By employing a 6-axis industrial FANUC robot to automate the palletising of its bottled salad dressing line, Swiss condiment producer Brunos has alleviated production inefficiencies, allowing the company to keep pace with its growing order book.

An industrial bakery has secured lower error rates and higher throughput of goods with a modern machine vision solution using the Aurora Design Assistant machine vision software from Zebra Technologies.

Swiss coffee machine manufacturer Eversys relies on diaphragm gas pumps from KNF in its E’Line and CAMEO series machines to produce Barista quality milk foam using a compressed air supply.

When Dutch solutions provider Innovotech was asked to develop a system for a food industry company, it turned to WERMA for hygienic signal towers to provide status indication of whether production is running smoothly or if there any problems or malfunctions.

Dutch company Innovotech has optimised production for a food processing customer using the CleanSIGN LED signal tower from WERMA.

When Belgian food slicing machine builder Marelec wanted to ensure that its machines were not only highly productive but also safe, it turned to Pilz Automation Technology for an appropriate safety concept, implemented to the highest safety Performance Level PL e.

In 2014, the factory of food manufacturer Refineria del Centro was extended with a new line to produce baker’s yeast. When searching for trustable suppliers, the client favoured those making reliable and safe equipment. For the aeration of the fermentation tanks, Sulzer was chosen to provide six completely oil-free HST turbocompressors. This has since been proven to be a winning choice.

‘Smart’ sensors have become an essential component in many food manufacturing systems as the demand for ever more sophisticated automation continues apace across a huge range of processing applications. Smart 2D profile sensors from Baumer are playing a key role in an automated sandwich and filled rolls production line at Germany company Weber Maschinebau.

As brewing company AB InBev reaps the benefits of digitalisation using COPA-DATA technology and enhances its sustainability, Stefan Reuther, member of the executive board at COPA-DATA, sheds light on innovation, trust and the role of independent software vendors (ISVs).

When a major UK pet food producer wanted better machine utilisation with the aim of raising its OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) by 3 points, it asked experts at bearing specialist NSK if they could evaluate processes and systems to help with this improvement goal.