Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Batch software
30 June, 2011 | Rockwell Automation Australia
Rockwell Automation has expanded the application development capabilities of the FactoryTalk Batch software to help users design and run batch applications more rapidly. The software features new intelligent recipe capabilities, secure operator overrides, expanded data collection and reporting, and improved material management capabilities. Seamlessly integrated with the scalable PlantPAx Process Automation System, the FactoryTalk Batch software provides solutions ranging from small, basic sequencing to large, complex batch applications.
Thermo Scientific TraceFinder 1.1 software
30 June, 2011 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Scientific’s TraceFinder 1.1 software is suitable for use in food safety and environmental testing laboratories performing routine, high-throughput quantitation by LC-MS. The software retains all of the capabilities of its predecessor and has been expanded to include complete integration with the Thermo Scientific Transcend system. It is also compatible with all Thermo Scientific quantitative mass spectrometry platforms, including the Thermo Scientific Exactive and LTQ family of systems.
Strain HN019 study
30 June, 2011 | Danisco Australia Pty Ltd
A collaborative study by Danisco and Fonterra Co-operative Group on the effects of Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 on colonic transit time (CTT) and digestive symptoms has just been published in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology.
Baker Perkins TruClean wirecut machine
30 June, 2011 | SPX FLOW TECHNOLOGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
The Baker Perkins TruClean wirecut machine can now produce a variety of bars, in addition to soft dough biscuits. This broadening of capability means that soft-filled bars, and unfilled cereal and energy bars, can all be produced with high levels of flexibility and weight accuracy.
SEW-Eurodrive Smart Servo Package
30 June, 2011 | SEW-Eurodrive Pty Ltd
SEW-Eurodrive has launched a Smart Servo Package designed to make a servomotor drive automation task simpler and faster to implement. The offering contains all necessary components for a complete automation solution in a coordinated package.
Noshok stainless steel orifices and snubbers
30 June, 2011 | AMS Instrumentation & Calibration Pty Ltd
Noshok offers a variety of orifices and snubbers to protect instrumentation from pulsation and pressure spikes by restricting the flow of rapidly increasing and decreasing pressures.
Marco Profit Portfolio for pack-houses
30 June, 2011 | Reactive Engineering Pty Ltd
Marco has appointed Reactive Engineering as its Australian and New Zealand agent for its pack-house automation system that is designed to improve profitability in the fresh-produce sector.
Breconcherry Turbo SSB 125 rotating spray head
30 June, 2011 | Tecpro Australia
The Breconcherry Turbo SSB 125 rotating spray head has been designed to clean medium to large vessels and manufacturing equipment.
Marimex ViscoMeter VP-1000 and VP-3000 process viscosity sensors
30 June, 2011 | Rheology Solutions Pty Ltd
Marimex Industries’ range of process viscosity sensors includes the ViscoMeter VP-1000,which is geared towards OEM process applications. The series VP-1000 is capable of measuring low or high viscosities with process pressures up to 10 bar and process temperatures up to 130ºC. The ViscoMeter VP-3000 sensor can be adapted to most every process application. It is capable of measuring low to high viscosities and the sensors can be constructed for pressures up to 500 bar and temperatures up to 450ºC.
BLH-Nobel Weighing Systems G4 multichannel weight/force indicators
30 June, 2011 | Control Overload Pty Ltd
Vishay has announced that its VPG Process Weighing division’s BLH-Nobel Weighing Systems G4 family of multichannel weight/force indicators has received certification from FM Approvals. The G4 family has been approved to standards 3600, 3611, 3810 and ANSI/NEMA 250 for electrical equipment for use in hazardous locations and electronic test, measuring and process control equipment.
TriMod Besta level switches
30 June, 2011 | Control Components Pty Ltd
By adopting a modular concept, TriMod Besta level switches have deviated from older conventional designs and are able to deliver reliability even in extreme process applications.
Pepperl+Fuchs UMC3000 stainless steel ultrasonic sensor
30 June, 2011 | Pepperl+Fuchs (Aust) Pty Ltd
The UMC3000 ultrasonic sensor is suitable for use in harsh environments. The unit’s seamless, 100% stainless steel housing and chemically resistant cable system enable ultrasonic monitoring and control in areas previously considered impossible to solve.
NORD Severe Duty (NSD) and Severe Duty Extreme (NSDx3) corrosion protection coatings
30 June, 2011 | NORD Drivesystems (Aust) Pty Ltd
NORD Severe Duty (NSD) and NORD Severe Duty Extreme (NSDx3) enhanced corrosion protection coatings are now available on the Australian market. The coatings are USDA H1 approved and are suitable for almost all food manufacturing plants. Other applications include all areas involving chemical washdown and corrosive environments.
Key Technology Manta sorter with three-way sorting capability
30 June, 2011 | Key Technology Australia Pty Ltd
Key Technology has added three-way sorting capability to its Manta sorter. Featuring two ejector systems, three-way sorting allows food processors to automatically eject product that can be reworked and recovered separately from material sent to waste, typically foreign material. Good product continues through the camera/laser sorter unaffected as usual. This capability allows processors to produce a high-quality finished product without losing recoverable off-grade product to the waste stream or requiring additional sorting expense to separately rework product.
Krones Evolite packer
30 June, 2011 | Krones (Thailand) Co Ltd
The Evolite packer, comprising a container infeed module and a container strapping module, provides the technology required for handling the LitePac secondary packaging design for PET. In the infeed module, the containers are divided into two continuous lane flows. Four strapping units then create the LitePac packs in the container strapping module.
