Food Manufacturing

Wide range of cables and connectors available at Murrelektronik

Murrelektronik is promoting its extensive range of cables and connectors, saying it offers 'an almost infinite variety of cable types, colours and connector styles.

10th February 2016

SKF introduces new series of food industry-compliant bearings

SKF is introducing a new series of food industry-compliant bearings, which helps to minimise the risk of food adulteration and contamination, and subsequent product recalls. Its new range of SKF Food Line stainless steel deep groove ball bearings (VP311) meets two key requirements of the food industry:

10th February 2016

HellermannTyton detectable cable management products from Conrad

Conrad Business Supplies is now stocking detectable cable management products from HellermannTyton. The innovative cable ties and cable protection covers are designed specifically for use in the food and beverage production and processing industry. In this market, detectability via X-ray and metal detection equipment is paramount due to the serious potential health, safety and quality implications if products become contaminated during the production process.

3rd February 2016

Brevini launches new gearmotor range

Brevini is launching a new range of gearmotors, which will expand its capabilities within small to medium duty applications across a wide range of industries and sectors.

29th January 2016

Innovative conveyor wear strip design makes maintenance easy

New two-colour wear strips from FB Chain show at a glance when it's time for their replacement - promoting safe operation while reducing conveyor downtime due to wear strip checks.

26th January 2016

Food and drink manufacturers" machine safety seminars

Last year saw Pilz introduce machine safety seminars aimed at users of machines in the food and beverage production sector, and these are planned to continue in 2016.

22nd January 2016

Slipping away

Centralised lubrication systems both reduce costs and extend component life by applying precise amounts of lubricant at controlled intervals. Matt Preston of SKF explains how they work.

22nd January 2016

Optimised efficiency at water treatment facility

Complying with EU standards is one of the key challenges that wastewater treatment plants face. For this reason, more and more water treatment facilities across Europe are investing in ambitious optimisation projects aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and productivity. One example of this is the new wastewater plant that serves the city of Lille, France. To maximise the new facility’s efficiency, Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies turned to Atlas Copco’s blowers equipped with state-of-the-art motors and drives from WEG.

22nd January 2016

DC motors reduce the weight of electric pruning shears

Anyone who has already suffered from mouse arm or tennis elbow knows exactly about painful and persistent RSI. Even the smallest movement can cause extreme and long-lasting damage to muscles, tendons and nerves, if it is repeated thousands of times. If mouse arm results from operating computers, the equivalent for wine and fruit growers, who must trim countless branches and shoots, is ‘shearing arm’.

22nd January 2016

New maintenance-free rotational coupling for large processing plant

The new CENTAFLEX-BL is a high performance, low maintenance shaft-to-shaft flexible coupling designed for heavy duty operation in large industrial mills, processing plant and mining machinery. It has a highly versatile, maintenance-free and robust rubber roller bearing design, which makes it more cost-effective to install and operate than the steel gear coupling it is designed to replace.

22nd January 2016

Products

Wide range of cables and connectors available at Murrelektronik

SKF introduces new series of food industry-compliant bearings

HellermannTyton detectable cable management products from Conrad

Brevini launches new gearmotor range

Innovative conveyor wear strip design makes maintenance easy

Food and drink manufacturers" machine safety seminars

Slipping away

Optimised efficiency at water treatment facility

DC motors reduce the weight of electric pruning shears

New maintenance-free rotational coupling for large processing plant