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Top 10 2016
TECH FLASH

The Top 10 stories of 2016

From our Food Plant of the Year to allowing cell phones on the plant floor, look back on our Top 10 Stories from 2016!
December 22, 2016
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From water quality to our exclusive list of the Top 100 Food and Beverage companies, these were Food Engineering's Top 10 stories of 2016.
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Operational Insights

Benchmark plant processes to become competitive

There are plenty of tools—especially lean manufacturing— that can be used to cut waste and improve productivity. Knowing which to use can be a challenge.
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Wayne Labs
November 16, 2016
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Whether you’re anticipating using lean or another strategy or a combination, realize that it will require a total commitment of everyone in your company.


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Engineering R&D

Silver bullet slays bacteria, molds and fungi

Silver ions, impregnated throughout a substrate used in gaskets and seals, come to the surface to be exchanged with ions from microbes, rapidly and continuously inhibiting their growth.
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Wayne Labs
August 25, 2016
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Gaskets, seals and O-rings are used in the connection of pipes, inline flowmeters and machine inlets and outlets.
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Schwan

Schwan asks chefs to collaborate on new snack ideas

The Chef Collective is part of Schwan’s effort to develop new snacking concepts and clean label offerings, as well as change misperceptions about frozen foods.
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Debra Schug
August 16, 2016
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The company invited eight chefs from across the country, including Food Network personality Jet Tila and past Top Chef contestant Stephanie Cmar, to collaborate and ideate new snacking concepts.
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Engineering R&D

Thinking inside--and outside--the box

Drum motors are well suited to food and beverage conveying applications where motors should be out of sight, safe and clean.
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Wayne Labs
June 27, 2016
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Driving a conveyor head roller with a drum motor, which features a motor and gear box within the roller housing, is not a new concept.
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Continuous Improvement
Continuous Improvement

Got waste? Check, analyze, plan, do!

Learn how to leverage the process and tools in your company to reduce waste to not only meet but exceed your customers’ expectations.
Craig Andrews
May 6, 2016
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It’s not uncommon to experience frustration in the manufacturing world when things don’t go well, when costs are higher and quality is lower than you’d like and when you can’t seem to meet your customers’ requirements.
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