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Tech Update: Meat & Poultry Processing

Employing energy savings as a competitive edge

Wayne Labs

May 13, 2013

Known for their heavy use of energy, the meat and poultry industries need to cut usage wherever they can.

Tech Update - Pumps

Look before you leap into pump selection

While there may be more than one pump solution for a specific application, it pays to do some homework first to find the most efficient solution.

Wayne Labs

April 9, 2013

Increase efficiency. Improve product handling characteristics. Meter ingredients or cleaning chemicals more accurately. Cut maintenance time and downtime. Decrease energy usage.

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Tech Update: Power Transmission Equipment - Increasing uptime in demanding environments

Wayne Labs

November 7, 2012

The key to long life and less energy usage is proper maintenance.

Tech Update: Sterilization - Better processes, healthier foods

Kevin T. Higgins

April 5, 2012

Fresh foods and sterile processes are mutually exclusive, but technical advances are putting the best of both worlds within reach.

Tech Update: Maintain pumps on your schedule

Wayne Labs

February 6, 2012

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

Tech Update: Metal detection & X-ray inspection

System enhancements keep a protective eye on quality

Wayne Labs

January 10, 2012

Vigilance, metal detection equipment and X-ray inspection systems can help keep contaminants out of your food most of the time.

Tech Update: Packaging Machine Controls

Wayne Labs

December 5, 2011

Teaching packaging machines to communicate. Thanks to open standards, packaging machine controls communicate up and down the line and with MES and ERP systems to provide key performance data.

Wayne Labs

September 1, 2011

After they’ve proved their worth in secondary packaging and grunt applications, robots are slowly making inroads for jobs closer to the process.

Tech Update: Energy-Efficient Refrigeration

Kevin T. Higgins

June 1, 2011

There’s no complacency when it comes to driving down operating costs for food companies’ refrigeration systems.

Tech Update: Motors & Drives

Kevin T. Higgins

May 1, 2011

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

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