Spiral conveyor belt
01 September, 2009 | Locker Group
Ashworth Bros has introduced a 1½″ pitch Omni-Pro link to extend the line of spiral/turn-curve conveyor belts. The Omni-Pro 150 retains the same design features that allow the belt to minimise cage bar wear, maintenance costs and downtime in demanding high-tension spiral applications.
Presence sensors
31 August, 2009 | Rockwell Automation Australia
The Allen-Bradley 42JS VisiSight Photoelectric Sensor series features a visible light source for ease of alignment and a rapid 1 ms response time. These presence sensors are suitable for general-purpose detection applications in the packaging, assembly and materials handling industries.
Food machinery lubricant
31 August, 2009 | Lubrication Engineers Pty Ltd
Food and beverage manufacturers need machinery lubricants to be clean, translucent and approved for incidental food contact, as well as non-tacky for frequent washdown of equipment. Lubrication Engineers’ Sheerplex food grade lubricant is a multipurpose grease that meets all of these needs.
2- and 3-wire DC stainless steel inductive sensors
31 August, 2009 | Turck Australia Pty Ltd
Turck has released a complete line of 2- and 3-wire DC ArmorGuard stainless steel front face inductive sensors. The line includes 8, 12, 18 and 30 mm barrel diameters with 1.5 to 10 mm achievable sensing distances.
Air compressors
31 August, 2009 | Enerquip Pty Ltd
Ceccato’s range of screw-type air compressors range from 4 to 15 kW. The Ceccato’s Weg motors boast the EC’s EFF1 efficiency ranking and IP55 for protection against dust and jets of water. These Italian air compressors also meet Australia’s mandatory energy efficiency performance standards (MEPS).
Texture analysis
31 August, 2009 | Thermo Fisher Scientific
Texture analysis is primarily concerned with the evaluation of mechanical characteristics where a material is subjected to a controlled force from which a deformation curve of its response is generated. These mechanical characteristics in food can be further subdivided into primary and secondary sensory characteristics.
pH measurement
31 August, 2009 | Testo Pty Ltd
Testo has a range of HACCP-certified pH instruments: the testo 206 range as well as the testo 205.
Dissolved CO2 in wine and beverages
31 August, 2009 | Metrohm Australia & New Zealand
The CarboQC is a portable, robust measuring instrument for the determination of dissolved CO2 in beverages. The analysis is based on the multiple volume expansion method to eliminate the influence of other dissolved gases such as air or nitrogen. The instrument is accurate, simple to operate, requires low sample volumes and provides rapid results.
Visual grease identification
31 August, 2009 | Lubrication Engineers Pty Ltd
The Lubrication Engineers Clear Grease Guns are clear grease tubes that allow users to have full, visual grease identification, therefore avoiding grease cross contamination errors.
Salmonella detection kit
31 August, 2009 | Life Technologies
Applied Biosystems has announced the certification of its TaqMan Salmonella enterica Detection Kit for the identification of Salmonella in peanut butter through the Emergency Response Validation program of the AOAC Research Institute.
Food allergen test kit
31 August, 2009 | Graintec Scientific
The Romer Labs AgraQuant Food Allergen ELISA test kit can be used to detect food allergens sensitively in a wide range of processed foods and raw materials. The user-friendly test kits include all ready-to-use reagents.
Manual handling kits
31 August, 2009 | SI Instruments
SI Instruments has developed a manual handling kit, suitable for testing a variety of job tasks in the workplace to maintain a safe environment for employees.
Image processing system
31 August, 2009 | Omron Electronics Pty Ltd
The ZFX-CD smart vision sensor is a total image processing system that includes everything from a camera with an integrated light source to an image processing unit, 1D/2D and pharmacode reading capability.
HACCP-certified temperature measurement
31 August, 2009 | Testo Pty Ltd
Testo has a wide range of products which are certified and are effective instruments in meeting HACCP standards.
Emergency eye wash station
31 August, 2009 | Sieper & Co Pty Ltd
Kartell’s emergency eye wash station art. 2386, is moulded in high-impact polystyrene. The directions are clearly printed on the support rack and the bottle can be filled with distilled water or other medicated liquid for ophthalmic use.
