Endoline teams up with Scottish distributor to find food pouch solution

ENDOLINE Automation has announced that the business has 're-engineered' its tray erector to help a supplier of food pouches to major supermarket chains form...
Checkweigher cleaning

How smart design overcomes checkweighing challenges in plastic cup applications

By Jörn Migge, head of product & market management, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection The integrity of dairy products, especially those packaged in plastic cups such as...
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Inspection equipment specialist launches online training academy in the UK

INSPECTION equipment manufacturer Loma Systems has announced the official launch of its online training academy in the UK. As part of the LOMA Training Academy, the...
Loma X5 Pack Curtainless X-ray System

Loma addresses customer feedback with new curtainless X-ray system

LOMA Systems has launched the X5 Pack Curtainless X-ray System for lightweight, unsealed, and unpackaged food products. By removing the actual curtains, Loma revealed it...

Neural networks: the artificial additive that is missing in vegetable processing

By Paul Wilson, MD, Scorpion Vision Ltd Artificial Intelligence (AI) has arrived in the fresh produce industry and the results are astounding: waste associated with...

Beckhoff motors ahead with 360-degree mover rotation

BECKHOFF has announced the system properties of its XPlanar motor have been ‘enhanced’ by new software-based 360-degree mover rotation functionality. The XPlanar motor system enables...

Scottish baker has capacity lifted by entry level servo wrapper

A Scottish bakery is benefiting from extra capacity thanks to an entry level servo-driven flow-wrapper. Irvings Homestyle Bakery, which is based in Castle Douglas, invested...

Inspection technology specialist to launch new training academy

LOMA Systems is set to launch its new training academy later this month in what the company said will deliver a 'much-enhanced' training experience. It...
Shoppers looking at food packaging labels in supermarket

Reducing costs and protecting food safety with physical contamination detection

By Mike Pipe, head of product inspection UK, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection WHEN Chewters Chocolates in Canada made the shift to automate its production and packaging...
X-ray system

Fortress to demonstrate Icon X-ray system at PPMA Total Show

FORTRESS Technology will be showcasing the Icon X-ray system at PPMA Total Show in Birmingham later this month. Described as 'robust and easy to clean',...