Food processors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are constantly working to improve hygienic design while maintaining–and improving–operational efficiency. Here are 12 questions that often come up, along with answers from key OEM and sanitation thought leaders.
PRESS RELEASE – EnSight, Press Room Equipment Announce Merger
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2021 STRAFFORD, MO – Effective immediately, Press Room Equipment is merging with EnSight and will now operate under the EnSight brand umbrella. The Press Room Equipment family includes Norwalk Innovation, Press Room Equipment and Waddington Electronics. It focuses on producing industrial processing equipment, e.g., uncoilers, feeds, metal coil straighteners and …
Just-Right Solutions for Just-in-Time Kitchens
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, …
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 …
Additive Blending Systems
EnSight dynamic in-line mixers, such as the model LZ-400-HD shown below, are at the heart of EnSight’s in-line blending systems. These systems are used to accurately and uniformly blend low-viscosity additives at levels as low as 0.01% into fluids with viscosities as high as 100,000 cP. Furthermore, the additive blending is accomplished using a continuous …
