Smart manufacturing in the food and beverage industry
01 February, 2017 by Glenn JohnsonMost of the smart factory discussion has centred around discrete manufacturing, but modern smart sensing technologies can also be applied to improve many aspects of the food and beverage industry, particularly for food safety and track and trace, improved packaging and new product opportunities.
Knowing the unknowable: how to prevent disaster
01 February, 2017 by Gordon McKeown*How did food companies slide into the ethical morass of horsemeat in the lasagne? Risk management software and systems may be part of the answer.
Bestech Australia SS-7 Series Linear Position Sensors
30 January, 2017Bestech Australia offers the SS-7 Series Linear Position Sensors used to measure the ram position of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders in industrial, mobile or subsea applications.
Application-specific solutions without upgrading your ERP
19 January, 2017 by Del WilliamsAlthough food distributors and manufacturers handle routine business with complex enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, too often application-specific solutions can be left out.
Rubrik Cloud Data Management platform
09 January, 2017Rubrik's Cloud Data Management platform provides data protection, search, analytics, archival and copy data management for hybrid cloud enterprises.
Rosemount 8600 Utility Vortex Flow Meter
19 December, 2016Emerson Automation Solutions' Rosemount 8600 Utility Vortex Flow Meter is designed for utility applications.
Turck ultrasonic sensor range
07 December, 2016Turck has introduced six line extensions to its ultrasonic sensor offerings.
Rockwell Automation Scalable FactoryTalk ProductionCentre MES applications
07 December, 2016Scalable FactoryTalk ProductionCentre MES applications from Rockwell Automation address specific manufacturing challenges.
EtherCAT in an abattoir?
30 November, 2016An OEM specialising in wastewater processing equipment has teamed up with SMC to provide a solution for the treatment of wastewater in a large Victorian abattoir.
Turck TX500 HMI with CODESYS 3
29 November, 2016Turck's TX500 HMI PLCs are suitable for use in small to medium-size machines whose processes have to be controlled, displayed and operated locally.
Tetra Pak Plantmaster data management system
14 November, 2016Tetra Pak has launched an updated version of the PlantMaster, enabling manufacturers to program an entire plant through a single data management system.
Machine vision software workshop
10 November, 2016Adept Turnkey is holding a free workshop to demonstrate the different types of machine vision software, discussing their strengths, weaknesses and how to use them to build applications.
Robot assists with agritech field experiments
04 November, 2016A mobile robot will help scientists at a UK university to conduct agricultural experiments in the field.
IoT standards for M2M communications
03 November, 2016The potential of the Internet of Things has been advanced with the publication of a new set of specifications by oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine-to-Machine communications and the IoT.
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Batch View software
18 October, 2016The FactoryTalk Batch View software from Rockwell Automation offers an intuitive and scalable browser-based interface that adapts across smartphones, such as iOS and Android, to tablets and PCs.
