Newsletter | April 9, 2012

04.09.12 -- Metal Detector Provides Margin Of Safety For Boxed Pecans

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Spotlight On Product Inspection

Combining Checkweighing With Coding And Verification For Track And Trace, Serialization, And ePedigree Compliance
By Kevin Zarnick, Thermo Fisher Scientific
The objective of this white paper is to provide background to assist those functions involved in implementing serialization methodologies for pharmaceutical products. Because the topic is extremely broad in nature, this paper will focus specifically on how checkweighers can play a significant role in addressing track and trace requirements for package components.

Combining Checkweighing With Coding And Verification For Track And Trace, Serialization, And ePedigree Compliance

Datasheet: ScanTrac Piccolo X-Ray Inspection System
The ScanTrac Inspection System set new standards for speed and accuracy by performing multiple high-resolution inspections on packages while detecting a wide range of contaminants or foreign objects in packaged foods and beverages including metal occlusions, shards of glass, stones, bone, and rubber.

Datasheet: ScanTrac Piccolo X-Ray Inspection System

Brochure: Fortress Laboratory Metal Detector — Rejected Bulk Product
The portable and compact Phantom Laboratory Metal Detector is used offline to further examine rejected product from an inline large bag or gravity detection system. The Phantom unit enables you to quickly filter out the metal contaminants and reclaim good product.

Brochure: Fortress Laboratory Metal Detector — Rejected Bulk Product

White Paper: Eliminate Seven Wastes From Your Quality Processes With Mobility For Leaner, More Efficient Operations
While lean principles are well recognized and practiced on the production line to eliminate waste and cost, rarely are these same principles applied to quality operations. But the same lean best practices utilized to streamline manufacturing processes can also be leveraged to identify and eliminate wastes in order to streamline and error-proof the quality process.

White Paper: Eliminate Seven Wastes From Your Quality Processes With Mobility For Leaner, More Efficient Operations

Featured Articles

Metal Detector Provides Margin Of Safety For Boxed Pecans
By Eriez
Stone Mountain Pecan has based its reputation on bringing quality pecan products to market and, in so doing, taking measured steps to ensure product purity before shipment. The company processes the in-shell pecans and sells the nut meats. Before the pecans are placed into boxes, personnel visually inspect them for signs of metal contaminants. They also use a series of magnets to remove any ferrous metals.


Ultra Filtration Case Study: Lower-Cost Whey Production At Brewster Dairy
By Koch Membrane Systems, Inc.
Whey, once an environmentally troublesome waste product of the cheese making process, has become a significant revenue stream for U.S. cheese producers. Whey protein concentrate is dried and sold for use in many products, including nutritional beverages, baked goods, processed foods, and animal feed. The lactose that is removed from the whey can also be dried into powder and sold for use in infant formula and pharmaceutical applications.

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Application Sheet: Quadro Ytron — Beverage Manufacturing
The Quadro Ytron XC Powder Disperser is well-suited to all of the powder incorporation and dispersion operations that are employed in typical beverage processing applications.

OUSAF11 In-Line Milk/Cream Spill Control
Loss of milk/cream during production is costly, plus fines can be assessed for the increased BOD sent to a wastewater treatment plant.

Product Sheet: WeighChek Doughweighers
The Lock CK range of doughweighers are manufactured and installed to increase productivity and reduce costs by eliminating product inconsistencies and minimizing dough wastage.

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Alfa Laval provides the widest range of plate heat exchangers. Designed for superior safety, efficiency, and cleanliness, they ensure careful product handling in the food, dairy, beverage, biotech, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries.
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