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Processing Equipment
Industrial Arts Brewing: The Art of Scaling Up a Hazy IPA
A young craft brewer in New York’s Hudson Valley was maxing out the capacity of its 25-hL brewhouse. A second, larger brewhouse from Krones Steinecker was highly customized to handle its hoppy brew.
March 8, 2022
The high volume of hops used to make Industrial Arts’ hazy IPA required some innovative thinking to optimize brewing.
Controls
SACMI Cut and Wrap Machine for Double Twist Style
The company’s next-generation machine allows enhanced brand recognition and maximizes the use of electronics.
October 16, 2021
HY7 CW has a compact and hygienic design to meet international standards.
Controls
Cheesemaker Harvests the Data Cream of the Crop
The MWC cheese and whey facility, ProFood World's 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award winner, continues to layer on SCADA functionality to get more information from the data it gathers.
June 3, 2021
The Ignition SCADA system provides alarms for MWC operators, and also provides layers of data capabilities for track and trace, OEE, and more.
IIoT
Two Key Areas of Cybersecurity Vulnerability in Manufacturing
By better understanding operational weaknesses, manufacturers can guard against future threats. Read about two key areas that require assessment.
April 13, 2021
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Automation
Smooth New Case Packing at Fisher Nuts
Secondary packaging on this new line includes the latest in case erecting, loading, and closing. The machines also accept three very different case styles all formed from one flat blank.
September 29, 2020
From Cabrio Case to stackable club store to regular brown kraft corrugated shipper, the end-of-line equipment in Fisher Nuts’ new line handles it all. Behind the cases is the LSP-100 robotic case loader.
Controls
Trends in Adoption of Remote Access
In a just-released report from PMMI Business Intelligence, 29% of CPG respondents said they do not allow any remote access in their facilities.
September 25, 2020
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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
Precision Extraction Solutions’ new KPD 1500 and KPD Vulcan machines standardize on systems and controls from Beckhoff Automation to offer scalable solutions for CBD extraction.
Controls
Vision Inspection Maximizes Label Accuracy
For one North American food manufacturer, Omron’s SKU verification system dramatically lowered production costs and increased overall profitability.
July 15, 2020
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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
City Brewery upgraded two existing canning lines and installed a third canning line at its Latrobe, Penn., plant, boosting its production capacity to 48 million cases annually.
Automation
Fast-Track Fulfillment of a Frozen Food Favorite
Now better positioned to keep up with yearly double-digit growth of its popular Uncrustables line, The J. M. Smucker Company creates a highly automated facility that boasts the largest single baking line in the world.
June 5, 2020
A sophisticated system allows Smucker to add pack sizes without major impacts to the line.
Controls
Bosch Rexroth Reinvents Its Automation Approach
The automation supplier went back to the drawing board to create ctrlX Automation, a software-driven open automation platform that provides flexibility and scalability through app-based functionality.
June 4, 2020
Bosch Rexroth’s ctrlX Automation platform features open software architecture, a wide choice of programming language options, and app-based functionality.
Automation
Automation Helps Non-Profit Reach More Starving Children
Adding automated equipment, process control, and analytics to its operations has enabled Edesia Nutrition to almost triple the output of its ready-to-use therapeutic foods, helping to reach the most vulnerable populations around the world.
January 2, 2020
Just one box of Plumpy’Nut—containing 150 packets of a peanut-based high-energy therapeutic food that treats severe malnutrition—is enough to bring a child from the brink of death to healthy development.
Controls
Have you verified your historian’s data recently?
Manufacturers rely on data historians to record and retrieve their data, but what happens if the tags, limits or baselines aren’t set up correctly? An audit might be needed to make sure your historian’s data is accurate.
July 24, 2019
Jessica DeBoom
Controls
Data insight helps renewables weather the market
Whether the weather is sunny or whether the weather is windy, the conversation in making renewable energy a cost-effective part of the grid has turned to the optimization of existing assets—a subject near and dear to the manufacturing and processing industries.
March 18, 2019
A more connected, dynamic and adaptable wind energy system helps optimize both the production of wind turbines and the operation of them after installation. Source: GE
IIoT
Sensor directions in the early IIoT era
At a recent Sick Sensor Intelligence event, the company highlighted specific trends impacting the current direction of the industry and how it affects their development of sensor technologies. Among these trends is the increasing use of automated guided vehicles, advanced vision systems and smart sensors.
March 8, 2019
At the sick press event, the company demonstrated how some Daimler factories use a variety of sensors to move car bodies and components around the facilities via AGVs.
Controls
PLC controls large machines or small-scale manufacturing facilities
Up to 63 I/O expansion modules can be added
August 28, 2018
IDEC MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLC
Automation
Can manufacturing adapt to hyper-connected consumers?
New technologies can help food and beverage makers deal with changing customers and consumers requiring 24/7 turnaround.
April 6, 2018
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Software
Using modern manufacturing to brew up a competitive advantage
To increase capacity at a brewery in Mexico, Constellation Brands used Siemens technology to roll out a global automation and controls standard to over 20 OEMs, ensuring consistency, quality, scalability and sustainability.
December 5, 2017
To increase capacity at a brewery in Mexico, Constellation Brands used Siemens technology to roll out a global automation and controls standard to over 20 OEMs, ensuring consistency, quality, scalability and sustainability.
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