Food Manufacturing

Tubular membrane technology for food and beverage manufacturers

PCI Membranes, a Xylem brand, is a specialist in filtration technologies using tubular membranes. Recent projects in the food and beverage industry include saving one of the largest independent raisin processors in the world significant sums of money on wastewater disposal and generating an additional source of revenue through the sale of concentrated sugar water to distilleries; saving processing and capital costs for a tomato juice manufacturer and helping wine producers improve vinification.

5th December 2012

Wheeled FIP pump for liquid transfer, CIP and multiple uses

Xylem has released an applications note on its VeraFlex Pump Cart, a multi-tasking flexible impeller pump (FIP) mounted on a lightweight, easily manoeuvrable cart designed for specialist breweries, meaderies and cider makers.

5th December 2012

Jabsco flexible impeller pumps keep the wine flowing

Jabsco pumps from Xylem are keeping the wine flowing in wineries around the world, helping vintners work their magic while protecting this delicate product during processes and transfer operations, so the wine keeps its full character and distinctive flavour.

26th November 2012

Custom variable speed drives for precision farming applications

Zero-Max designs, manufactures and assembles Custom Variable Speed Drives that meter and dispense seed and fertiliser guided by global positioning systems. Designed for the latest precision farming equipment, these custom drives provide accurate and repeatable settings to optimise the seeding and fertilising process.

19th November 2012

Meat processor more efficient with ACI blower-powered can drier

Talking about the successful installation of Air Control Industries can-drying tunnel at Scandia Food's meat products plant, Daniel Mitrofan, Manager Tehnic, says: "We needed a better drying system because one of the most important elements during the labelling process is the dryness of the can. With the ACI drying system we forgot about this problem."

19th November 2012

Laser Scanning the Cliffs of Moher

Measurement Devices Limited (MDL), a subsidiary of Renishaw, designs and manufactures high-speed laser measurement and surveying systems for use in extreme environments. When challenged with scanning a section of Ireland's famed Cliffs of Moher, MDL rose to the challenge with its compact and lightweight Dynascan 3D mobile mapping system which was mounted to a fishing boat to capture the data required to produce a 3D model and video.

14th November 2012

Oil-free compressors with energy recovery aid plant efficiency

Accolade Wines, the world's fifth largest wine company, is using recovered heat from three Atlas Copco oil-free compressors to play a vital role in the high speed bottling lines at its plant in Avonmouth, Bristol, one of the largest bottling operations of its type in Europe.

14th November 2012

FSU conduit protects cabling in remote weather stations

Flexicon's FSU conduit has been used to protect the cabling on five new Automatic Weather Stations (Estaciones MeteorolÃ³gicas AutomÃ¡ticas - EMAs) that have been installed in remote, mountainous locations throughout Mexico.

6th November 2012

Edge-welded bellows used in NASA's cryogenic chambers

By helping to maintain cryogenic temperatures as low as -95degC, edge-welded metal bellows have become a trusted, reliable component in NASA's cryogenic temperature chambers.

1st November 2012