Food Manufacturing

Screw jacks slash downtime at canning plant

Power Jacks has supplied 28 Model TE2500 inverted translating screw jacks to enable Rexam to cut production line conversion times from four hours - with six people - to 20 minutes for one person.

8th April 2009

Continuous process industries benefit from torque measurement

Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology explains how torque monitoring can identify problems before they become critical in continuous process industries.

18th February 2009

Conduit protects cabling on multi-purpose vehicles

Flexicon's IP66-rated FPAH flexible conduit is protecting cables on Network Rail's fleet of multi-purpose vehicles that keep tracks clear of leaves during the autumn and winter.

9th January 2009

Vegawave level switch controls packaging of Cup-a-Soups

Vega's Vegawave level switch is being used within the packaging process for Batchelor's Cup-a-Soups.

11th December 2008

Labelling machines use customised Lenze IPC and HMI

Lenze industrial PCs are being used on the Markem Cimpak 300 machine that applies unique labels to pallets for international shipment.

12th November 2008

3D data optimises robot applications in the food industry

3D machine vision based on Scorpion Vision software is being used to measure food products and optimise pick-and-place motions.

15th October 2008

A view inside the Corpus Clock

The Corpus Clock is operated mechanically, with time indicated by means of three vernier rings that mask all but one of the blue LEDs corresponding to the hours, minutes and seconds. The chronophage time-eating monster at the top functions as a grasshopper escapement, as well as performing a number of other actions.

24th September 2008

The Corpus Clock with its time-eating chronophage

The Corpus Clock, installed outside the Taylor Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, is operated mechanically. However, time is indicated not by hands but by means of lights.

24th September 2008