What do catering services, bakeries, restaurants, butcher shops, event kitchens and cruise ships have in common? They all strive to produce high-quality food in a limited space and fast-paced environment. Unlike mass producers, these businesses take a just-in-time approach to food–mixing, blending, forming and cooking fresh food as needed for the moment, rather than in …
Sensors Make Predictive Maintenance Possible
There are three main types of maintenance food and industrial processors encounter–preventive, predictive and corrective. Preventive maintenance is planned and then performed on equipment in advance to help ensure failures, and ultimately, unplanned downtime, won’t occur while also mitigating the chance of breakdowns. Examples include regular cleaning, lubrication, inspections, parts replacements and adjustments. Corrective maintenance, …
EnSight Solutions Becomes Gold Level OEM Partner with Rockwell Automation
STRAFFORD, MO – Rockwell Automation, a global leader in industrial automation, recently welcomed EnSight Solutions, LLC, to its OEM Program at the Gold Level. The OEM Program is part of the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork, which provides participants like EnSight the opportunity to collaborate commercially and technically to increase new business opportunities, expand into new market …
The Ins & Outs of End-of-Arm Tooling (EOAT)
If you’re interested in automating your food processing facility and integrating robotics, one of the biggest considerations you’ll encounter is end-of-arm tooling. Simply put, end-of-arm tooling (EOAT), i.e., the end effector, is the device at the very end (after the last axis) of a robotic arm. This is the piece designed to interact with the environment …
Robotics in Food Processing – 9 Common Questions About the Future Answered
EnSight Solutions and Stäubli are on the forefront of helping food processors automate their processes and integrate robots into their businesses. Let’s explore nine questions processors frequently ask about automation and robotics in food processing, along with answers from industry thought leaders.
Remote Access – The Future is Here
Imagine this scenario–a machine in your food processing facility stops working. Your tech checks on it, and reports that they’re not seeing the sensor flash. Obviously, there’s an issue somewhere, but where? The machine? The sensor? What’s your next step? Pay for an OEM tech to fly in and visit on-site to work on the …
