Keeping factory air and premises clean
10 August, 2007 | Donaldson Australasia Pty Ltd
For businesses involved in handling or production of food products, keeping plant air free from dust, mist and fumes is fundamental to preserving worker health and wellbeing. Clean air is also vital to upholding the stringent cleanliness levels necessary for the provision of high quality food products.
Tight transfer belt
10 August, 2007 | Intralox Australia Pty Ltd
Intralox LLC has released its new Series 1000 flat top belt, developed to meet needs of the beverage and packaging industry applications that require very tight transfers and high belt strength.
Low-cost filler for ready meals and prepared salads
10 August, 2007 | HBM Packaging Technologies
Multi-Fill of Utah USA specialise in the manufacture of semi-automatic and automatic volumetric fillers for the home meal replacement and convenience foods industries and are represented in Oceania by HBM Packaging Technologies.
Aseptic motor series
10 August, 2007 | SEW-Eurodrive Pty Ltd
SEW-Eurodrive has unveiled its DAS Aseptic AC induction motor series which features either IP66 or optional IP69K self-draining enclosure design. The DAS Aseptic motor series has been designed to accommodate the most stringent hygienic manufacturing requirements.
Bottling soft drinks in PET
10 August, 2007 | KHS Pacific Pty Ltd
The KHS Innofill DRV is a filling system especially developed for the filling of soft drinks in PET bottles. Several versions of the Innofill DRV are available that are entirely oriented towards the product range to be filled by each beverage operation. From the 0.1 L PET bottle up to the 5 L size, this filler is capable of processing all bottle sizes and shapes. The maximum filling capacity of the Innofill DRV is 80,000 bottles/h.
Meat processing ingredients
10 August, 2007 | Novonesis
Chr Hansen's INNO 20/INNO 30 system can be used to standardise steaks in new forms. Operating processes are thereby optimised and offcuts minimised. In another application, the value from offcuts can be increased and in the best possible way prepare raw material for further processes.
Managing cockroaches
09 August, 2007 | Rentokil Pest Control
Cockroaches breed prolifically and can carry salmonella so it is vital to control them in any food preparation or processing areas.
Empty-bottle inspection for lower outputs
13 July, 2007 | Krones (Thailand) Co Ltd
Smaller wineries also need a high degree of dependability in their bottling operations, so Krones has come up with an empty-bottle inspector designed specifically for mid-tier applications. With a machine rating of up to 18,000 containers an hour, the Smartronic K 714 is an affordable inspector. It features high-resolution DART (distributed architecture for real time) camera technology and is operated from a 38 cm touch screen. Its space-saving dimensions enable it to be easily integrated into existing lines.
Beef stock powders
13 July, 2007 | BJ Harris Trading Pty Ltd
BJ Harris Trading and NutraDry have launched two high quality 100% beef stock powders. BJH200 and BJH300 are instant beef stock powders (no carriers) made from Australian and New Zealand beef. They are instantly soluble and clear in solution. BJH200 has a light, rounded beef flavour that is very versatile and BJH300 is a premium beef stock powder that has a rich, meaty taste and aroma.
Hygienic flowmeter
13 July, 2007 | Endress+Hauser Australia Pty Ltd
The Promass S Coriolis flowmeter is a robust, single-tube, stainless steel device. The design ensures a minimal sheering of the fluid and reduced pressure loss, with the benefit that this multivariable device simultaneously measures mass, volume, density, temperature and concentration in all food industry processes such as milk, cheese, yoghurt, beer, wine, mineral water, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices, oil, fat, margarine, chocolate, confectionary, cleaning agents and solvents with a minimum of product degradation.
Pet food producer reduces dust by 99%
13 July, 2007 | Donaldson Australasia Pty Ltd
Bathurst Speciality Blending (BSB), a specialist in bulk preparation of dry pet food transported to Masterfoods for packaging, recently completed an evaluation of air quality at its factory. The aim was to eliminate future problems by eradicating excess dust from its operations.
Flexible racking system
13 July, 2007 | Trilogiq Australia
Trilogiq's Lean Tek flexible racking system is a meccano set type concept that is said to provide quick results from design to installation. Assembly and adjustment of the flexible racking is quick, simple and reliable. The system includes flow racks, trolleys, workstations, towable carts and Lean manufacturing supermarkets.
Table talk
13 July, 2007 | Vibration Systems & Solutions (Australia) Pty Ltd
Using two electric vibrating motors has long been the usual method of getting a true vertical action in a vibrating table. This is a good system when the application doesn't change, but often the table may be used for many purposes. This then means that either a compromise is needed between the various applications or a variable speed motor is required.
Detect bone in chicken fillets
13 July, 2007 | Marel
The Marel SensorX system analyses each chicken fillet for bone content. The easy-to-operate system displays detected bones on a display terminal for easy removal.
Hybrid yeast
13 July, 2007 | AB Mauri
The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) has produced a hybrid wine yeast strain using non-GMO techniques to increase flavour and aroma diversity in wine, as well as increasing palate intensity, mouthfeel and fruit concentration. This stable hybrid strain, AWRI 1503, was developed by mating a closely related Saccharomyces kudriavzevii yeast with AWRI 838, which has the same parentage as the efficient, reliable fermenter Maurivin PDM.
