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COHRAL produces biogas for Oakey Abattoir
Oakey Abattoir has launched an initiative to extract green energy biogas from its wastewater streams with the COHRAL covered high rate anaerobic lagoon. Energy generated by the anaerobic digestion plant will replace the millions of dollars worth of natural gas currently consumed by the abattoir. [ + ]
Multiparameter, real-time, inline monitoring - revolutionising QA/QC in the beverage and food industries
Near infrared technology can be used for the real-time measurement of dissolved CO2, sugars/Brix, alcohol/ethanol and organic acids in the beer, soft drink, spirits, pharmaceutical and food industries. They can also be used to monitor CIP cycles. [ + ]
Sweet solution to a sticky problem
ISO pressurised containers used to bring sugar to Boag's brewery continually had a residue of 2 to 3 tonnes of sugar after emptying. Aside from the freight costs and environmental impact, the effective loss of capacity of the supply vessels was a problem. [ + ]
Out-of-the-box compressed air solution for snack manufacturer
When snack manufacturer Kolak Snack Foods needed to increase its output capacity to meet demand, it installed three Atlas Copco compressors. The compressors were pre-wired and pre-piped, ready to use out of the box. [ + ]
From cassava to KFC: global standardised diet threatens local crops
A new study of global food supplies has confirmed what experts have long suspected: in the last 50 years, human diets around the world have grown more and more similar - by a global average of 36%. [ + ]
Meeting the huge demands on industrial packaging - smaller carbon footprint, sustainable, minimal resource input but still strength
Manufacturers of industrial packages are being hit particularly hard by price rises resulting, in part, from rising energy costs. Their containers, pallets, technical components and work-piece carriers are usually made of plastics. Although they are light and robust, a lot of energy is required for the injection-moulding of plastics packages. Furthermore, the manufacturers need granulate for this, which is in big demand and no longer available in limitless quantities.
[ + ]Pointing the finger: communicating food risk accurately and quickly
When German health authorities incorrectly linked a deadly E. coli outbreak to Spanish cucumbers in 2011, farmers across the European Union watched produce rot in their fields and warehouses, losing millions of euros in the process. [ + ]
Compressed air plus heat recovery for PET bottle production
The Schwarzwald-Sprudel PET bottle production plant produces and uses compressed air efficiently thanks to an Atlas Copco compressed air station. Heat from the system is recovered to provide heating throughout the facility. [ + ]
PFD goes from manual to automated with Kronos
PFD is using Kronos workforce management solutions deployed in the Kronos Cloud to streamline its business and deliver operational efficiencies. The company has seen a 68% decrease in payroll enquiries and 84% reduction in 'outside-of-cycle' pays.
[ + ]How Veuve Clicquot supervises its 400 fermentation tanks
Veuve Clicquot makes its wine in 400 tanks, each of which is monitored for up to 40 variables. The champagne house has just replacd its 10-year-old supervision system software with a new PcVue system. [ + ]
Fish processor selects second metal detector
White fish processor Kirwin Brothers decided on a Phantom metal detector from Fortress Technology to keep up with increased demand and its customers' requirements. Happy with the system, the company purchased a second.
[ + ]Grupo Petrópolis grows with Krones
As part of its rapid expansion, Grupo Petrópolis - Brazil's second-largest brewing conglomerate - has built two new breweries, each with a capacity of six million hectolitres. Krones won the turnkey order for the two breweries. [ + ]
Hello ladies
Food crop yields and profitability soar when non-fertile flies are dropped over growing areas where they mate with the females but do not father a next generation of pests. But male pests sterilised by radiation tend not to be as attractive to the females - so what is needed is a way to "George Clooney-ise" the sterile flies. [ + ]
Preliminary Salmonella detection in 24 hours
A newly developed laser-based detection system is able to identify Salmonella, E. coli, Vibrio, Listeria and many more foodborne pathogens in less than 24 hours.
[ + ]Nothing but beer leaves Erdinger brewery
To ensure no keg filled with caustic lye leaves its brewery, Erdinger Weissbräu installed a FLIR Systems A-Series thermal imaging camera that measures the temperature of every keg before it leaves the conveyor belt of the filling installation. [ + ]