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Starbucks operator works X-ray inspection system

Fabulous Food Plant

Starbucks brews up advanced technologies

Modern times call for modern processes, and Starbucks has invested in 21st-century facilities and equipment to produce a modern, soluble coffee that puts the old instants to shame.

Wayne Labs

December 17, 2015

When you think “instant coffee,” you may have memories that you’d like to forget.

Technology Sourcebook

Mixproof valve

May 20, 2015

The Alfa Laval Unique mixproof CP-3 valve includes throttling edges on the upper and lower seat plugs to accelerate cleaning fluid during CIP and 3 seals in the valve chamber to assist cleaning of the valve during seat lift.

Food Safety

Chemical cleaning in the FSMA age

Debra Schug

January 8, 2015

US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin famously said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” which could be the motto of the pending Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Tech Update: CIP

To higher levels of lean and clean

Jaan Koel

January 7, 2015

When it comes to cleaning food production equipment, it wasn’t that long ago the only option was taking the equipment apart piece by piece, scrubbing and flushing it with chemicals and water inside and out before putting it back together again for the next run.

Field Reports

Dairy cuts downtime caused by power interruptions

Four power events per year cost the dairy $200,000, but power protection equipment has eliminated the interruptions.

January 7, 2015

Power interruptions and brownouts (sags) are costly, even if it’s just one per year.

Dairy Processing

Tech update: Dairy processing

Wayne Labs

September 4, 2014

In the US, fluid milk sales are flat, but Greek yogurt and other specialty markets are hot, which means a processor’s survival will depend upon having the right automation tools.

Technology Sourcebook

Curd maximizer

February 6, 2014

Recovering fines that pass through the coarse filters of the table’s outlet, the Qualtech curd maximizer returns the fines directly to the finishing process.

Technology Sourcebook

CIP system

October 11, 2013

Utilizing Rockwell Automation technology, the CSI CIP 2.0 clean-in-place system controls and records all critical functions; it complies fully with S88 and CFR 21 Part 11. An Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755 variable frequency drive provides power control of the pumps and communicates seamlessly with the controller via embedded EtherNet/IP network technology.

Goose Island Brewery's seepex 3-A PC pump

Field Reports

Brewery’s pump doesn't need valves

Combined with a flow meter, the positive-displacement pump accurately meters yeast flow.

Wayne Labs

October 11, 2013

It can reverse directions as well, making the CIP/SIP process a piece of cake.

Food Safety

Inline monitoring aids in food safety and quality

What you don’t measure could kill your brand.

Wayne Labs

May 13, 2013

While it may be said that food safety and food quality are not necessarily interrelated, get lax about either, and you probably won’t have a brand for long.