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Bizerba’s XRE X-Ray inspection is designed to work dairy facilities

October 12, 2012

Bizerba’s XRE X-Ray inspection is designed to work in all environments, including dairy facilities. The XRE 10-inch color touchscreen and low-power small footprint design provides easy detection of metal, glass, stones, bones, Teflon and natural rubber.

Celsis introduces AutoSampler

October 12, 2012

Celsis introduces AutoSampler, a high-throughput, robotic sampling unit for the Celsis Innovate rapid microbial screening system for the dairy industry

Warehouse automation from ESI

October 12, 2012

ESI Group designed a multilevel warehouse with an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) for pick-to-belt and pick-to-pallet activities within that footprint.

A-B-C Packaging introduced a palletizer with all-stainless steel construction

October 12, 2012

A-B-C Packaging introduced a palletizer with all-stainless steel sanitary construction for dairy plant installations. This palletizer runs dairy-style plastic trays and crates, plus regular slotted cheese and half slotted cheese cases for flexibility. It is designed for reliable and powerful load transfer with a mechanical row pusher bar with a dual chain drive. A counterweighted elevator table ensures stable container transfer and eliminates stress on the drive motor for longer motor life. Low-level construction provides the freedom of floor-level operation, and a clean, open profile ensures easy access. The color touchscreen operator panel shows real-time operating data. 800-237-5975; www.abcpackaging.com

Peanut butter recall

Sunland's tainted peanut butter leads Dean Foods to recall ice cream made for Supervalu stores

In 2009, tainted peanuts from Peanut Corp. of America also affected dairy processors.

October 11, 2012

Dean Foods Co. is the latest ice cream maker to recall varieties made with peanut butter. Other dairy processors that have issued voluntary recalls include Oregon Ice Cream, Clemmys, Belfonte, Smith Dairy, BGC Manufacturing, Toft Dairy, Talenti Gelato, and Rich Products Corp.

Equipment

Videojet launches new industrial ink jet printer

September 30, 2012

Videojet launches a new industrial ink jet printer ideal for packaging line integration

End-of-line solutions

Arcil's Synerlink selects Adept Quattro robots

The Quattro robot’s end-of-arm tooling used to handle the yogurt cups is a proprietary gripping technology that conforms to the shape of the product to provide a strong vacuum path.

September 25, 2012

Used to gently stack cups of yogurts and other food products at very high speeds prior to multipacking or case packing, the flexible Quattro robots are easy to deploy and easy to maintain.

Let there be no light

Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms converts to opaque milk bottles

Light can degrade the quality of milk. The Pure Protect container blocks UV rays.

September 25, 2012

Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Landsdale, Pa., introduced a new white bottle that is said to protect the purity of milk by blocking light intake. The dairy processor, a brand of Dean Foods, is using the name Pure Protect for the opaque container.

Ross MegaShear ultra-high shear mixer

September 24, 2012

The Ross MegaShear ultra-high shear mixer is an inline rotor/stator designed for high-volume and high-throughput deagglomeration, emulsification and homogenization requirements