Articles by Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor

Tech Update: Vision, Metal Detection and X-Ray Systems

November 1, 2010
The question is no longer whether you should check your products, but when and how often.
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Tech Update: Clean-in-Place Equipment

October 1, 2010
Food safety concerns require effective and shorter cleaning times. As a result, CIP components must withstand higher temperatures and harsher chemicals.
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Tech Update: Cooling & Freezing Equipment

September 1, 2010
Today’s economy creates hard choices for processors selecting cooling and freezing equipment systems. But solutions exist to decrease energy usage and convert the reject heat of cooling to useful energy to heat water.
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Supply Chain Efficiency Starts at the Top

September 1, 2010
There are many tools to make supply chains respond to quick and unplanned changes, but success must begin with senior management.
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Plant Construction Survey: Era of Intelligent Asset Management

July 1, 2010
Evaluate, consolidate, concentrate, relocate, truncate, terminate and expurgate. These words describe actions processors have taken to survive the recession.
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Tech Update: Size Reduction

June 1, 2010
While obtaining optimal yield is a priority in size reduction applications, other factors such as food safety, operator safety and equipment reliability are key concerns.
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Tech Update: Conveying and Belting

May 1, 2010
While conveyors may not be the highest-tech devices on the plant floor, current processor demands are bringing them up to speed.
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Essential Guide to Manufacturing Software

May 1, 2010
Intelligence is power, and processors require actionable, well-rounded intelligence to remain profitable.

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Processor saves money buying in bulk

April 1, 2010
Bulk-bag discharger allows the purchase of 1-ton bags of ingredients instead of multiple, smaller and more costly bags.
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Tech Update: Pumping Systems

April 1, 2010
Processors are looking for efficient, CIP-able pumping systems at reasonable costs to perform more challenging tasks.
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The Food Defense Strategy Exchange (FDSE) is a forum for food defense professionals to interact and share their knowledge and experiences. At the most recent FDSE, a poll of attendees revealed that approximately two-thirds were either re-evaluating their existing food defense plan, or implementing new food defense plans. In this podcast, Don Hsieh, Director of Commercial and Industrial Marketing at Tyco Integrated Security, discusses this topic and other findings from the exchange, and offers some best practices to proactively protect a company’s brand from food adulteration.

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