Machine control often involves a Tower of Babel of programming languages, but suppliers are responding to manufacturers' demands for a common look and feel.
The Products and Parts Section of FE's 2004 Replacement Parts Directory offers an alphabetical listing of machinery that can be cross-referenced by replacement parts for that equipment.
While a few famous people have been known to say, "I invented the Internet," a decade ago I was known to say, "I just don't get the Internet." Back then I remember writing an editorial column entitled "World Wide Web Limitless Opportunities Currently Limited."
By better focusing microwave energy and reducing signal attenuation that results in uneven heating, engineers hope to make continuous-flow microwave processing commercially viable.
Technology received its due at Food Engineering's three-day Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference & Expo, but the human side of processing kept rearing its lovely head.