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A modular, flexible production line
Automation

Modularity brings flexibility in automating production lines

It also affords processors the ability to experiment with changes in batches or creating entirely new products, often with simply re-configuring lines.
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Wayne Labs
July 9, 2020
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Today, consumers expect to choose from a wide choice of brands and products—not just from the “center” of the store, but fresh and organic products from the periphery of the store. Sometimes new products are short lived and are designed to be that way—because consumers’ choices turn on a dime. Automation can help processors turn products around faster by increasing production.


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FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey
2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 4

Plan a total, plant-wide automation system to improve facility performance and agility

Integrating all the systems on a line is important, but why stop there? Why not include HVAC, refrigeration, boilers, energy management, etc. to get total control?
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Wayne Labs
June 3, 2020
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While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.
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SugarCreek chicken production
Plant of the Year

Food Plant of the Year 2016: SugarCreek brings home more than the bacon

Though SugarCreek started out as a bacon processor, its newest high-tech plant is poised for growth as consumers demand more sophisticated RTE food products.
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Wayne Labs
April 8, 2016
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Yes, bacon has lately become a trend or fad, leaping its way out of the breakfast frying pan into food creations where it would have seemed an unlikely ingredient just a few years ago.
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Joyce Fassl
Editor's Note

Trade shows hit the nail directly on the head

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Joyce Fassl
November 6, 2015
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It’s always good to know you’re on the right track at your job or when you’re working on personal projects.


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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.
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Wayne Labs
August 6, 2015
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What issue about your current plant/facility keeps you up the most at night?


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OEE in packaging
TECH FLASH

Reduce confusion around flexibility, adaptability and changeover to maximize impact

The best way to prevent any confusion is to ensure all parties work from a common understanding of these terms.
May 26, 2015
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PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015 will be a forum for solutions and insights on OEE.
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Bacardi-Martini plant packaging line
Reducing Packaging Line Bottlenecks

When automation is not enough

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Debra Schug
March 6, 2015
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While watching a packaging line operating smoothly, the quote attributed to the Greek philosopher Aristotle might come to mind, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”


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TECH FLASH

Report touches on 8 key trends identified at PACK EXPO 2014

A team of PMMI’s reporters spoke to attendees and exhibitors on the show floor to compile a report highlighting key trends and technologies.
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Jeremy Gerrard
January 12, 2015
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Flexibility, sustainability and serialization were among the market drivers recognized in the report.


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Depending on the recipe chosen, the spice-blend system delivers the correct proportion of spices via twin-screw, loss-in-weight feeders to the continuous mixer below.
Dry Processing Technology

The right blend of automation

Shane O'Halloran
April 8, 2014
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  Increased production capacity demands lead dry seasoning processor to more efficient and flexible product transfer system.


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What you need to know about the Fourth Industrial Revolution
TECH FLASH

What you need to know about the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The industrial automation industry could be on the verge of a new era of highly efficient, flexible and customizable mass production.
Shane O'Halloran
February 26, 2014
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A new trend toward flexibility and customization in manufacturing is emerging.
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