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Food Safety: Color contributes to safe, efficient food production

Jaan Koel

December 5, 2012

Color coding of maintenance and sanitation equipment is becoming a certification requirement.

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Tech Update: Power Transmission Equipment - Increasing uptime in demanding environments

Wayne Labs

November 7, 2012

The key to long life and less energy usage is proper maintenance.

Processor uses VFFS to meet changing customer demands

November 7, 2012

Low maintenance, flexible vertical form-fill-seal equipment delivers increased speed and uptime.

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On the road with maintenance management

Older maintenance management systems chained technicians down, but mobile systems keep them moving

October 29, 2012

This cloud-based maintenance management software keeps maintenance people on the run, speeding up productivity.

TECH FLASH

When batching systems no longer keep up

Regulatory requirements demand that batch software provide electronic recordkeeping

October 29, 2012

Sometimes no amount of patching and custom coding can match the scheduling and recordkeeping capabilities of a new batch system.

New technologies boost plant safety

September 10, 2012

Plant explosions often grab the news headlines, but dust explosions in grain handling facilities and other plant mishaps don’t always make the national news.

TECH FLASH

CMMS simplifies maintenance management and regulatory reporting

August 28, 2012

Logistics provider uses CMMS to keep on top of maintenance and meet FDA regulatory demands.

TECH FLASH

June: Tough time for Chinese dairy products

July 9, 2012

Two incidents reported by China Daily show high level of chemical contaminants in dairy-based products.

10th Annual Replacement Parts Survey: Intelligent Maintenance Best Practices

Kevin T. Higgins

July 5, 2012

For an accurate reflection of trends in maintenance management and parts and components inventory practices, Food Engineering asks the front-line professionals.

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A machine is only as good as its ball bearings

July 5, 2012

A new set of bearings changes the least-reliable machine to the most-reliable machine in the plant.

Cargill Invests in its Cocoa Supply Chain

Going for Gold(fish): Inside The Campbell’s Company’s $160M Cracker Plant Expansion

Exploring the Impact of Women Engineers on the Food Industry

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