Equipment

Bonfiglioli’s Sydney factory has secured a new heavy-duty (HD) gearbox assembly machine, intended to double output and improve lead times to meet increasing industry demand for HD solutions.

Qimarox has introduced a palletiser for frozen foods. The Qimarox Highrunner HR8 palletiser can stack boxes of frozen foods into stable pallets, even if they are not form-fixed or not fully filled.

GEA has integrated predictive AI elements into its real-time monitoring solution, InsightPartner Brewery, to assist breweries in advancing the sustainability of brewing processes.

Correct bearing installation is key in major plants subject to arduous use in industries including food, beverage, primary processing, sugar, energy and more, explains hydraulic tensioning specialist Technofast.

The poultry industry is highly globalised. This opens opportunities to cut costs and conquer new sales markets, but supply chains spanning the entire globe entail serious risks for profitability.

GEA has introduced the Visitron Small-in-One filling block for production speeds of up to 10,000 containers per hour. The solution rinses, fills, and seals and saves time on very small production areas.

Hygiena’s Innovate and RapiScreen Dairy and Beverage Kits are the first ultra-rapid microbial screening methods to be awarded the AOAC RI Performance Tested Methods Certification.

Suitable evaporation for a particular purpose depends on the nature of the solvent and the solution, required end products, and energy, HRS Heat Exchangers product development manager, Arnold Kleijn explains.

To facilitate the configuration of bioreactors – a key technology for the new food industry – GEA has developed a digital twin for virtual testing prior to construction.

Eriez has appointed Daryl Leach as CFO and treasurer. Prior to joining Eriez, Leach drove financial and strategic growth at Zeus Industrial Products in Lexington, South Carolina.

Water and wastewater treatment plants are going to have to work harder following the arrival of the El Nino forecast, writes CST Wastewater Solutions MD Michael Bambridge.

PLF International has announced updates to the SeamTec for Powder, a high-speed edition of JBT’s SeamTec Seamer created to better serve manufacturers in the infant formula processing sector.

EXAIR has released its expanded Catalogue 35: a full-colour technical guide offering innovative solutions to common industrial conveying, cooling, cleaning, blowoff, drying, coating and static electricity problems.

A survey by AutoStore found 9 in 10 organisations had already installed, or are planning to install, automation technology. However, many warehouses are still heavily reliant on manual processes.

ECI Software Solution's Andrew Mamonitis highlights seven common material and inventory management pitfalls, and how streamlining purchasing and inventory processes can drive efficiencies.

The latest microwave technology from Berthold has made it possible to monitor the water or solid content during production in real time, enabling early detection of deviations.