Food Manufacturing

nsd tupH surface protection for cost-effective drive protection

From its base in East Anglia, one of the UK's major agricultural areas, Ambit Projects Limited design and manufacture high-quality automation equipment for handling, preparing and processing all types of foodstuffs with machines that are tailored to individual customer needs. The Company has gained a high reputation in this fast-moving industry for providing innovative products that increase capacity through improved performance, reduce processing bottlenecks, decrease downtime and enhance final product quality.

29th May 2015

Quality and running costs make Bredel pump easy choice

Chorley-based Droyt Products Ltd has selected a Bredel 32 hose pump from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, to help transfer liquid glycerine soap between a mixing vessel and a cooling/setting mould. The pump was selected over lower-cost competitor models due to its quality and far more efficient lifetime running costs. Replacing a previously manual operation, the low-shear handling characteristics of the Bredel pump makes clean, light work of what was once a very laborious process.

21st May 2015

Fortress detectors boost whitefish quality and yield

Grimsby-based family-owned whitefish processor Kirwin Brothers installed Fortress "˜Phantom' metal detectors to fulfil the production requirements of a new customer.

19th May 2015

Emparro power supplies and MICO current monitors save space

Murrelektronik's Emparro power supplies and MICO current monitoring system have helped bdtronic to save considerable panel space when the company was developing its latest compact B5090 mixing and dispensing machine.

19th May 2015

Smart cameras for smart inspection systems in beverage industry

In the case of the LSIS 400i smart camera series, "˜smart' stands above all for clever functions and a wide range of interfaces for intelligent networking and for integration in control systems. Bernhard Voigt from Voigt Technology e.K. uses the LSIS 400i smart cameras from Leuze electronic to realise smart inspection systems for the beverage industry.

15th April 2015

QC of alcoholic beverages relies on Watson-Marlow OEM pumps

Zeutec Opto-Elektronik of Rendsburg, Germany has adopted 114 series OEM peristaltic pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group in technology that partners the company's latest SpectraAlyzer 2.0, a near-infrared (NIR) analyser for alcoholic beverages such as wine, beer and spirits. Zeutec, a supplier of spectrometer systems, now relies on the peristaltic pumps for use in an auto-sampler, which is used to prepare samples ready for analysis by the SpectraAlyzer.

30th March 2015

Safety and automation system selected for packaging line upgrade

Zweifel Pomy-Chips AG has used Pilz PSS 4000 automation systems to monitor and control the automation and safety functions on nine upgraded packaging lines for potato crisps, benefiting from simplicity, a drastic reduction in cabling, clear communications, clear responsibilities and, ultimately, an excellent price-performance ratio.

26th March 2015

Miniature VHS solenoid valves play role in 3D bio-printing

The rapid development of viable inkjet technology for highly specialised applications, such as printing human cells, continues to generate significant interest. If successful, the realisation of this technology for specialised biological applications, generally known as "˜biofabrication', has the potential to replace the long established (and often controversial) process of using animals for testing new drugs.

4th March 2015

All-in-one controllers used for packaging and labelling machines

Kolman has used Unitronics Vision570 and Vision560 all-in-one PLC, HMI and I/O devices in its latest generation of packaging and labelling machinery.

4th March 2015