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Tech Update: Metal detection & X-ray inspection

System enhancements keep a protective eye on quality
January 10, 2012
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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Vigilance, metal detection equipment and X-ray inspection systems can help keep contaminants out of your food most of the time.


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Fabulous Food Plant: Hormel's Progressive Processing plant is built for the long haul

December 6, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Hormel’s Progressive Processing plant is built for the long haul. A quarter century had passed since Hormel Foods had commissioned a new production facility. In designing its Dubuque plant, engineers aimed to create a facility that would be contemporary for the next 25 years.
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Supply Chain: Demand-driven production

December 5, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Mastery of the supply chain can yield tremendous cost savings for food companies, but only if production is aligned with what will sell in the months ahead.
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Tech Update: Packaging Machine Controls

December 5, 2011
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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Teaching packaging machines to communicate. Thanks to open standards, packaging machine controls communicate up and down the line and with MES and ERP systems to provide key performance data.
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Site Selection: Redefining Location, location. Location

December 5, 2011
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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What makes location the most important criterion in selecting a site? Transportation, logistics, labor force, water and utility costs—to name a few.
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Tea blend time and degradation cut with rotary mixer

November 1, 2011
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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Tumble-turn-cut-fold mixing action yields 100% batch uniformity in less than three minutes.
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Valves for chunky materials

November 1, 2011
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Aerodyne’s GatorGate double-dump valve can be used to discharge chunky, fibrous and abrasive material efficiently from dust collection systems.
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Compact filters

November 1, 2011
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Tri-Mer’s Tri-Flow filters deliver HEPA-like performance with a MERV 16 rating.
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Powder blender

November 1, 2011
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The Atlas powder blender is designed and configured to break up clumps found in dry bulk product before entering a fluid to ensure equal distribution.
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Valves with blow-through feeders/airlocks

November 1, 2011
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ACS Valves’ BT Series valves with blow-through feeders/airlocks ensure optimal bulk density and throughput of hard-to-convey materials such as fine powders and flakes that can easily over-aerate and reduce material feed efficiency in high-pressure, pneumatic conveying applications.
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