Newsletter | April 25, 2011

4.25.11 -- Lean Manufacturing In Powder Processing

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X-Ray Inspection, Leak Testing, Food Safety Software, Checkweighers, Integrity Testers, Vision Inspection, Metal Detection, and Texture Analyzers.

Featured Articles

Lean Manufacturing In Powder Processing — A Paradigm Shift
By Richard Franzke, Quadro Engineering
Driven by several factors including a slowing U.S. economy, rising costs of input materials, an increase in rationalization of production facilities, and the influx of inexpensive products from overseas, manufacturers are embracing the principles of Lean Thinking to solidify their competitiveness and improve market share.


Quantifying Infectious Contamination Of Foods
By Leonard Thibodeau, Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Food service sanitation is a critically important issue to consumers, restaurants, delicatessens, grocery stores, and food companies. This study utilizes a texture analyzer to study the transfer of bacteria from food surfaces to the food product.


Metering Ingredients For Snack Mixes
By K-Tron Process Group
Multicomponent snack mixes are becoming popular quick snack options. K-Tron has supplied a variety of weigh belt feeder/system combinations for the metering of these components into the mix prior to the packaging line.

Featured Downloads

Product Sheet: Alconox Powdered Precision Cleaner
Concentrated to save you money, this biodegradable and readily disposable powdered precision cleaner from Alconox replaces corrosive acids and hazardous solvents.

Brochure: Ropack Packaging Solutions — Filling, Bottling, Sachet, Pouches, Stick Pack
Ropack consistently delivers custom packaging solutions to the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and nutraceutical industries, on time and at a competitive cost.

Datasheet: CapScan Vision Inspection System
The CapScan Closure Inspection System with its unique learning feature assures that incorrect or improperly applied closures and proper fill level are efficiently identified at full line speed.

Brochure: Fortress Phantom Detector For Food And Packaging
The Phantom Metal Detector utilizes the latest digital signal processing technology to ensure complete product integrity.

Case Study: Liquiphant M Is Used For Air Reduction Monitoring In Food Processing
Liquiphant detects the presence of liquid or air, and can easily be installed in process lines or at the bottom of tanks to prevent air from being sucked into the system.

Brochure: Combics Food Scale
The new Combics Food Scale Series makes it a whole lot easier for you to take suitable measures for analysis and for preventing contamination.

Brochure: PROliance™
Your key sorters, shakers, and processing systems are major investments that demand safeguarding. PROliance is that safeguard.

Datasheet: Deduster E80
The Deduster E80 features an air flow system that is an optimized combination of blow air and vacuum dust extraction. It can also be disassembled easily and without tools by a single person.
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Industry News

FSIS Announces Final Rule For Interstate Shipment Of State-Inspected Meat And Poultry Products
Lesser Known Escherichia coli Types Targeted In Food Safety Research
Dietary Yeast Extracts Tested As Alternative To Antibiotics In Poultry
Pre-Made Pouch Filling And Sealing Technology Advancements To Replace Traditional Cans And Glass Containers
Anderson Instrument Company Offers CFR Instrumentation For Pasteurization Of Eggs
Schenck AccuRate Launches A New Preventative Maintenance Program
Key Technology Introduces New Horizontal Motion Conveyor
Water Pressure Washers With Distributed Pressure Technology Now Available
Johnsen & Jorgensen Introduces New Capping And Filling Range
SICK's Inspector Viewer Provides Monitoring And Trending Abilities For Inspector Vision Sensors
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Featured Multimedia

Video: Seal-Scan™ Seal Inspection And Seal Quality Analysis
Video: Seal-Scan™ Seal Inspection And Seal Quality Analysis
Seal-Scan technology provides seal integrity inspection of pouches and flexible packaging. Seal-Scan characterizes seals that appear visually acceptable yet possess defects that affect product quality, value, and shelf-life.

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The Endress+Hauser 2011 Process Instrumentation Schools have begun. For information on how proper training combined with hands-on experience can help you control your life cycle costs, click here.

Industry Event

Webinar — Crisis In Japan: Radiation Detection For Food Safety
Thursday, April 28, 2011
10:00 a.m. CST

This webinar presented by Thermo Scientific will offer a basic, technical understanding of radiation contamination and how it affects food as well as provide resources for food radiation testing. Register here.

Featured Products And Services

X4 FinePitch X-Ray Inspection System
X4 FinePitch X-Ray Inspection System

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Loma Systems

GeneDisc® Technology: Food Pathogen Detection
GeneDisc® Technology: Food Pathogen Detection

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Pall Corporation

Flow Transfer Panels
Flow Transfer Panels

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CSI

FPS Membrane Filter Cartridges
FPS Membrane Filter Cartridges

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Critical Process Filtration, Inc.

R/S Plus Soft Solids Tester Instrumentation
R/S Plus Soft Solids Tester Instrumentation

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Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

Multishaft Mixers
Multishaft Mixers

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Charles Ross and Son Company

PAC CHECK® Model 302 Oxygen Analyzer
PAC CHECK® Model 302 Oxygen Analyzer

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MOCON, Inc.

ProKlenz ONE Alkaline Detergent
ProKlenz ONE Alkaline Detergent

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STERIS Corporation

Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactors
Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactors

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Membrana

pH Electrode InPro4550VP
pH Electrode InPro4550VP

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Mettler-Toledo AG, Process Analytical, Inc.

CFM 118 EXP Industrial Vacuum
CFM 118 EXP Industrial Vacuum

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Nilfisk Industrial Vacuums

Model 403 PUR-Sense Conductivity Sensor
Model 403 PUR-Sense Conductivity Sensor

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Emerson Process Management, Rosemount Analytical

7000 Series Triple Quadrupole GC/MS
7000 Series Triple Quadrupole GC/MS

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Agilent Technologies

XE2 Checkweigher
XE2 Checkweigher

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Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed

NP-200 D3 Type Tablet Press
NP-200 D3 Type Tablet Press

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Natoli Engineering Company

ColorChecker Mini
ColorChecker Mini

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X-Rite, Inc.