A customer has reported that a new automated production line using robotic and variable frequency drive (VFD) technology is working twice as fast as its existing lines, while increasing the quality of its products.
Roy Fowler, founding member of UPM started the company in 1975 from a bedroom in his house where he imported equipment from manufacturers in Denmark and Italy.
Cambridge Engineered Solutions (CES) has designed a wider version of its Duraflex Edge open metal conveyor belt for bakers that it says can last up to 39 times longer than rival products.
Cambridge Engineered Solutions, a division of Cambridge International, has launched Duraflex Edge, the next generation of open metal conveyor belting for poultry and food manufacturers.
Specialist conveyor belting firm Rydell Industrial (Belting) has launched a range of industry certified metal detectable cords and belts suitable for use by the food industry.
A single point of transfer from loading to discharge is claimed to make the new multi-axis, overhead Gough Elecon bucket conveyor and elevator system suitable for applications requiring gentle handling in bakery and confectionery manufacturing.
Packaging convenience, hygienic design and maximum flexibility for a wide range of products, pouches and pouch sizes are benefits claimed for its new belted machine by manufacturer Multivac.
A new robot-supported processing system for fish and shrimps combines both processing and packaging functions to reduce time, space and product giveaway, said manufacturer Cabinplant A/S.
Reducing the risk of operator injuries and accidental product spillage, bulk material handling firm Fresco Systems Australasia has rolled out a mobile hopper loader to their range of conveyors.
A newly developed robotic pick, process and place line, which integrates vision control for measuring product weight and dimensions, can be tailored to suit the specific requirements of food manufacturers, says the Danish developer.
A new conveyor belt designed specifically for food manufacturing
allows for more user-friendly maintenance without reducing the
product's strength, its manufacturer says.
Habasit Rossi Ltd is to introduce a new upward moving spiral
conveyor belt in its KVP range, which it claims will allow food
manufacturers to save space and money.
A new cableless video system allows bakery manufacturers to inspect
the inside of their oven using only the oven's own conveyor belt
and a camera, the manufacturer claims.
A conveyor belt designed for the food industry is reinforced with
Kevlar cord, allowing it to carry heavy loads without slipping, its
manufacturer claims.
A new conveyor frame can be completely disassembled, without tools,
in 30 seconds, allowing processors to clean their machines and get
production underway again faster.
COLOGNE, Germany: The future of food processing can be seen in a
working sausage processing and packing line set up by robot
manufacturers at Anuga FoodTech.
An automated visual system for sorting parts and a spiral freezer
that saves on space are two of the latest products on the market
for the poultry processors.
Intralox's new Spiralox 2700 conveyer belt features smaller surface
openings for conveying small food products, including fajita meat,
popcorn-style shrimp, chicken nuggets, cookies, other smallbaked
goods and small containers.
Lightweight conveyor belt manufacturer Habasit has launched a
plastic modular belt that offers the largest high friction rubber
contact surface available in the industry.
Intralox claims that its new 7.5" Sideflexing Flat Top belt should
allow manufacturers to carry out retrofits of high-maintenance
steel chains and fragile plastics chains on curved conveyors much
more easily.
Equipment supplier Siegling knows that if it is to compete
effectively in the burgeoning modular conveyor belt market, it must
convince food manufacturers that its products are a cut above the
rest. Anthony Fletcher reports.
A new spiral belt designed for the cooling and freezing of food
products is claimed to substantially cut product waste and increase
energy efficiency for production plants. The idea is that food
products are less likely to stick on...
Two newly-launched conveyor belt concepts demonstrate how
efficiency and ease of maintenance are key drivers in food
production. Intralox has resorted to using one belt instead of
rollers, while CSi has adopted ultrasound technology.
The UK division of Chiorino, the Italian-based international
conveyor belt manufacturer, has launched its new sealed edge
conveyor belt, the C.L. Edge.
Wire Belt has officially relaunched its conveyor division under the
name of ConveyorTec. The UK-based company says the move has been
made for purposes of worldwide branding.
