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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
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
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
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
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
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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Plex Manufacturing Cloud
Engineering R&D

A secure, reliable automation controller from the silicon up

Rather than apply Band-Aids to old technology, the designers of this automation controller started with a clean sheet of paper.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
May 31, 2015
If you could design and build a new programmable automation controller, what characteristics would you include?


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Plex Manufacturing Cloud
Tech Update

Cloud-based MES/ERP--No longer an oxymoron

Putting your MES or ERP system in the cloud may be more secure and reliable than your on-premises systems.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
May 26, 2015
It wasn’t that long ago that you’d never think of putting any of your data in the “cloud.”


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Meat cutting plate
Engineering R&D

Extended Interview: Food-safe, surface enhancement process extends component life

This recently developed surface enhancement technology can extend the lifetime of grinders and other critical wear components from two shifts to many months with no peeling or flaking.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
April 8, 2015
Food Engineering caught up with David Bell, founder, president and CEO of Phygen Coatings, to hear more about surface enhancement technology.


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Peanut M&M'S color batch tanks
Plant of the Year

Food Plant of the Year 2015: Mars Chocolate is lean, green and poised for growth

Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
April 6, 2015
As a kid growing up on a poultry farm, I couldn’t wait to help my dad truck cases of eggs to the local co-op, but I confess to an ulterior motive—hitting the candy machine just inside the door for a SNICKERS bar.


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GEA Process Engineering's Niro DRYCONTROL system,
Tech Update: Model Predictive Control

Predict the future: Get control of your process

Model predictive control, often used in high-value chemical/petrochemical applications, has its place in food and beverage applications, too.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
April 6, 2015
What if your drying operation could run close to the upper moisture limit boundary of your product specification, yet never exceed it?


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