Spray dryer dust explosion
19 July, 2007 | Supplied by: CV-Tech Supply & Solutions
The 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
Asset management for Golden Circle
16 July, 2007 | Supplied by: Mainpac Pty Ltd
Golden Circle is to implement an information system based on Mainpac's Mainet, the Microsoft .NET-based enterprise asset management software package.
Detect bone in chicken fillets
13 July, 2007 | Supplied by: Marel
The Marel SensorX system analyses each chicken fillet for bone content. The easy-to-operate system displays detected bones on a display terminal for easy removal.
M1 ERP software
13 July, 2007 | Supplied by: ECi Solutions Pty Ltd
Bowen & Groves has released a new version of its M1 enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
Hygienic flowmeter
13 July, 2007 | Supplied by: Endress+Hauser Australia Pty Ltd
The Promass S Coriolis flowmeter is a robust, single-tube, stainless steel device. The design ensures a minimal sheering of the fluid and reduced pressure loss, with the benefit that this multivariable device simultaneously measures mass, volume, density, temperature and concentration in all food industry processes such as milk, cheese, yoghurt, beer, wine, mineral water, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices, oil, fat, margarine, chocolate, confectionary, cleaning agents and solvents with a minimum of product degradation.
Robotic partnering
13 July, 2007 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
Recognising that few plant engineers within manufacturing companies have the prerequisite skills to integrate robots into existing and new plant, ABB Robotics has established its Partner Network of experienced experts in robotics and automation integration.
Food safety management systems
05 July, 2007
The 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, 2007 | Supplied by: Donaldson Australasia Pty Ltd
For 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.
Injectors
13 June, 2007 | Supplied by: Vemag Australia Pty Ltd
The Fomaco M3 series injectors can be used to inject brines, marinades and proteins into poultry, pork, beef and fish products. The injectors are available with one, two or three needle bridges depending on the level of injection and tenderising process required.
Online pH and salt
13 June, 2007 | Supplied by: Metrohm Australia & New Zealand
The Metrohm ProcessLab is an at-line analyser that follows on from the success of the Titrando range of laboratory titrators. The system uses the Titrando titrator and tiamo software.
U Beaut Ute competition winner
07 June, 2007
Fuchs Lubricants Australasia has announced the winner of the Geralyn U Beaut Ute competition.
High-speed dosing station
18 May, 2007 | Supplied by: Milling Process Services Pty Ltd
Esteve has released its fully automatic high-speed metering plant, HSD, for minor and micro ingredients. The HSD is intended for the industrial bakeries that produce a wide variety of recipes from a host of raw materials, in an environment from which contamination is banished.
Density analyser
18 May, 2007 | Supplied by: Particle & Surface Sciences Pty Ltd
The Micromeritics AccuPyc 1340 Series Pycnometers are versatile, fast, fully automatic analysers that provide high-speed, high-precision volume measurements and density calculations on a wide variety of powders, solids and slurries.
Direct steam injection cooking
18 May, 2007 | Supplied by: Gold Peg International Pty Ltd
The BenchTop RotaTherm Continuous Cooking system is a single skid that forward feeds and cooks, with options for various cooling set-ups - flash de-aeration, indirect or in a combination.
Polymer piping for GrainCorp
27 April, 2007 | Supplied by: Calair Pipe Systems Pty Ltd
One of Australia's largest bulk materials handling companies, GrainCorp, has adopted an Australian-manufactured polymer pipe system to help overcome potential corrosion issues affecting pneumatic services
