AI-powered robots used to pick valuable materials from Fife waste

AI-powered robots are being used to sort Fife Council's household waste in its Dunfermline material recovery facility (MRF). Installed in late 2022, the robotic pickers...

Finding flat flakes in foods

LAST year Fortress Technology unveiled a metal detector that inspects low profile, high value foods vertically and horizontally concurrently to achieve the 'highest sensitivity...

Mondi and Robopac collaborate on paper stretch wrapping solution

MONDI has teamed up with Robopac, a manufacturer of pallet wrapping machinery, to offer a 'seamless and more sustainable' paper wrapping solution for pallet...
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',...

Platform for growth: new system tipped to improve production line performance

PROSEAL has launched an advanced automated platform that the tray sealing specialist revealed captures machine data to improve the performance of the entire production...

Minebea goes for the easy cell

INDUSTRIAL weighing and inspection technology manufacturer Minebea Intec is offering an enhancement to its load cell PR 6201. The load cell Inteco is said to...

Atlanta unveils ‘game-changing’ compact ring pallet wrapper

PACKAGING technology and machinery specialist Atlanta UK has unveiled the Nova compact ring pallet wrapper. For decades, traditional pallet stretch wrapping has been used in...
OMRON Digimarc demo machine

OMRON to showcase the ‘future of manufacturing’ at PPMA Show

AUTOMATION specialist OMRON has revealed plans to showcase the 'smarter, faster, more efficient' future of manufacturing at this year’s PPMA Show. OMRON revealed it has...

Strap yourself in: whisky distillery automates strapping process

GORDIAN Strapping has announced the firm has supplied an OMS 06RP horizontal strapping machine to a whisky distillery. The machine applies a single polyester strap...

RMGroup launches new automated mobile bagging system

PACKAGING and robotic automation specialist RMGroup has launched the CTM800 mobile bagging system. The system integrates within three standard 40ft shipping containers, providing a 'complete...