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While it was once common for operators to apprentice under experienced bakers to learn the business, today’s bakery operators are usually less trained and more prone to making mistakes on the plant floor, especially if batch instructions and records are kept on paper.

Membrane bioreactor system eliminates $100,000 in monthly municipal surcharges.

Brownie baker upgrades its homebrew screener to keep up with increasing orders.

Pasta-maker uses a carefully tuned, continuous cooking/cooling process to produce perfect pasta every time.

Growing herb and spice processor increases quality with automated metal detection system that doesn’t eat up space.

Night time is the right time for automated DC technology.

Italian processor uses measurement and analysis to fine-tune production performance.

(Clockwise, starting at top left): Walnuts arrive in trucks; walnuts are then placed in drying bins; Opto 22 SNAP PAC brains and I/O bring in sensor data and control drying

Finding metal shards in cheese is one thing, but to do it in the presence of RFID tags is a real challenge. 

Plant dishes out food to airline passengers and environmental abuse to panel PCs.