Waterproof SBC
01 April, 2009 byThe ERS800-D16 is a slim, fanless, waterproof system based on iBase’s ECX800E-D16 single board computer.
Real-time process control for food processors
01 April, 2009 byReal-time process control for food manufacturing has come closer, due to pioneering research work at University College Dublin into viscosity measurement techniques for characterising the flow and mixability of highly non-Newtonian fluids. At the heart of the researchers’ experiments is the TorqSense transducer made by Sensor Technology in Oxon, which monitors the constantly changing flow characteristics of materials as diverse as tomato sauce, chocolate, pasta sauce and chicken tikka massala as they are mixed.
Plant simulation software
31 March, 2009 byPlant Simulation is a software solution from Siemens PLM that allows users to optimise throughput, relieve bottlenecks and minimise work-in-process in factories, warehouses and logistical operations.
LabWare is certified ‘Powered By SAP NetWeaver’
13 January, 2009LabWare LIMS v6.0 is one of the first enterprise LIMS to become certified for use with SAP’s Enterprise SOA-based Integration Technology.
ABB Pick-and-place robot
01 August, 2008ABB Australia’s second-generation FlexPicker robot, the IRB 360, is more productive with increased speed, higher payload and a smaller footprint than its predecessors.
Lean production management
01 July, 2008GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has available its latest version of its Proficy Tracker software that helps companies realise lean initiatives by managing the execution of orders and the related flow of materials.
Clean area automation
01 July, 2008Baldor has launched a family of frequency inverter drives for AC motors.
Compressed air energy management
01 July, 2008An energy-management system from Parker domnick hunter is designed to save up to 80% of power consumed during drying compressed air.
Process improvement software
01 June, 2008Minitab has released its Quality Companion Dashboard, a tool for users of Quality Companion.
Intelligent management production software
01 June, 2008Innova software is designed for intelligent production control. The technology is built on the extensive software development experience of Marel Food Systems’ four global brands AEW Delford, Carnitech, Marel and Scanvaegt.
Laboratory information management system
01 June, 2008LabWare has introduced the next major version of its LabWare LIMS.
Automating fish sorting
18 March, 2008Norwegian scientists have developed a program that can analyse and sort fish according to quality.
Aussie software revolutionising packaging design
13 March, 2008After three years in development, an Australian online software application is set to revolutionise the impact of packaging on the environment.
Nutrition/ingredient labelling software
12 November, 2007Label Live is a software product that calculates the ingredient listing, nutrition information and allergen declaration for products based on information entered only once for each raw material. Any time the formulation is changed, the software will recalculate the ingredient listing etc, cutting the time it would otherwise take to do this task every time a product is reformulated.
Better brewing with automation from Siemens
23 August, 2007Thanks to a control system from Siemens, breweries can oversee the entire brewing process from a single monitor, allowing them to produce beer faster and more cost efficiently while ensuring quality of taste remains at a consistently high level
