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Mixing & Blending

Mixing and Blending of Dry Ingredients: Art Gets a Little Help from Science

The mixing and blending of liquids into a liquid product is a controlled science, but combining dry ingredients has been more art than science.

Wayne Labs

September 7, 2026

While the mixing and blending of liquid ingredients into a liquid product is an exact, controlled process, combining dry ingredients has unique challenges that have been difficult to control with automation. Finally, sensors and automation are here to help.

Software/Devices

Sensitech Launches TempTale GEO APX Global Condition Monitoring Solution

September 3, 2026

TempTale GEO APX Global monitors temperature, humidity, light and location, and transmits data automatically, without manual downloads, to the SensiWatch Platform.

Emerson Rosemount 350A High Performance pH/ORP Sensor

Software/Devices

Emerson Introduces Rosemount 350A High Performance pH/ORP Sensor

August 20, 2026

The Rosemount 350A digital sensor converts and transmits pH/ORP data digitally, reducing susceptibility to electrical noise and helping teams get to a stable measurement faster.

Cleaning/Sanitation

How Impedance Sensors Advance CIP Processes

Matt Porter

August 4, 2026

Impedance sensors give operators a new method of observing soil removal in real time, reducing the uncertainty that undermines CIP efficiency.

Large production line with Industrial Robot arms vector illustration

Automation

Robotics Solutions for All Food Processing Jobs and Seasons

Robots and cobots, with the help of some clever programming and AI, can take on most any job anytime, anywhere.

Wayne Labs

July 27, 2026

This visual overview, featuring images and videos of robotics applications in the food industry, illustrates what is possible with modern vision systems, artificial intelligence and robotics in a range of applications — from agricultural harvesting to serving up RTE meals, smart palletization and carcass cutting.

FOOD ENGINEERING’s Top 10 New Plant Products of 2025

We’ve compiled the Top 10 processing and packaging equipment solutions FOOD ENGINEERING’s readers were most interested in this year.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

December 16, 2025

We’ve compiled the Top 10 processing and packaging equipment solutions FOOD ENGINEERING’s readers were most interested in this year.

Agentic AI: Should it Make Your Processing and Business Decisions?

In the AI world, the latest buzzword is “agentic AI,” which replaces — rather than augments — human decision making, but the data AI needs to make such a decision may not yet exist in many facilities.

Wayne Labs

December 9, 2025

To make good decisions, people, automation and AI systems need quality data — but to let an AI agent make an autonomous decision without input from operators and key decision makers means a processor needs to have lots of accurate data based on real and known sensory inputs, which may not exist in many plants and enterprises.

How Continuous Moisture Monitoring Supports Food Manufacturing

Sarah Hammond

August 6, 2025

Moisture monitoring has become an integral part of the production line, helping manufacturers safeguard product quality, boost efficiency and meet compliance targets.

Get the “Edge” on Maintenance with the Right Equipment, Sensors and Software

Use an industrial network, sensors and IIoT to handle maintenance within the plant or from the enterprise with cloud connections

Wayne Labs

July 14, 2025

It wasn’t that long ago that maintenance systems were an afterthought to control systems. Today, sensors and software focused on maintenance run on edge-based equipment in parallel with control systems, letting manufacturers plan for processing and maintenance in an orderly and sensible way.