their human workforce but of traditional machine vision as well, using machine learning to better evaluate issues around food safety.

September 22, 2020