Processing Instrumentation

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.

October 13, 2021

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Processing Instrumentation

CTI Foods Automates Its Hot to Handle Taco Packaging Line

Tacobots efficiently upgrade and automate production with a unique two-pick mechanical tool. The recent line integration project wins a 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award from ProFood World.

July 23, 2021

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

MWC Creates a Cheese and Whey Recipe for Success

Intellectual property, proven equipment and technology, operational readiness, a seasoned workforce, and the perfect partnerships provide a winning combination to launch MWC’s greenfield dairy facility.

June 1, 2021

Processing Equipment

Improve Processing of Plant-Based Proteins in the Manufacture of Meat Substitutes

Continuous-process systems are essential to preparation for plant-based meat substitute processing to maintain precise control over time, temperature, and moisture during hydration, cooking and cooling, de-flavoring, pouch cooling after pasteurization.

March 1, 2021

Processing Equipment

PEC Innovations Report

The latest in machinery at PACK EXPO Connects.

February 26, 2021

Processing Equipment

Craft Distiller Turns Waste From Whiskey Process Into Revenue

A waste byproduct becomes a useful livestock feed for farmers by using a centrifugal sifter to dewater the stillage, the grain/water mixture stripped out after the fermentation process.

November 19, 2020

Processing Instrumentation

KROHNE Hires New Vice President of Sales

Chris English brings extensive experience managing sales forces and defining process control instrumentation market strategies on a national scale.

October 6, 2020

Automation

A Cannabis Equipment Supplier Turns to Automation to Extract CBD at Commercial Scale

Precision Extraction Solutions’ new CBD extraction equipment uses modular systems and PC-based controls from Beckhoff Automation to enable reliable, high-performance large-scale processing.

August 27, 2020

Controls

City Brewery Triples Production Capacity

The co-manufacturer upgraded its canning lines in six months with controllers, AC drives, and HMI software to quickly and nimbly accommodate changing consumer tastes as well as optimize operational efficiency.

June 29, 2020

Processing Equipment

Shick Esteve Opens Linxis North American Technology Center in Kansas City, Missouri

Shick Esteve

Facility was designed and built to show current and prospective customers how the latest in ingredient automation, dough technology, and process controls can benefit their businesses.

June 23, 2020

Processing Instrumentation

Noosa Yoghurt Cuts Downtime, Product Loss With Valve Upgrade

The TrueClean CIP’able air blow check valve from Central States Industrial enabled the yogurt maker to save hours of downtime and many pounds of product every week, with an expected savings of $350,000 a year.

June 11, 2020

Processing Instrumentation

New Technologies Feed the Hunger for Information

Trying to keep up with productivity, quality, safety, sustainability, and other industry demands, food and beverage plants are turning increasingly to the innovations found in today’s sensor instrumentation.

May 19, 2020

Processing Instrumentation

IO-Link Connects the Food and Beverage Industry

The proliferation of digital protocols has made it easier for producers to get the information they need from their instrumentation. Sensor suppliers explain why IO-Link is gaining particular traction.

May 18, 2020