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Dr. Jeremy Adler, Birko director of technology and innovation
Engineering R&D

Lubrication keeps wheels turning in flash freezing applications

For the meat packing industry, lubrication for conveyors must maintain adequate lubricity in freezing cold areas, provide corrosion resistance and be safe to use.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 28, 2015

Pork processing, like any live protein processing, is not a nice environment for humans or machines.


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Valio
Automation Series

Solutions for improving yield are within reach

You’ve done the obvious, so where else can you look to squeeze out more product?
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 26, 2015

You add up the mass of raw materials your facility consumes each day, look at the products it’s made, and the numbers just don’t balance—until you look at skids of rework and a dumpster topped off with the day’s malformed products and/or damaged packages.


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ADI-BVF reactor at the Shearer's Foods Massillon, OH
Green Series

Weighing all the options in wastewater treatment

Whether your plant is located in a drought-stricken area or where water is plentiful, building a wastewater treatment center on site may be cost effective for several reasons.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 19, 2015

With the Sun Belt states experiencing serious droughts and the cost of processing wastewater escalating in many municipalities, conserving and reusing water at food and beverage processing facilities just makes plain business sense.


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John Meccia
Engineering R&D

Antimicrobial uses copper ions to kill foodborne bacteria

A combined chemical regimen shows promise in decreasing Salmonella and Campylobacter bacterial count in poultry processing rinse stages.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 23, 2015

Many chemical bactericidal washes and rinses have been tried in the poultry processing industry with varying results; Campylobacter and Salmonella still find their way to finished product.


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Avure's AV60 machine
Non-Thermal Processing

Take off the heat

For some applications, non-thermal pasteurization or sterilization techniques can produce safe food as well as thermal techniques and preserve taste, texture and color.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 14, 2015

Thermal pasteurization techniques have been around since Louis Pasteur, and there is no question they’re effective.


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The State of Food Manufacturing
State of Food Manufacturing

The State of Food Manufacturing: It's all about throughput

Concerns rise due to the need to increase throughput as consumers clamor for more and more innovative food selections in a biosphere being pushed to its limits.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 6, 2015

What issue about your current plant/facility keeps you up the most at night?


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Mars Topeka, KS plant
Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

The future looks smarter

Whatever maintenance program you follow, an intelligent data gathering system plus a CMMS can decrease parts expenditures and increase uptime.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
July 22, 2015

If run to failure is no longer an option, food and beverage processors have alternative ways to keep their equipment running at peak performance levels; they can plan maintenance schedules based on OEM suggestions.


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Grabit Co-founder and CEO Harsha Prahlad.
Engineering R&D

Putting 'static cling' to use

You’ve seen the commercials for washday products that eliminate static cling. Ironically, the principle behind it gives an innovative robotic gripper a light, gentle touch that doesn’t bruise food items.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 17, 2015
If you’ve ever experienced static cling when you take off a sweater in a dry, winter environment, you’re already familiar the technology behind Grabit’s robotic gripper technology, which the company calls electroadhesion.


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38th Annual Plant Construction Survey
Plant Construction Survey

38th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Fast track project delivery

There’s more money available, but it’s already earmarked for automation, sanitation, operational efficiency, utilities—and sometimes a new facility.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 11, 2015
No question about it, the numbers of reportable food and beverage projects in 2014 hit a nine-year high—a total of 635 compared to 555 in 2013, according to Food Engineering’s 38th Annual Plant Construction Survey.


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Field services representative
Tech Update

Electrical systems and components: The lifeblood of your facility

Electrical systems and components run in the background, keeping your plant energized, but without maintenance and attention, things can go wrong.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 5, 2015

From 2006 to 2010, 8,600 structure fires were reported at US industrial or manufacturing facilities, resulting in 11 fatalities, 230 injuries and $753 million in direct property damage, according to NFPA research.


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