Food Manufacturing

Optimising actuator design for hygienic applications

Gerard Bush of motion specialist, Inmoco, explains the key considerations in actuator design food and beverage production.

21st July 2022

Omron adds new food-grade models to its i4H SCARA lineup

Omron has announced the additions of new food-grade robots to the i4H product line for safe handling in the food and beverage and packaging industry.

21st July 2022

Automating the UDI laser marking process

TLM Laser’s Andy Toms looks at combining robotics with the laser marking process to achieve flexibility within a UDI compliance marking environment.

18th July 2022

Liquid gaskets and adhesives reduce pump maintenance

Henkel says its Loctite adhesive and sealant products are playing an increasingly important role in reducing maintenance in pump applications.

11th July 2022

Shoulder bolts now available with ultra-low head for compact installation

WDS Components has released an ultra-low head shoulder bolt, designed to conserve space when a compact footprint is required.

6th July 2022

Safe and reliable sensor solutions for the food and beverage industry

To ensure it supports its customers’ needs, Carlo Gavazzi has obtained approval for the ILU and ILM series of magnetic level sensors making them suitable for direct contact with food products.

5th July 2022

IFM releases new flow sensor for high-pressure applications

Designed specifically for accurate measurement of liquid flow rates in high-pressure applications, even if the flow rate is fluctuating rapidly, the new SBZ224 flow sensor from IFM Electronic is said to be ideal for monitoring and logging the performance of high-pressure cleaning systems.

29th June 2022

Precise, reliable detection of marks and colour contrast

Sensing and instrumentation specialist Baumer’s new range of OC50 / OC60 contrast and luminescence sensors provide reliable and precise detection of minute and invisible print marks even at very fast speeds thanks to low jitter>7µs.

24th June 2022

Thermal camera integration for ADAS and autonomous vehicles

Teledyne Flir has released Prism AI, a software framework that provides classification, object detection, and object tracking, enabling perception engineers to quickly start integrating thermal cameras for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) systems.