An Ishida multihead weigher is an integral part of a bespoke fully automated packing system for a range of crisps produced by leading Swiss brewery Brauerei Locher from some of the by-products of the brewing process. The system is packing up to 50 bags of crisps per minute in three pack sizes with a maximum overfill of only 1.2g per pack.

When Bundaberg Brewed Drinks outgrew its production facility, ensuring the equipment in its new Master Brewery maintained the quality of its famous product, but also ran smoothly was a key priority. A new cooker and thermaliser from HRS Heat Exchangers not only met this brief, but also ensured the processes were as energy efficient as possible.

RS has helped Butternut Box, the European market leader in fresh dog food, streamline stock management and ensure staff have the right personal protective equipment (PPE) at their fingertips, achieving £30,000 per annum of savings for the firm in the process.

Identify Direct, trading as Machine Vision Technology, has developed a label-checking system for a major food canning company, which operates 26 production lines over two sites, and used to be particularly susceptible to mis-labelling due the a very large range of products for several major supermarkets.

When Dovecote Park, a major food processing plant in Yorkshire, UK, wanted to enhance its levels of fire safety, the company turned to the experience of its long-standing system integration partner WRS Solutions, which in turn engaged with FLIR.

A leading supplier of cooked meat products has significantly reduced its air compressor lifecycle costs by upgrading its existing compressed air system which had an external heated dryer to an Atlas Copco oil-free compressor with an integrated heat of compression dryer.

In a successful retrofit of a dairy palletising system, the PNOZmulti 2 small controller from Pilz has replaced the obsolete muting solution at Austrian diary industry specialist NOM.

Food safety specialist Fortress Technology has been assisting select Mennel Milling plants in the United States to protect product quality, as well as safeguard its people, processes and productivity.

Hitemp 160 line shaft bearings from Vesconite have demonstrated reliability in a high-temperature vegetable oil pump application.

Vibratory conveyor supplier to the food industry, VCSP, has achieved a step-change in productivity, uptime and hygiene thanks to a new control system from Mitsubishi Electric.