Designing robotics for packaging functions in snack and bakery plants is a challenge. This market segment requires robots that are highly flexible for product changeover, yet easy to program.
New and updated software suites available today help snack and bakery companies efficiently manage any supply-chain or finished-product traffic traveling in and out of the warehouse. Companies benefit from this software because their facilities always have what they need for production runs on hand at any given time, there's no lag in ingredient ordering.
Egan Food Technologies, a confectionery and baking process equipment manufacturer and service provider, will unveil at Pack Expo a new four-roll co-extruder featuring a design that significantly reduces product changeover and cleaning times.
Introducing a new way to cool electrical enclosures. Pfannenberg’s PKS Series Air to Air Heat Exchangers use a revolutionary next generation cooling technology (Pfannenberg Kinetic System) that out-performs conventional heat exchangers.
Steel King Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of material handling products and systems for improving operational efficiency, has announced the availability of its Drive-In Rack Systems. Drive-In and Drive-Through Racking delivers cost-effective storage in high-density storage applications.
Klϋber Lubrication, a worldwide manufacturer of specialty lubricants, offers Klübersynth UH1 14-151, a synthetic lubricating grease for the food and pharmaceutical processing industry, readily available from its U.S. facility in Londonderry, NH.
JLS Automation is automating loading of fresh bread into gas flushed packages to extend the shelf life of these higher end products, which will be on display at PACK EXPO International in Chicago on Oct. 14-17 at Booth N-5342.