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adjusting the fill head
Dry Processing

Flexicon filler boosts pale ale malt output, cuts labor costs

Flexicon filler and conveyor help speed up filling with less labor
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
October 19, 2018
UK-based Thomas Fawcett & Sons Ltd was searching for a more efficient system to pack pale ale malt into 772-lb. to 2,205-lb. bulk bags before shipping them.
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Widmer Brothers
Field Reports

Brewery saves 5,000 gallons of water per day with new pump

Water costs go down and so do extra-strength charges in sewage costs
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
October 12, 2018

When a food or beverage processor begins breaking down costs, sometimes startling facts are revealed. Here’s a case in point: Widmer Brothers Brewery (Portland, Ore.), founded in 1984 and part of the Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), had been using a liquid ring vacuum pump to bottle its beers, but realized the technology was consuming roughly 5,000 gallons of water per day.


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EnergyOUT system
Field Reports

U.S. Water helps feed mill solve alkalinity problem

Feed mill turns to U.S. Water to help address high levels of alkalinity
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
June 25, 2018
U.S. Water’s EnergyOUT system offers processors an energy efficient, sustainable system to treat water feeds for issues such as alkalinity.
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picker arms place ravioli in trays
Field Reports

How a pasta maker has maximized packaging efficiency

Schubert’s TLM technology uses reflected light color scanner to ensure accuracy
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
April 22, 2018
Surgital has been packaging its ravioli products with a Schubert system since 2005. The company is steadily growing and needed a new packaging machine to extend its capacity.
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Dancing Goat Distillery's equipment set
Field Reports

Dancing Goat distillery chooses Miura boilers to meet its steam needs

Wisconsin-based distiller needed high quality, reliable steam for distilling
Casey Laughman
Casey Laughman
April 9, 2018
Dancing Goat distillery, a Wisconsin-based maker of craft spirits, needed high-quality, reliable steam on demand. The company turned to Miura boilers to meet its steam needs.
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magnetic separation system
Field Reports

New system ensures highest quality malt

Craft ale malt maker uses magnetic separator to remove contaminants.
January 22, 2018
Simpsons Malt Ltd., a malt producer in the UK, turned to Eclipse Magnetics to provide a magnetic separation system for its malt production.
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operator using Appian FinalMile software
Field Reports

Snyder’s-Lance tackles route engineering challenges

New transportation management software offers the snack manufacturer flexibility and user-friendly tools to build better route
January 21, 2018
Snyder’s-Lance, which markets nearly 20 leading snack food brands, builds and maintains routes for nearly 3,000 independent owners of equity territories across the US. The company has implemented the Appian FinalMile routing and scheduling solution to dramatically enhance its route engineering and territory planning capabilities.
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bottled water production line
Field Reports

Bottled water producer boosts production with a new complete line

Hygienic design and accurate performance were among the top demands for the new equipment.
January 19, 2018
To increase capacity, a production line was installed to fill Prolom bottled water, sourced from the Planinka health spa and resort.
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Jet precooler
Field Reports

Organic produce wholesaler cuts precooling time

Organically Grown saves time and energy by upgrading to a new cooling system.
January 17, 2018
A Jet Precooler has helped Organically Grown Company cut its precooling time, bringing produce down to the required temperature in about a third of the time of the previous cooling system.
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Butler Automatic splicer
Field Reports

Processor cuts packaging line downtime

JTM increases productivity by adding splicers to vertical form fill and seal machines
January 15, 2018
JTM estimates that adding a Butler Automatic splicer reduced film changeover time from 15 minutes down to 10 seconds.
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