Processing Equipment

Indian Snack Food Processor Improves Efficiency with 3 Gain-in-Weight Feeders

What began as an in-home business two decades ago has grown into an automated company with products now available nationwide in ethnic retail stores.

February 28, 2025

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Processing Equipment

Canned Meat Producer Ups Quality with X-Ray Inspection Tool

Ohio-based canned meat producer Keystone Meats improved its production quality with this new inspection tool.

January 24, 2025

Inspection

Sunriver Citrus Sorts Out Inefficiencies with Automation

The citrus producer is maintaining quality standards while minimizing downtime and manual tasks with the help of TOMRA sorting solutions.

January 9, 2025

Inspection

Advanced Detection Technology Follows Food Safety Throughout the Plant

While workforce and productivity are top concerns, food manufacturers are deploying advanced inspection and detection equipment to meet the critical challenge of food safety. Find out what inspection technology is being adopted and where in the plant.

December 9, 2024

PACK EXPO

Thermal Imaging for Induction Seal Inspection on Bottles

Yoran Imaging's groundbreaking technology can detect induction seal integrity through the cap at high production speeds, generating high-resolution images to detect errors and increase traceability.

November 8, 2024

PACK EXPO

Speedy Solution for High-Volume Processing of Nuts and Seeds

Urschel's new Comitrol DM380 is ideal for processing small batches of nut butters and nut pastes in a compact footprint.

November 8, 2024

PACK EXPO

New Blueberry Optical Sorter Offers 360-Degree Coverage of Fruit for Pinpoint Sorting and Inspecting

The compact, high-capacity WECO 360 Tek Sortivator excels at advanced sizing and sorting, as well as detecting defects in fruit.

November 6, 2024

PACK EXPO

New Integrated Checkweigher Combines Checkweighing and Metal Detection in One Compact Footprint

The single-control Performer Weigh from Bunting Magnetics features an integrated, one-touch display for real-time operation of checkweighing and metal detection in one streamlined system.

November 6, 2024

Frozen & Refrigerated Foods

New Optical Sorter for Particulate Foods

Key Technology's Compass optical sorter utilizes multiple sensors to accurately detect defects and rejects from all sides in frozen fruits, nuts, and other small foods.

November 6, 2024

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

AI-Based Vision Inspection for Food Processing

Oxipital AI

Oxipital AI monitors food on the line for defects in real time, using AI modeling to create hundreds of millions of different virtual versions of that product to ensure accuracy.

November 5, 2024

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Harpak-ULMA and Cabinplant Team to Eliminate Millions in Product Giveaway from Food Packaging Operations Driving Efficiency and Reducing Waste

Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC.

New partnership enhances North American access to innovative fixed-weight packaging, boosting profits and reducing labor costs for food producers.

October 25, 2024

Inspection

Frozen Vegetable Processor Lowers Labor with In-Line Product Inspection

La Huerta installed an optical sorter on its IQF vegetable line and decreased the volume of good product in its reject stream by 35%.

September 20, 2024

Inspection

Fortress Goes Big at PACK EXPO International in Booth S-1758, South Building

Fortress Technology Inc.

PACK EXPO 2024 will be the biggest food safety showcase in Fortress Technology's history, taking food packagers and processors on a personal journey through how to keep pace with HACCP, HARPC and FDA-driven processing regulations and strategies.

September 3, 2024