More for snacks and cereals
To satisfy demand for new shapes and improved colour definition in snacks and cereals, new extrusion technology has been introduced.APV Baker's new...
Archives for May 12, 2005
Twinscrew extrusion -- flexibility with low costs
A high-capacity twinscrew extrusion system has been developed by Buhler in collaboration with some of its customers. ECOtwin is claimed to offer...
Put a shine on with new lenticular and sheet filters
Lenticular and sheet filters have been added to Domnick Hunter's range of beverage micro-filtration products. "They are suitable for primary...
Marking and coding acquisitions
Videojet Technologies has acquired a number of marking and coding brands to strengthen its product offering and develop its technological expertise,...
Bread coding now on wrapper
Coding information on bread wrappers is recorded on the plastic tape or clip which is used to fasten the bag. However, when the bag is opened the...
Chequer's sugar silo spend
An investment in excess of £150,000 has seen the installation of an 11m-high sugar silo at Chequer Foods in Telford.Custom-built, with all...
Machine vision aids automated on-line tracking
The MAG PixCell machine vision system is a materials handling and packaging machine concept developed for pick-and-place applications in the food...
Magmeter overcomes measurement problems due to product inconsistency
A significant percentage of flowmeters are measuring incorrectly in the food industry due to changes in consistency or throughput of ingredients,...
Mixing it big time
A Lindor drum mixer weighing a massive 20t with 25,000l useful product volume produced for a company that makes high-grade gelatine additives for the...
Ginger Nuts go with the flow
McVitie's has invested £7.2m in a new site in Carlisle which is being used for the production of its Ginger Nut and other biscuits. As part of this...
Bangers with that traditional look
Cooking sausages to look like they've been prepared in the frying pan at home is something that Double D Food Engineering knows all about."Some...
Automated sachet line for tea-maker
Ilapak has designed and built an automated sachet line for tea-packing company, Premier Foods.Based on the Alfa 700 PC vertical sachet machine, and...
Chilling tale of nitrogen tunnel replacement takes the bacon
Roach Foods, based in Bodmin, Cornwall and part of the Tulip Group, which supplies cooked bacon products to foodservice and retail outlets across the...
New spin on decanter repair services
Maintenance and repair of equipment is now being offered by Centriquip, which claims to be the largest manufacturer of decanter centrifuges in the...
Forming chewy products
Bosch Packaging Technology has unveiled the first model of a new generation of extruders. When used in combination with the company's RotoTwin...
Butter packing automated
The FMG range of bulk butter packing lines from APV has been developed for carton-filling applications in the dairy industry.There are three...
It's a gas, gas, gas!
Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is seeing rising adoption. But failure to make inroads into ready meals has prevented even more rapid growth, reports John Dunn
Europe's largest cheddar- making plant is modernised
Tetra Pak Processing has supplied a wide range of equipment to the new Dairy Crest plant in Davidstow, Cornwall, at which Cathedral City cheese is...
Compact fluidised bed freezer
Freezelite is the latest development in Heinen Freezing's range of compact fluidised bed freezers for the cooling and freezing of bulk flow...
Five-deck oven
Haigh's Farm Shop, based in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, is open seven days a week supplying meat, sausage, bacon, poultry, bread, and confectionery. In...
Meat slicers from Italy
The Stressa range of meat slicers, now available from Apuro, offers three standard models (blade sizes of 8in, 10in, and 12in) and two heavy-duty...
Air blast labelling
AEW Delford Systems has extended the range of its labelling products with the launch of the Concept A500 air blast laser applicator. Said to be ideal...
IR heating helps chocolate keep its temper
Four carbon medium wavelength infrared heating systems from Heraeus Noblelight are helping sub-contract filled chocolate bar and egg manufacturer...
Powder homogeniser goes Dutch
Hosokawa Micron has delivered a 100,000-litre stainless steel powder homogeniser to a company in Holland for use in the blending of flour, salt, milk...