While the snow continues to fall in the U.S. upper Midwest, the cheese producers will be gathering next week at the International Cheese Tech Expo. More than: …3,500 cheese industry leaders, suppliers, marketers and more will gather to share information about the...
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Reducing Operating and Energy Costs in Craft Beer Production
Recently in a post, Optimizing Wort Sugar Concentration in Craft Beer Brewing, we highlighted the important role of measurement and control in the front end of the beer brewing process which converts malt into wort. Let's continue down the production path through the...
Optimizing Wort Sugar Concentration in Craft Beer Brewing
In the U.S, a craft brewer or beer-maker, is defined as small, independent and traditional. A Fortune article highlighted the growth in craft brewing in the United States: As of the end of 2017, there were 6,266 craft breweries operating in the U.S., more than double...
Advantages of Ultrasonic Welding for Packaging Applications
Today on the final day of PACK EXPO 2017, Emerson's Mike Mediana presented on the topic, Migrating from Traditional Package Sealing Technologies to Ultrasonics in Flexible Packaging Applications. Mike's presentation focused on how consumer preference is driving the...
Packaging Machine Operations with Zoned Safety
At the PACK EXPO conference, Emerson's Enrico De Carolis described the challenges packaging lines face in maintaining safety to keep operational personnel out of harm's way and be compliant with stringent machine safety regulations. Despite ongoing pressure to reduce...
Avoiding Contamination in Packaging Lines
Having spent my career to date on the process manufacturing side of automation, it's great to be at PACK EXPO, a conference for people involved in packaging products. A stroll down a supermarket aisle, electronics retailer or other consumer business shows how varied...
3 Ways to Improve Packaging Line Flexibility for Increased Production
You only have to walk down a supermarket isle to appreciate the diversity in the packaged goods we purchase. What was once a choice of glass jars or cans for many products now includes re-sealable bags, individual packaged servings, packaging made with recyclable...
Applying the ISA88 Model to Clean In Place Operations
Every industry has its special jargon that is like a secret handshake. If you're an insider, you can quickly spot the outsiders based upon their understanding of your industry's jargon and acronyms. For instance, my background was in the offshore oil and gas business...
Stainless Steel Transmitter Housings for Corrosive Environments
Recently, one of my RSS feeds alerted me to a new Micro Motion 2400S transmitter packaged in stainless steel for the ELITE Coriolis flow and density meter line. This 316L stainless steel packaging is: Rated to IP66 and IP67, the corrosion resistant stainless steel...
Evaluating DCS Modernization Options
An oft-cited number when discussing the topic of distributed control system (DCS) modernization is $65 billion. This was the size of the installed base systems reaching their end of their useful lives from an ARC Advisory Group study conducted several years ago....
Applying Advanced Control in Batch Applications
Continuous manufacturing processes have long benefited from the application of advanced process control (APC) in their processes to improve upon their regulatory control. Batch manufacturing processes have recently been able to take advantage of these technologies. I...
Better Decisions through Process Data Migration and Consolidation
As competitive pressures drive process manufacturers to run their processes more efficiently, a key area of focus is to improve the management of data from various sources. Better, more timely decisions come from better data. I spoke with one of our Life Sciences/Food...
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