Food-grade grease
10 August, 2007Geralyn AX-W Series is a food-grade grease formulated with industrial strength anti-wear and high-pressure performance. It is an aluminium complex product for very good water resistance and high-temperature service.
Spray dryer dust explosion
19 July, 2007The spray dryer has been in service for many years and had never had any trouble before. It is used to dry an agricultural product with dust indices in the low 100 bar m/s, and 7 bar range, numbers that are typical for many similar operations
Food safety management systems
05 July, 2007The International Trade Centre (ITC) and ISO have released a product designed to make it easier for small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the food sector to benefit from the advantages of implementing a food safety management system.
Keeping factory air and premises clean
13 June, 2007For 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.
Process control at Warrnambool Cheese & Butter
10 April, 2007Warrnambool Cheese & Butter's cheese processing facility is one of the most modern in Australia. With daily capacity for input up to 1.4 million litres of milk, the processing facility manufactures up to 145 tonnes of cheese in a 24 hour cycle
Safety regulators target food manufacturing
02 March, 2007WorkSafe Victoria has joined a trans-Tasman campaign to focus on the safety of labour hire workers in high-risk sectors of the food manufacturing industry.
Waterproof photometer
19 January, 2007Palintest has introduced a fully featured, portable photometer for water analysis.
Control at margarine plant
11 December, 2006A hybrid Fast/Tools SCADA system designed by Yokogawa Australia will control the new margarine processing line at Atlantic Pacific Foods' Rutherford (NSW) plant
Inline turbidity measurement
10 July, 2006The Turbimax CUE21-CUE26 compact line is suitable for turbidity measurement in drinking water and service water applications, while conforming to ISO and EPA standards.
Low cost service camera
10 July, 2006INLINE Systems Pty Ltd, "The Inspection Specialists" have released their NEW German manufactured and battery driven low cost VIS220 Wöhler service camera. The VIS220 system is based around the individual components that consumers have come to know and can still purchased separately if required, but the new VIS220 is housed in its own purpose built portable custom transport case ideal for storage and easy deployment anywhere.
Humidity or humidity/temperature transmitter
13 June, 2006Dwyer Instruments, Pty Ltd the source for your complete range of practical and affordable instrumentation, is announcing the release of its new Series RH transmitter.
New glove standards: are you protected?
06 March, 2006 by Riki Edelsten, Ansell Occupational HealthcareManagement of worker safety and protection has constantly and dramatically evolved. Even with these advancements in safety and protection it is estimated that each year the toll from workplace accidents and deaths actually exceeds the national road toll
Infrared cuts dust explosion risk
29 December, 2005Five elements are necessary for a dust explosion: ignitable dust; suspension of the dust into a cloud (in sufficient concentration); confinement; oxidant (usually air); and ignition.
Solids flowmeter
18 October, 2005Sankyo Impactline Solids Flowmeters are suited to measuring most solids and powders, from sugar to iron ore. The Sankyo Impactline Flowmeter can measure from as little as 50 kg/h to 10,000 t/h with a high degree of resolution and stability.
T5350 temperature transmitter
25 May, 2005The temperature transmitter T5350 from Wika is certified according to Foundation Fieldbus Standard ITK4.51 and offers the functions LAS and PID, with which autarkic control functions can be realised in the field.
