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Two beverage giants choose cloud partners

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

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.

Dry Processing

New GEA Pavan cereal line makes pillow-shaped product

Polish cereal maker rests easy with decision to install its seventh GEA Pavan line

Sharon Spielman

July 31, 2020

GEA Pavan installed a seventh production line at Obst S.A. that will allow the company to go to the market with cereal shaped like pillows.

Temperature Monitoring and Control

Linking process control with building control and HVAC systems for better control

Integrating process control can help improve quality while saving energy as well

Wayne Labs

July 21, 2020

While not intuitively obvious, some processes lend themselves to having their control systems linked to a building’s control system, climate controls or HVAC. For example, a spiral freezer should be linked with process and environmental controls to save energy and improve the process. Other process applications that can benefit from further integration with environmental controls include drying, baking and other yeast-based processes.

Editor's Note

Digital transformations require honest communication, admission of mistakes

Casey Laughman

July 10, 2020

Having honest and direct communication about what is and isn’t working is the difference between success and failure.

Fabulous Food Plants

Clif Bar’s visual bakery project has the company ahead of the game

Casey Laughman

June 30, 2020

Clif Bar's Twin Falls bakery was named Food Engineering’s Sustainable Plant of the Year in 2017. The Indianapolis bakery has a different—although equally successful—story to tell.

FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey

2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 4

Plan a total, plant-wide automation system to improve facility performance and agility

Integrating all the systems on a line is important, but why stop there? Why not include HVAC, refrigeration, boilers, energy management, etc. to get total control?

Wayne Labs

June 3, 2020

While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.

Refrigeration systems

No spiral freezer should be an island of automation

Integrating a spiral freezer with process and refrigeration controls increases efficiency, speeds production and saves energy

Ivy Arkfeld

May 27, 2020

Spiral freezers are often run "full-throttle" but they don't have to be.

New Plant Products

Single-Channel Weight Transmitter

September 16, 2019

Hardy HI 6200 series high-performance, single-channel weight processors feature either 4-20mA analog or EtherNet/IP.

Automation

Experts offer tips for picking an automation project and ensuring success

Rose Shilling

August 14, 2019

With overwhelming automation choices, how do you figure out if the project is worth spending $1 million to $2 million?

Fabulous Food Plants

Fabulous Food Plants: Design, build, succeed

The decision to build a new food plant or upgrade usually comes down to which option will keep processors competitive

Wayne Labs

August 12, 2019

These projects show that renovations and new facilities aren't just for the billion-dollar food and beverage processors. Small and medium-sized processors can benefit from properly scaled and engineered solutions too.