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By adopting the right technology and building them into scalable, repeatable processes, manufacturers can see positive impacts on their bottom line.

Food producers have worked on a very specific problem: How can we crack, separate and prepare thousands of eggs per hour — without adding another 20-ft. machine to the production floor?

Achieving a high OEE score has been elusive in the past as processors grapple with where to begin in troubleshooting OEE issues. The future of OEE, with the help of AI technology, will help manufacturers find the most miniscule of line problems and be on top of their game.

Today’s filling machines can achieve extremely accurate and precise fills, and real-time monitoring and maintenance prevent wasteful overfills, underfills, and sporadic and inaccurate fills.

The ProDOSE Pineapple Wax Dosing Machine features real-time monitoring and data logging through a mobile app and wireless data transmission for integration and record-keeping.

Food safety and quality management systems are a necessity for getting audits together for unannounced food safety inspections, and suppliers of these systems have seen the need to expand coverage to include functionality handled by other software systems. Working together in concert, they save processors repetitive, manual input operations.

Upgrading older vision systems often means an upgrade in control systems as well to get the most out of inspection systems, which now employ AI to make snap quality judgments that humans can’t do time after time.

The acquisition is subject to standard regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year.

From machine vision and predictive maintenance to digital twin simulations and connected worker platforms, cutting-edge automated systems are redefining what’s possible in food manufacturing.

Executives and boards are slow to adopt new OT cybersecurity tools, and the issue is complex for non-security plant professionals. To solve this issue, security leaders need to explain the risks and impacts for increased investment.