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Articles Tagged with ''automation technology''

Top 20 Food Engineering articles of 2021

Top 20 Food Engineering articles of 2021

December 27, 2021

Based on reader views, we compiled a list of the top 20 web articles of 2021. We hope you enjoy looking back through these pieces.


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Food Processing Data Intelligence
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Using data intelligence to reduce unit costs in food manufacturing

Small and mid-size processors have experienced first-hand the value of automation, but are failing to take advantage of one important side benefit: data intelligence.
October 1, 2021

Data is valuable because it helps manufacturers make better decisions. But there’s a big difference between collecting data and being able to actually use it. If you don’t have a system in place to be able to understand what the data is telling you, then you’re going to be overwhelmed by it.


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Sustainable Food Production
New Plant Products

GEA launches sustainable automated system for food processing called Batch2Flow

September 24, 2021

GEA has launched Batch2Flow, a solution that secures the food production process, saves energy and water and significantly reduces the use of cleaning chemicals.


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autonomous mobile robot

Tech Update: Automated storage and retrieval systems offer challenges, benefits and new technology

A technology that once was considered nice to have is becoming a must-have in the food and beverage industry.
Sharon Spielman
Sharon Spielman
July 5, 2021

With a market that is expected to reach $10.3 billion by 2027, food and beverage companies need to know the benefits and challenges of implementing AS/RS.


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Control Room

Integrating islands of automation

Integrating automation throughout the process offers advantages to food and beverage processors
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 5, 2021

If you have old equipment, there is hope that you can keep what works and modernize it by pulling worthwhile information from it with instrumentation and controls.


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Automation

Lessons Learned

Insights from other industries help processors advance their methods
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
April 13, 2021

Other industries have long been ahead of food and beverage in areas such as automation, but processors are drawing on that knowledge to modernize their own operations.


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Visualization

Visual Acuity

With processors collecting more data than ever before, how they manage it is the key to its usefulness
Sharon Spielman
Sharon Spielman
April 12, 2021

How processors are visualizing production to help meet output and efficiency targets. 


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loading docks

Trends in Loading Dock Safety

The pandemic has added another reason to be cautious around one of the busiest areas in a cold storage facility.
Michael Costa
Michael Costa
April 1, 2021

A closer look at loading dock safety trends and what solutions are available for operators.


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Dietz filling machine

Know when to integrate automation in filling, packaging lines

Downtime, quality control, staffing are three key symptoms
Wayde Weisleder
August 6, 2020

Food, pharmaceutical, nutrition and other manufacturers typically consider automating manual operations when significant, immediate troubles are causing line downtime; when they need to meet increased production targets; or when they can no longer tolerate an ongoing series of problems.


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Erika Record Baking Equipment
CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2020

Advancing cannabis edibles manufacturing through automation

Automating select aspects of cannabis-infused food and beverage production can bring strategic advantages.
Doug peckenpaugh
Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
June 16, 2020
Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill nationally legalized non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD) derived from industrial hemp. With this level of growth comes the need for more-sophisticated equipment, technology, and strategies to meet a far-greater demand for cannabis-infused foods and beverages.
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