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Need-to-know manufacturing concepts and professional contacts kept food professionals engaged during the annual Food Engineering conference.

Culinary Art’s Specialties’ new automated packaging line, equipped with smart conveyor technology, processes 2,700 frozen cheesecakes per hour with a product integrity rate of 99.9 percent.

Robotics program for middle school and high school students encourages kids to have fun with engineering.

The intercommunication of sercos and CIP-based protocols for safety systems will benefit users and suppliers of automation that is used in potentially explosive applications.

Power transmission technology is in flux, and that adds up to a wealth of options for food and beverage manufacturers.

As I’m writing this month’s Editor’s Note, I’m working in my office after just reviewing the evaluation forms from the Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo (FA&M) held in early April.

Human machine interface technology has advanced by leaps and bounds-to the point where food manufacturers can now control and monitor plants from virtually anywhere.

Some additional upfront cost already is paying dividends to this manufacturing organization, with the biggest returns yet to come.