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OEM machine builder needed a simpler way of customizing machines for end-users.

No longer one size fits all, today’s conveyor belting choices enhance hygiene, product release and overall plant efficiency.

ACS Valves’ line of cast-iron, rotary airlock valves features the ACS RotorRail that enables tool-less access to the rotor and all internal surfaces of the housing without time-consuming disassembly of the rotor or the removal from service of upstream or downstream equipment commonly associated with standard valve configurations.

GEA Nu-Con rotary valves are specifically designed to comply with USDA requirements and to meet the requirements of the dairy industry.

JB Titus will talk about using functional safety as part of a machine safety program.

Food production consists of a vast array of equipment—pumps, mixers, oven chain drives, tanks, pipes, conveyor systems, compressors, automatic doors and many other units and systems.

Keeping equipment running around the clock and a shortage of skilled maintenance people put the squeeze on processors.

With an eye toward maintenance and quick repairs, pump suppliers provide equipment to bolster uptimes.

Software manages 1,500 pieces of equipment in four plants and cuts budgetary spending by 33 percent.

The B&R ACOPOSinverter P84 frequency inverter with an integrated POWERLINK interface has a performance range of 0.37 to 500 kW.