Using AI to track meat from paddock to plate
20 November, 2019JBS Australia and Lumachain are trialling technology that uses Azure AI, IoT and blockchain to track meat from paddock to plate.
Chocolatey moments with Industry 4.0
01 November, 2019Meet Jack — he loves chocolate but doesn't care about how it's made but ATS Applied Tech Systems does, helping a chocolate company implement I4.
Backplane Systems Technology Winmate IP69K P-Series Panel PC
02 October, 2019The Winmate IP69K P-Series Panel PC released by Backplane Systems Technology is made from SUS304 stainless steel and comes with a custom-built conduit pipe.
Moving into a smarter world with pneumatics
01 October, 2019Food production and the digital world will come together to make automation more flexible, increase energy efficiency, optimise logistics processes and add flexibility to the value chain.
The smart food revolution that's (nearly) here
09 September, 2019The hype of Industry 4.0 and its relevance to the food processing sector has been growing since 2013 — so how can it deliver value to the food industry?
KHS researches impact of digitisation on beverage industry
14 August, 2019Systems supplier KHS is networking with research institutes to understand how digital technologies can relieve operator workloads for the beverage industry.
Humans and robots work in harmony
12 August, 2019Omron's Collaborative Robots are designed to ease the workload for factory workers, allowing humans and robots to work harmoniously.
Digital manufacturing: intelligent sensors mean smart machine tools
01 July, 2019 by Boerge Wegner, Technical Industry Manager for Machine Tools in the Factory Automation Global Industry Center at SICK AG, WaldkirchThe smart factory is becoming a reality in more and more sectors — including the machine tool industry.
ABB Ability Smart Sensor for induction motors
20 June, 2019The ABB Ability Smart Sensor for induction motors and pumps makes preventive maintenance possible by accurately monitoring and analysing data on motor operation.
Tracing farm to fork and preventing plagiarism
05 June, 2019A Danish project is developing technologies and methods that can both document a food product's path from farm to fork and help prevent plagiarism.
Safeguarding plant automation
01 June, 2019Change Management System (CMS) is an automatic process that can rewind time, so that whatever has been is never lost forever.
MDT AutoSave software
30 May, 2019MDT AutoSave is a change management software package to safeguard industrial programmable equipment from loss of configuration for fast disaster recovery and configuration version archiving.
Powering offshore salmon farming
29 May, 2019ABB has been awarded an aquaculture project to power an arctic offshore farming facility in Norway where up to 5990 tonnes of salmon will be farmed.
Yoghurt giant uses software to smooth operations
28 May, 2019Chobani is using Ignition software to improve productivity and efficiency in three plants in Idaho, New York and Australia.
Fourth Industrial Revolution for the food industry
08 May, 2019 by Armin Fahnle, Managing Director, ATS Applied Tech SystemsHow can the concept of the individualisation of the manufacturing process and 'batch size one' impact a bulk dairy, vegetable oil or grain producer?
