Articles Tagged with ''equipment''

Flexibility Critical to Cannabis Food and Beverage Manufacturing Equipment

Manufacturers must work with OEMs to develop individualized solutions.

Alyse Thompson-Richards, Editor-in-Chief

March 23, 2021

PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, notes in its report, "Cannabis Market Update: Unique Packaging Challenges for THC and CBD Products," manufacturers must work closely with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to develop solutions that suit their individual requirements.

ACS Laboratory Develops Potency Test for Delta-8, Delta-10-THC

Delta-8, Delta-10-THC are unregulated but in high demand.

March 22, 2021

ACS Laboratory's Potency 12 Test is an add-on to the full panel.

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Lube-free, wash down air hoists

March 12, 2021

Model TCW hoists have an unpainted compact and lightweight cast-aluminum body, zinc-plated corrosion-resistant load hooks, nickel-plated load chain, and stainless steel and bright chromate-coated components for wash-down applications.

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Robotic knife sharpening system

March 12, 2021

Automated ROBO-EDGE increases efficiency with processing by using minimal parts and durable, long-lasting materials.

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Vacuum bowl cutters

March 10, 2021

Hygienic Secure range has a knife cover strip that is self-adjusting and can be easily clipped in and out.

Dry Processing

Equipment upgrade helps almond processor achieve gentle conveying sans air

Hilltop Ranch installed a tubular drag cable conveyor system from Cablevey Conveyors to help process 50 million pounds of almonds annually

Sharon Spielman

February 3, 2021

When Hilltop Ranch, a family-owned almond processing corporation in Ballico, Calif., decided to overhaul its processing line, it had to find an efficient way to move the 50 million pounds of almonds processed annually to various points in its plant.

Gonzales California Del Monte Fresh Mann's Produce Processing Plant Fruits Vegetables

Del Monte's Mann Packing opens 130,000-square-foot produce processing plant in Gonzales, California

The Gonzales plant is Mann's fifth West Coast facility, fourth in California

January 14, 2021

Mann Packing, a subsidiary of Del Monte Fresh Produce and one of the largest suppliers of packaged vegetables in North America, has opened its new facility in Gonzales, California. Joining a lineup of California facilities in Salinas, Chualar, Delhi, and one in Yuma, Arizona, the new fifth facility will allow Mann Packing to grow its business, elevate its existing operations and provide an innovative new space to help the brand continue to meet consumer needs.

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Forming set technology

December 29, 2020

TruFORM machine wraps film around the set to form it into bags, while simultaneously delivering product through the set into the newly formed bags.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | NOVEMBER 2020

LightLab3 Portable HPLC Analyzer

November 16, 2020

The LightLab 3 high-performance liquid chromatography-based (HPLC) analyzer can measure 11 cannabinoids, including THC and CBD, in cannabis plants and products down to a detection threshold of 0.05 percent.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | NOVEMBER 2020

GP-M3000 Automated Bag Filling and Sealing Machine

November 16, 2020

The GP-M3000 automatically opens, fills, closes, and seals standup pouches popular with the cannabis industry and its customers. It can handle both clear and printed pouches, and the system can seal pouches with a variety of reclosing features, including the child-resistant heat-seal closures needed for cannabis products.

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.