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Most recent articles relating to OAL;

Ensuring consistent quality at scale

Worldwide Fruit has employed an automated online verification solution to stop packaging errors.FULL STORY...

A sweet robotic weighing solution

Agrana Fruit produces fruit preparations for the dairy market (yoghurt with fruit), ice cream and out-of-home catering. It wanted to increase levels of automation and reduce manual handling issues throughout their operations and ingredient weighing, specifically powder weighing, was identified as a key opportunity. FULL STORY...

Robotics: The Covid effect

Food Processing asked whether automation vendors have seen an increased interest in the use of robotics in food and beverage production since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. FULL STORY...

Weighing up robot challenges

Are robots able to meet the challenges posed by today’s food processing applications? Complex processes; hygiene; extreme environments; organic product handling; working alongside human operators? Jake Norman thinks they are! FULL STORY...

Automated packaging verification solution results in increased productivity

Find out how a seafood company gained a 50% improvement in productivity since installation of an automated verification solution to protect its packaging lines. FULL STORY...

Automated packaging verification solution results in increased productivity

Find out how a seafood company gained a 50% improvement in productivity since installation of an automated verification solution to protect its packaging lines. FULL STORY...

Is automation key to success in a post-covid world?

Our world has changed rapidly in 2020, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. So, is now a good time for food processors to move forward with automation as a strategic priority? Suzanne Gill reports. FULL STORY...

Are you ready for robots?

Food Processing sought some expert advice about what needs to be considered before implementing robots or cobots. FULL STORY...

Date code verification products on e-commerce platform

OAL has launched an e-commerce platform for components and services for its OAL Connected label and date code verification solutions. FULL STORY...

Robots and the food industry: where are we now?

Food Processing spoke to a variety of robot suppliers to the UK food industry to get an idea about how, where and why robots are being employed today. FULL STORY...

Industry 4.0: no time like the present

Wayne Johnson argues that food manufacturers need to start the Industry 4.0 now or lose out to their rivals.FULL STORY...

Reading data embedded barcodes inline

OAL Connected is offering a solution to read newly introduced data embedded barcodes inline. FULL STORY...

Get smart to stay ahead

Suzanne Gill finds out where the food industry is today on its ‘smart factory’ journey and gets advice on how the industry can make use of new technologies to help it become more productive and flexible to meet rapidly changing consumer demands. FULL STORY...

Automatically following the packers rules

A checkweigher is an essential tool for food manufacturers for fixed weight products produced to average weight, to ensure that every pack produced complies with the ‘three packers rules, says Wayne Johnson, OAL Connected director. FULL STORY...

Looking for productivity gains in ingredient handling

Currently, up to 5% of a food manufacturer’s turnover will be associated with the costs of raw material handling, weighing and preparation. A new industrial R&D project, led by OAL (Olympus Automation Ltd) in collaboration with engineers, food technologists and computer scientists, drawn from UK industry and academia, aims to reduce this figure by looking at automated solutions for the preparation and handling of raw materials. FULL STORY...

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