Check scales for organic produce supplier
26 February, 2010 | Supplied by: Accuweigh Pty Ltd
Check scales were recently supplied to Montague Fresh at Strathfield in NSW. The check scales are being used for checkweighing and prepacking of organic fruits for delivery to clients.
Quality assurance incentives can reduce recall risks in supply chain for manufacturers
11 January, 2010
Global supply chains bring with them huge difficulties of assuring quality and ensuring supplier responsibility for their products. A different solution to this problem, suggested by Professor Luciana Echazu, revolves around the supplier's contract.
Chep Intercon IBC
07 January, 2010 | Supplied by: CHEP Australia
Chep has expanded its range of intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), adding a lighter, non-corrosive, 1000-litre, all-plastic container specifically designed for the food manufacturing sector. The Intercon is International Organization for Standardization (ISO) compatible, returnable, re-usable and recyclable and brings additional flexibility to Chep’s range of plastic bin solutions.
UPM Raflatac Freezer-proof RFID tags
07 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Peacock Bros Pty Ltd
UPM Raflatac Freezer-proof RFID tags have been designed to operate reliably within freezer environments down to -40°C. Now RFID tags can effectively automate the collection of data for the receival and storage of goods and inventory for frozen goods.
Flexicon Tip-Tite box-container tipper
07 January, 2010 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
Flexicon’s latest box-container tipper forms a dust-tight seal between the container and the equipment, tips the container and discharges bulk material through a chute at controlled rates.
Portable weighing scale
29 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Hi-Weigh Aust Pty Ltd
The T520 Portable Weighing Scale features a 300 x 300 mm weigh platform.
Cordina Chickens fly to GS1net
29 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Bizcaps Software
Cordina Chicken Farms has been declared GS1net-ready, able to validate, electronically exchange and synchronise product data with its trading partners through GS1net, using Bizcaps Enterprise software and Bizcaps Bureau Service.
Supply chain management software
28 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Primarius Resource Management Pty Ltd
The Primarius supply chain management software system and analysis toolset optimises the amount of inventory a company needs to support its customers. The system manages the process of working out what raw materials or finished goods a company needs to buy or store to meet future customer demand; it determines when the goods need to be bought and in what quantity with the net impact of reducing the amount of inventory needed to run a business while also increasing the ability of the business to fill customer orders on time.
Water-saving conveyor belt
28 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Habasit Australasia Ltd
Habasit has released a conveyor belt to the Australian market that is claimed will allow food processors to substantially cut the water required for cleaning purposes.
Vertical conveying solutions
21 October, 2009 | Supplied by: JMP Engineering Ltd
Apollo VTS (vertical transport systems) spiral conveyors, spiral curves, vertical accumulation buffers, bucket elevators, monorail systems and product twisters are now available in Australia and New Zealand through JMP Engineering.
Palletiser
21 October, 2009 | Supplied by: JMP Engineering Pty Ltd
JMP Australia has released the K-Pal Palletiser which has the advantages of a layer palletiser, combined with the flexibility of a robotic palletiser. It is suitable for handling bulky and unstable packages.
Tipping and emptying shipping containers
21 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Eurolift Pty Ltd
Elme has developed a method of using a reach stacker to tip shipping containers to empty them.This method is claimed to be suitable for any bulk materials which flow, including grain and coffee beans.
Bulk bag weigh batch eductor system
21 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
A bulk bag weigh batch eductor system, which loosens bulk solid material that has solidified during storage and shipment, discharges the material by weight and blends it into a liquid stream, has been released by Flexicon.
Pans, trays and large products conveyor
21 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Locker Group
Ashworth Bros has released the Omni-Pro FlexLite conveyor belt that is a rugged, strong and lightweight belt for conveying pans, trays and large products. The belt is manufactured with the Omni-Pro link and utilises a very open 38 x 76 mm (fixed loop) flat wire overlay. The result is an efficient, lightweight belt with increased carrying capacity and a spiral/turn-curve tension rating of 180 kg for 100,000 cycles.
Vehicle-mounted RFID reader
21 October, 2009 | Supplied by: Peacock Bros Pty Ltd
The Motorola RD500 vehicle-mounted RFID reader can be installed on a forklift backrest or mobile cart. It automatically reads and records any Gen2 RFID tag within range.
