Tag Archives: food and beverage

Endress+Hauser and Hahn-Schickard create joint venture

Increased safety in food production and other process applications is the declared aim of the joint venture between Endress+Hauser and Hahn-Schickard. To this end, both partners have established Endress+Hauser BioSense GmbH based in Freiburg, Germany. Its aim is to enable rapid, on-site molecular analyses for the detection of bacterial or …

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Full steam ahead for training at Tetra Pak

In the food and drinks industry, steam is used extensively for heating and sterilisation processes. It is important that all those involved in the specification and operation of steam systems have a good understanding of control features and maintenance. Tetra Pak Processing UK Ltd., has taken advantage of Bürkert Fluid …

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Contrinex’s background suppression photoelectric sensors ‘pack them in’ and ‘take the biscuit’

Contrinex’s C23 photoelectric sensor family, available from PLUS Automation, is small but powerful and so ideal for conveyor and packaging applications. An example application for the C23 is the food processing industry in biscuit production, where ‘shingling’, or overlapped layering, is a common technique for optimising space during secondary packaging …

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How to deliver optimum IT cooling in the food and beverage sector

Food and beverage manufacturing creates specific challenges for IT cooling, as Karl Lycett, Rittal UK’s product manager for Climate Control, explains… The food and beverage industry gives us some of life’s most defining and uplifting moments – from exotic feasts to simple every-day pleasures (who can walk past a bakery …

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Rittal publishes guide to HD enclosures for the food and beverage industry

Enclosures for switchgear and electrical equipment are vital across the manufacturing and engineering sectors including food and beverage production companies.  An enclosure creates a protective environment for sensitive electrical components, while also protecting operatives from contact with the electrical circuitry. The design of these enclosures needs to take account of …

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