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Ensuring cobot safety

Julian Ware explains why it pays to take a thorough approach to ensuring the safety of cobots when they are required to work alongside human operators.FULL STORY...

Connecting with hygienic and flexible factory floors

Find out how hygienically designed plug and play connectors can make factory floors more flexible without affecting food safety.FULL STORY...

Equipment washroom design advice

David Childs discusses best-practice for the design of equipment washrooms on food manufacturing sites.FULL STORY...

Inspecting sealed food pouches at speed

Find out how thermal inspection has speeded up output on the production lines of one global food brand.FULL STORY...

The problem posed by rodenticide resistance

Food processors using ‘permanent baiting’ as a form of DIY pest control could be inadvertently contributing to the rise of the rodenticide-resistant pests, argues Natalie Bungay.FULL STORY...

Getting ahead of the competition with cobots

A fine foods packing plant in Vietnam has adopted a collaborative robot (cobot) to help it meet growing demand for its cashew nuts, while also allowing it to make better use of the time and skillsets of its employees.FULL STORY...

Ensuring effective CIP systems

Matt Hale offers advice for those considering installing a new clean-in-place (CIP) solution.FULL STORY...

Robotic solution speeds up cheese stick processing

A fully automated production line employs two hygienic robots to process cheese into sticks and feed them to a packaging machine. This has raised the standard of hygiene – and doubled production capacity for Dutch family company, Vepo Cheese.FULL STORY...

Predicting the journey to improved reliability

As predictive maintenance moves from a concept into a practical solution, Gaurav Verma explains how it is transforming operations through the use of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), the cloud, mobile applications and AI/ML to analyse and predict insights using data, and web applications, sharing an entire operations data in one place.FULL STORY...

Pump system upgrade helps meet increased demand

A pump system upgrade has helped a UK soft drinks manufacturer increase production and achieve impressive energy savings.FULL STORY...

Predicting the journey to improved reliability

As predictive maintenance moves from a concept into a practical solution it is transforming operations through the use of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), the cloud, mobile applications, AI/ML to analyse and predict insights using data, and web applications to share entire operations data in one place.FULL STORY...

Addressing engineering skills challenges

Suzanne Gill explores how food processors might start to address the current skills shortage and finds out how the sector could have greater success in recruiting, training and retaining engineers.FULL STORY...

Insula heads for the Cloud with ERP solution

Insula, a Nordic seafood group, has implemented Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage. The multi-tenant cloud solution powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) is said to have reduced operating costs by 10%.FULL STORY...

Combined chopper pump and ejector system offers an aeration solution for Timothy Taylor’s

A survey undertaken by Ogden Water, found that the pumps used for Timothy Taylor’s brewery balance tank were not providing enough agitation to adequately keep solids in suspension in its wastewater treatment process.FULL STORY...

Reducing vacuum system maintenance costs

Find out how German company, Emsland Fresh Poultry has saved 70% on vacuum system maintenance costs.FULL STORY...

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