Food Manufacturing

Weld reclamation repairs to gearbox casings and rolls

Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES) has performed repair and refurbishment work on critical gearbox casings and crusher rolls for Cleveland Potash, resulting in extended gearbox service life and an end to premature breakdowns.

10th September 2007

AquaPruf LPZ conveyor is fast and easy to clean

Dorner has supplied an engineered-to-order AquaPruf LPZ series stainless steel elevating incline conveyor to a cereal manufacture that was finding its bucket-and-chain conveyor was too difficult and time-consuming to clean.

9th September 2007

Curved sanitary conveyor fulfils meat processor's needs

Automation Supplies has solved a customer's conveying problem by supplying a heavy-duty stainless steel sanitary conveyor featuring curves.

29th August 2007

Stainless motors operate trouble-free in oily environment

Numerous Marlin stainless steel motors have been installed on United Biscuits' Twiglets production line, leading to considerable direct cost savings, as well as reduced maintenance and downtime.

28th August 2007

All-stainless motors selected for fruit juice processing

Marlin all-stainless steel electric motors are used by Ytron-Quadro in special mixers for the production of fruit juices and fruit juice bases.

18th August 2007

Scalable Scada system matches ever-changing needs

A 500-tag CitectSCADA system with 90 screens is being used by AJ and RG Barber Ltd monitor and report on the production of West Country Farmhouse Cheddar cheese

16th August 2007

Customised palletiser software replaces manual process

KUKA has customised its standard robot palletiser software so that KP Foods can use it on a gantry palletiser, thereby transforming a time-consuming, manual task into a high-speed, efficient automated operation.

25th July 2007

Films provide toughness and clarity for rugged keypads

MacDermid Autotype's Autostat AHU-5 polyester film and Autotex V200 film are being used by Richard Wöhr in its latest membrane keypad that is designed for vending machine applications.

4th July 2007

Bespoke thermocouple assemblies are 6m long

FP Temperature Sensors has supplied three bespoke thermocouple assemblies for use in a furnace control system in a biomass power station.

23rd May 2007

ZF gearhead used to open door in luxury multimedia pod

ZF's SWG right-angled gearhead is being used to control the gull-wing door on the Oculas 2.0 immersive multimedia pod, which is designed by Lee McCormack and engineered by McLaren Applied Technologies.

19th May 2007

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