Food Manufacturing

Free energy survey leads to savings of £17,000 per year

RJW Ltd undertook a free energy survey for a manufacturer of animal feed, which led to an investment being made in inverter drives that paid for themselves in less than one year.

10th May 2011

Molded Oil bearings boost reliability of vegetable washer

NSK has supplied stainless steel Molded Oil bearings to a company that was losing production through the premature failure of conventional bearings.

26th February 2011

Machine builder uses touch probes to boost productivity

Renishaw touch probes are helping machine builders Sewtec Automation to increase the productivity of its in-house machine shop.

25th February 2011

Sercos III used for integrated robot-fed flow-wrapping machine

Bosch Rexroth has supplied a PLC/motion controller with an on-board Sercos III master, together with servo drives and synchronous servomotors, for use in an innovative robot-fed flow-wrapping machine.

23rd February 2011

Coffee machines first to receive UL European Mark (UL-EU)

Gruppo Cimbali has become the first company to obtain the UL European Mark, which indicates to customers worldwide that its products comply with European (EN) safety standards.

3rd February 2011

Torque sensor used in high-speed motor test rig

Sensor Technology has supplied a TorqSense torque transducer to Lister Shearing for use in a test rig that evaluates miniature motors for handheld shearing equipment.

14th January 2011

Acetal air motor selected for food packaging machine

Huco Dynatork has supplied an air motor to Greydon Inc for use in the company's new Bagaire Taped Bag Loader, which is designed for packaging meat and cheese.

30th December 2010

Vacuum measurement system is quick to install and use

Micro-Epsilon has supplied a vacCONTROL vacuum integrity measurement system, enabling a manufacturer of pickled fruits to reduce set-up times on three of its filling lines by more than 60 per cent.

16th December 2010

Custom linear actuator is based on 2350mm stroke screw jack

Power Jacks has supplied a custom-built linear actuator - comprising a rotating screw jack, motor and reduction gearbox - with a stroke length of 2350mm for controlling a weir on the River Monar in Scotland.

26th October 2010

CC-Link selected for biogas cogeneration plants

CC-Link fieldbus-based controls are helping farmers to extract biogas from slurry to use as a fuel in cogeneration plants, thereby creating a new revenue stream and reducing carbon emissions.

12th October 2010

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