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Machine-mount I/O

January 9, 2013

Processing 1,000 instructions within 150 microseconds, the WAGO Speedway 767 I/O-system takes controls directly to conveyor lines and machinery.

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Food safety

Safeguard your brand with process control

Wayne Labs

January 7, 2013

At any level, process control will not only improve food quality, but also enhance food safety.

Baghouse performance analyzer and controller

Wayne Labs

December 5, 2012

FilterSense’s B-PAC series of baghouse performance analyzers and controllers helps powder processing, air pollution control and dust collection users meet regulatory compliance while reducing operating costs.

TECH FLASH

Automating food production in the future

“TrendWatcher” raises eyebrows at Dutch Food Valley Awards

Jaan Koel

November 28, 2012

New food processes will create new products with novel and sometimes strange ingredients, keeping future populations from starving.

TECH FLASH

Complexity of systems, shortage of engineers spells trouble

One organization helps processors find qualified technical people

November 28, 2012

With increasing software complexity and engineers retiring from the workforce, processors are faced with finding qualified people outside their walls.

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Motion controller

November 8, 2012

The CTI hand-held, HID-compliant M20UxT-Nx-7P motion controller operates with a Windows Operating System, Mac OS X or Linux OS using a standard USB HID-compliant communication protocol.

Processor uses VFFS to meet changing customer demands

November 7, 2012

Low maintenance, flexible vertical form-fill-seal equipment delivers increased speed and uptime.

TECH FLASH

New ERP system improves processor’s operations

When an ERP system needs to be reprogrammed to keep up, a new system can save money in the long run

October 29, 2012

We shape our tools, and thereafter, our tools shape us … for the better.

TECH FLASH

When batching systems no longer keep up

Regulatory requirements demand that batch software provide electronic recordkeeping

October 29, 2012

Sometimes no amount of patching and custom coding can match the scheduling and recordkeeping capabilities of a new batch system.

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Process control system

October 15, 2012

The Siemens Industry Automation Simatic PCS 7 V8.0 process control system features a process historian that provides an integrated, scalable, long-term archiving system, consolidating history from multiple continuous and batch projects.