Food Engineering's recent Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference addressed several high-tech Industry 4.0 topics, including predictive maintenance (PdM). I’d like to show how you can use IIoT tools to improve your maintenance program—and maybe even better your OEE scores in the process.
Imagine the ability to track a product anywhere in the world with accuracy of within one foot—less than 31 cm. Sounds impossible, but with technology that LocatorX is developing, it can be done.
From the first session on Monday morning to the final session on Wednesday, FA&M featured speakers who were engaging, insightful and gave attendees a lot to think about.
Michael Taylor, former deputy commissioner for food for FDA and present co-chair of the Stop Foodborne Illness Board, suggested that in spite of all the technology, collaboration and education to improve food safety, crisis management still drives changes.
FDA intends to exercise this enforcement discretion to provide industry with greater flexibility when labeling food products, including those formulated to reduce sodium content.
Built to pump product from bowls, pails, totes and other containers into hoppers, the Hinds-Bock P-50 vertical piston transfer pump features wide, open ports and large sanitary fittings that allow the pumping of large, soft chunks and particulates.
Available in steel or stainless steel versions, Winco GN 810.4 vertical acting toggle clamps have two locking features in both the closed and open positions.
The Rite-Hite CoolMan 2800 trailer fan with an LED dock light features a 1/2 hp, 3-speed, 115 volt/60 Hz motor, enclosed in a safety yellow polypropylene copolymer housing with UV inhibitors.