Solvent-resistant safety glasses
13 February, 2008 | Supplied by: Sightmakers
Slight contact with a common solvent can render standard safety glass lenses unsafe, due to a change in the structural integrity caused by the solvent. However, the Trivex lens material allows contact with solvents without compromising the impact resistance or clarity of the safety lens.
Floor coatings range
13 February, 2008 | Supplied by: Tennant Australia Pty Ltd
Tennant Company has released a floor coatings product range which is suitable for a variety of applications, including warehousing and distribution, manufacturing, commercial, food and beverage and institutional.
Time-temperature indicators
17 January, 2008 | Supplied by: Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Ciba's OnVu time-temperature indicators (TTIs) show at a glance the freshness of perishable goods. The latest generation of OnVu TTIs have been designed for chilled products with shelf lives of up to 20 days.
Heat exchanger for viscous products
17 January, 2008 | Supplied by: Hipex Pty Ltd
Hipex has developed the Mixchanger heat exchanger which is suited for heating and cooling viscous food and chemical products. The heat exchanger's design delivers performance unobtainable by conventional tubular heat exchangers. The clearance within the Mixchanger enables large particulates to be handled without blocking or significant loss in efficiency. Its distinctive continuous mixing capability provides a much greater rate of heat transfer than can be achieved with other types of heat exchanger.
Bone line concept
17 January, 2008 | Supplied by: Marel
The Pace Bone Line joins the Marel Flowline concept with each worker monitored for yield, throughput and quality, and the Carnitech Pace Line where the group work concept is utilised without requiring a skilled butcher.
Lightweight mixer
17 January, 2008 | Supplied by: Teralba Industries
The Mixquip PT Rummager is a lightweight mixer that can easily be moved from tank to tank and is suited to most IBC type pallet tanks with 2" BSP bung mounts.
Injector servo drives
10 December, 2007 | Supplied by: Vemag Australia Pty Ltd
All Fomaco injectors are now equipped with SP Unidrives and Exter operator panels.
Portable electronic nose
10 December, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.scientex.com.au
The Cyranose 320 is an efficient way to accurately perform on-site analysis. The rugged, handheld and portable electronic nose reduces laboratory time and is a valuable tool for any quality control professional.
Handheld CO2 monitor/logger
10 December, 2007 | Supplied by: Anri Instruments & Controls Pty Ltd
The Gas Data GFM100 series of battery-powered handheld gas monitors has been designed to monitor CO2 levels by infrared technology.
Compact linear potentiometer
10 December, 2007 | Supplied by: Moog Australia Pty Ltd
The Novotechnik model Tex linear potentiometer with IP67 protection class has a spherical bearing mounting style with a range of strokes up to 300 mm.
Optosensors
10 December, 2007 | Supplied by: Balluff Pty Ltd
Certified to Ecolab and IP69K standards, Leuze's optoelectronic sensors offer reliable seal protection and material resistance in compliance with the extreme demands made on modern industrial systems, particularly in the food and pharmaceutical sectors.
Food contaminant tests cut from six days to five hours
19 November, 2007
Scottish scientists have received funding to mass-produce a food testing kit that detects the presence of a host of potentially fatal contaminants within hours, making it the fastest technology of its type in the world.
Nutrition/ingredient labelling software
12 November, 2007 | Supplied by: Elgenio Ltd
Label 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.
Sort by chlorophyll level
10 October, 2007 | Supplied by: Key Technology Australia Pty Ltd
FluoRaptor is a fluorescence-sensing laser sorter designed to maximise the detection and removal of defects, extraneous vegetable matter (EVM) and foreign material (FM) based on differing levels of chlorophyll as well as colour, size and shape. The sorter achieves good product quality and speeds product changeover for processors of fresh cut products and a variety of fresh and frozen vegetables and potato products.
Ultrasonic snack bar guillotine
10 October, 2007
Production Techniques (PTL) designs and manufactures a large range of chocolate processing and bar manufacturing equipment. As an extension of this range, the company has designed a highly effective ultrasonic guillotine for use in nutritional, muesli, cereal and protein bar manufacturing, bakery, licorice and cakes. The guillotines can also be used with almost any food product that can be cut ie, fish, cheese, dried fruit, etc, regardless of how sticky it is.
