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Dry Processing

New centrifugal screener helps bakery stay on schedule

An older screener was a food safety hazard.

February 7, 2014

For Gourmet Baker, a Canadian producer of baked desserts, it is the power of fine flour that separates its strudel, Danish pastries, puff pastries, croissants and cinnamon rolls from competing brands. The company consumes about 80,000 lb. of flour per week at its plant in Winnipeg, MB.

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6-axis robot

February 7, 2014

Used in assembly, dispensing, material handling, machine tending and packaging applications, the Yaskawa Motoman MH12 6-axis robot features a double-yoke design that offers additional strength if the robot crashes due to a programming error.

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Volumetric feeders

December 11, 2013

Acrison Models 170-1-2 and 170-2-2volumetric feeders are designed for continuous and batching applications.

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Sanitary sifters

December 11, 2013

The Great Western QA series of sanitary sifters are designed for inline applications such as direct insertion in a pressure or vacuum conveying system.

TECH FLASH

Maltodextrin: Are you prepared for dust explosions?

Maltodextrin is a useful additive, but it comes with some plant safety risks.

Shane O'Halloran

November 12, 2013

Handling mistakes can result in dust explosions.

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Mounting elements

October 11, 2013

Piab end-of-arm mounting elements facilitate suction cup and accessory installation to extruded profiles.

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Self-erecting tower

October 11, 2013

A free-standing gantry solution that can lift up to 1,400 ton loads to 75m, the Enerpac self-erecting tower combines heavy lifting strand jacks with gantry and skidding technologies.

Dry Processing

Material discharger

October 11, 2013

The Material Transfer sanitary lift and seal container discharger accepts a container of material loaded above floor level and discharges its contents into a hopper.

Dry Processing

Fine flour flow for noodles

Switching to a pneumatic conveying system helped a noodle maker instill safety, efficiency and energy savings into its material handling process.

October 9, 2013

Mrs. Miller’s Homemade Noodles built a custom system that accommodates odd-shaped super sacks and feeds the product directly from the bags without the use of manual labor.

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