Articles Tagged with ''controls''

Manufacturing News

Control system vulnerabilities put food & beverage at serious risk

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

March 8, 2021

Cybersecurity may seem only for enterprise systems and critical infrastructure, but at the control system level there are too many gaps in the food and beverage industry.

Engineering R&D

Artificial intelligence simplifies industrial control for operations staff who are not data analytics experts

Wayne Labs

February 25, 2021

AI is taking significant strides by providing a no-coding platform so operations can concentrate on manufacturing instead of programming.

Cybersecurity

Remote attacks on process/automation systems can wreak havoc

Attempted takeover of a Florida fresh water utility shows the need for monitoring all users on your IT and OT networks

Wayne Labs

February 17, 2021

Once a hacker connects via RDP to any computing system, unless operators take immediate action, the hacker can use this connection to log in at any time in the future, extort money, install ransomware on the computer, and/or sell the connection login/password and other data on the dark web, making an unprotected system available to anyone who wants to purchase the information.

Rheonics’ SRV (DIN 11851) inline viscosity sensor

Tech Update: Sensors

Using sensors to improve processes

Sensors today are ubiquitous and affordable with new devices on the horizon, so there’s no reason not to know what’s going on in your process

Wayne Labs

February 4, 2021

If your food or beverage operation isn’t making widespread use of sensors to monitor your process, you can’t expect to remain competitive for long.

Blockchain

Using blockchain to track transparently

Blockchain technology can create trust within a competitive environment, enabling collaboration and connection

Sharon Spielman

January 5, 2021

Global supply chains can be challenging to track and trace as paper trails can be difficult to follow, and they do not offer transparency.

Tank on load cells with two material feeds

Process control

How to use a single totalizer to dose concurrently multiple ingredients

It is possible to add ingredients to a vessel at the same time, even with a single load cell sensor

John Robert Parraga

December 30, 2020

New Plant Products

Firmware for PID control

December 22, 2020

The groov RIO Ethernet edge I/O now ships with PID, SSH, and LDAP support.

Pet Food

Pet food: Safety and quality count

While pet food production continues to flourish during the pandemic, processors take quality and safety seriously

Sharon Spielman

December 3, 2020

All pet food manufacturers must address the same basic principles of food safety as their human food counterparts.

Link environmental, process controls to keep surroundings just right for quality

Out-of-control temperature, humidity or airflow can wreck a variety of products

Rose Shilling

December 1, 2020

When moisture levels in the air, room temperature or airflow aren’t consistent in a food manufacturing plant, products can suffer.

New Plant Products

Liquid routing library

November 25, 2020

ABB Ability liquid routing library is a control engineering inventory for food and beverage manufacturers.

Join Lynn Dornblaser, Client Advisor at Mintel, and Alyse Thompson-Richards, Editor-in-Chief of FOOD ENGINEERING, as they break down the 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies and discuss the factors affecting this year’s rankings.

Explore food safety strategies that strengthen sanitation, risk management, operational efficiency, and compliance across foodservice and facility environments.