Equipment

The heat on carrots

A family-owned agribusiness in the UK wanted to add new income streams to the business. HRS Heat Exchangers provided the equipment to do so.

NORD DRIVESYSTEM's new MAXXDRIVE XD industrial gear unit is specially designed for lifting applications and optimised for downward loads.

The new M VersaPro dicer can take on the most challenging protein applications, provides greater versatility and is being described as a next generation protein powerhouse by its manufacturer, Urschel.

SMC Corporation ANZ recently partnered with Australia’s leading manufacturers of food, feed, and seed manufacturing equipment Graintech on its latest baghouse project.

The return of large-scale expos this year gave Trimatt Systems the ideal opportunity to launch its latest packaging and print solution, the Trimatt 1170.

A milestone Milmeq plate freezer installation is the result of a long-term partnership between Australian meat industry companies, MHM Automation, and Fletcher International Exports.

Aiming to keep track of the value chain in real time, EDEKA Südwest Fleisch has interlinked its CSB-System ERP system with a BI solution to visualise data in user-specific, customisable views.

Plex your full potential

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Since their birth in the 1980s, manufacturing execution systems (MES) have played a critical role in manufacturing operations. Rockwell Automation’s platform Plex is helping companies shift to the cloud.

Universal Robots describes its latest collaborative robot, the 20kg UR20, as the most innovative it has produced to date. Jan Arreza writes.

Setting a new benchmark for collaborative production between humans and machines, the world’s first sidebot, Wyzo, has received two international awards recognising its design aesthetic and functionality.

For meat processors, the digital transformation that is in full swing offers a suite of advantages. CSB-System looks a the latest automation of factory processes for meat factories globally.

Salads in a spin

Ready to eat salads are extremely popular and changing trends mean recipes must continually evolve to capture consumer interest in this competitive segment. Heat and Control has the equipment to help.

Transforming a meat processing plant into a smart factory takes more than just adding the latest automation technology. It needs to be planned ‘smart’ from the start.

FlexCAM supplies some of the world’s leading conveyor systems to many of Australia’s food and beverage manufacturers. It has moved to larger premises as it scales manufacturing its own design solutions.

The CSB Image Meater features built-in high-performance software for grading and market value determinations of pig carcasses.

The diversity of products made by bakery manufacturers requires specialised and flexible equipment. J.L.Lennard general manager Paul Meischke looks at some of the latest equipment on offer.