Food Manufacturing

Beer flows thanks to IP65 frequency inverters

Microdat uses Lenze SMV inverters on its cask-filling equipment, which saves money because the IP65 ingress protection on the inverters avoids the need to install them inside enclosures. Furthermore, the frame-mounted inverters give the operators easy access to the control keypad.

5th January 2010

IP65 inverter mounts on beer pump for filling casks

Microdat uses Lenze SMV inverters on its entry-level keg/cask filling equipment, which saves money because there is no need to install the inverter in an enclosure.

5th January 2010

Custom gearmotor cuts AGV cost and power consumption

Lenze has applied its Rightsizing process when specifying a geared motor for an AGV; the result is a customised geared motor that costs less, offers high reliability and extends the AGV's battery life.

16th November 2009

Linear screen feeder grades fruit gums for correct size

Podmores has supplied an innovative linear screen feeder to one of the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company.

5th October 2009

Valve and positioner provide test rig coolant control

Burkert's versatile, high-precision 2712 stainless steel globe valve and integrated 8630 Top Control positioner are being used in a new test rig for developing a special lubricant to suit an award-winning turbocharged engine.

4th October 2009

Ball screw jacks selected for radio telescope dishes

Power jacks has supplied ball screw jacks to the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, to drive the elevation on radio telescope antenna dishes.

25th August 2009

Triple-lip-sealed bearings achieve rapid pay-back

NSK has supplied triple-lip-seal bearings to a food processing company, thereby solving a problem with water ingress and saving the customer over £77,000 per year.

23rd August 2009

Robotic hand is driven by electric linear actuators

A student design project to create a robotic hand has utilised Thomson electric linear actuators to provide the gripping motion for the fingers and thumb.

31st July 2009

Variable-speed drives achieve rapid payback at Chester Zoo

JBC Controls has installed Danfoss variable-speed drives at Chester Zoo, resulting in energy savings worth thousands of pounds per year and a payback period of less than one year.

18th June 2009

IP65 inverters eliminate dust-related failures in food factory

Lenze SMV inverters, which are protected to IP65, have eliminated problems at a biscuit factory where IP20 drives had previously failed prematurely due to the ingress of dust.

27th May 2009

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