Articles Tagged with ''artificial intelligence (AI)''

New Plant Products

AI/vision inspection system for bottling

June 16, 2021

The CAPQ system is designed to leverage deep learning/AI for beverage bottle cap integrity and fill-level inspection.

Visual Acuity

With processors collecting more data than ever before, how they manage it is the key to its usefulness

Sharon Spielman

April 12, 2021

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

AI, machine learning and cybersecurity

Machine learning and AI help processors outsmart cybercriminals

Wayne Labs

April 12, 2021

Technology companies are employing AI/ML techniques to deter nefarious actors, but users still need to exercise common sense in defending their industrial control systems.

Artificial Intelligence: It’s all about the data

Artificial intelligence is finding its mark in food manufacturing

Kristen Kazarian

March 9, 2021

Food and beverage processors turn to artificial intelligence to make the most of their data.

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.

Use new technologies to reduce your use of electrical energy

Decreasing Energy Usage

New technologies and concepts save energy in food and beverage plants

AI applied to energy usage/billing and integrating processes with heating and cooling systems reduce overall energy costs

Wayne Labs

February 11, 2021

Recent developments from energy providers and equipment suppliers are providing new ways to reduce energy usage and costs. We look at developments on the AI (artificial intelligence) front from Constellation (an Exelon company) and integrating process with heating/cooling systems from GEA, supplier of manufacturing equipment to the food and beverage industry.

Podcast: AI and robotics in pet food processing

How pet food processors are adapting AI, robotics and automation strategy

Casey Laughman

January 8, 2021

Processors are exploring ways to integrate AI, robotics and automation throughout the process—from the time ingredients come in the door until the time finished product is loaded on a truck.

Manufacturing News

Two beverage giants choose cloud partners

Long-term cloud technology contracts pair PepsiCo with Microsoft and Keurig Dr Pepper with Google Cloud

Wayne Labs

August 11, 2020

PepsiCo and Keurig Dr Pepper have signed long-term cloud contracts with Microsoft and Google Cloud respectively to improve their data operations and have a more agile IT infrastructure.

Food processors take advantage of AI for proactive maintenance

From reactive to preventive to predictive to prescriptive, maintenance in food and beverage processing plants has come a long way

Sharon Spielman

June 8, 2020

Big data and deep learning make artificial intelligence useful to understanding data, making predictions and suggesting recommended actions without explicit human instructions.

Engineering R&D

Omnichain's predictive analytics inform decisions

Wayne Labs

May 8, 2020

Though relatively new, blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) applied in food and beverage can speed up tracebacks from days to seconds. One innovator—Pratik Soni, founder and CEO of Omnichain—is already taking blockchain technologies to the next level.

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.