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Marking and identification of contents in pipes and piping systems is important for both safety and maintenance. Pipe markers are used to visibly identify contents, flow directions, and hazard classification, thus promoting a safe working environment. Use the below legend and information to help you choose the correct pipe marker for your application.
Stretch wrap is a critical component for securing your products for the all-important journey to your customers. Stretch wrap is easily overlooked during busy day-to-day schedules of food manufacturing, but taking the time to review your usage and applications can save time and money.
Stretch wrap manufacturing technology improves every year. For years 20" wide rolls of 80 gauge 5,000 to 6000-ft long were the industry standard. While those wraps still exist, you can convert to 70, 60, or even 50 gauge high performance film with roll lengths up to 9,000-ft. While your roll price might increase your total stretch wrap usage will go down, and this saves money and uses less material - keeping your operation greener.
For hand wrap applications there are even more solutions. It's no longer necessary to struggle with conventional film, stretching it over short pallets straining your back and wasting time. Pre-stretched hand film with a folded edge makes hand applications less back
One of the real joys of the holiday season is the opportunity to say thank you! Our entire organization appreciates your partnership and thanks you for your
Choosing the right handheld radio is crucial for optimizing communication efficiency and saving time and money in various work environments. Motorola Radios provide instant communication, streamlining tasks such as locating personnel, managing supplies, task changes, and equipment coordination. To make an informed decision, consider factors like digital versus analog technology, UHF or VHF frequencies, power levels, and the desired range and coverage. Digital and UHF radios offer superior coverage, especially indoors, while VHF works well in open areas. Power levels impact both range and clarity, with higher power enhancing coverage. The number of channels required depends on workgroup separation, and Motorola Radios ensure compatibility with older models and other brands that share frequencies and codes. The radios are rugged, designed for all-day business use, and are programmable to work with repeaters and base stations. Motorola offers a 2-year warranty (1 year on accessories) covering
Nelson-Jameson is proud to partner with Valcour Process Technologies to provide our customers with the equipment needed to inspect a wide assortment of product to prevent contamination. The Shield Allegro is a powerful X-ray inspection system that provides a higher level of inspection over traditional metal detectors.
While metal detectors provide reliable and robust contaminant detection technology, X-ray inspection technology
helps to ensure improved product quality by providing these additional benefits:
- Designed to inspect a wide assortment of packages up to 450 mm (17.7") wide and 254 mm (10") high. Products are typically inspected after packaging but can be inspected as raw product or packaged in a box.
- Detects smaller sizes of stainless steel (2-2.5 mm vs. 6-8 mm), as well as a variety of other contaminants that aren't possible with a metal detector.
- Easy to use, 17" touch screen display provides a digital trail of images for each product
In recent months, it has come to our attention that there has been an increase in quality problems caused by Heterofermentative lactic bacteria that are not from starter cultures. These bacteria have been found growing on biofilms in the pasteurizer regen section of milk HTST’s, in some silage inoculants, in dairy powders and liquids used to fortify milk for cheesemaking, and on individual farms with certain cleaning issues. Once these are in the milk, they can’t be removed by pasteurization and will carry through into the cheese and whey powder by-products.
The Center for Dairy Research (CDR) in Madison has seen an increase in quality defects in cheese including off flavors such as “sour” gas formation in retail packages of cheese and cracking defects in blocks of cheese. Many companies are starting to include specifications for low spore count non-fat powders, liquid condensed skim and UF milk products, and also whey powders used in many other foods.
With constant eyes on profit margins, processors strive to make every dollar count on the processing line. Are you trying to figure out your next continuous improvement project aimed at maximizing profits for your operations? Turbidity monitoring from Anderson-Negele can help to maximize profits while saving money on wasted product going down the drain during cleaning cycles.
Turbidity is defined as, "the phenomenon where by a specific portion of a light beam passing through a specific liquid medium is reflected by undissolved particles." Basically, the sensor acts like a flashlight into the light stream and senses the light that comes
Tank cleaning technology has advanced as improvements to hygienic standards have changed. As that change has taken place, priority has been placed on cleanliness of equipment and storage tanks, which helps to ensure quality in
food products.
Many organizations such as 3-A have developed standards across the food industry specific to cleaning of a tank. Coupled with hygiene is the added task of reducing chemical and water usage. A common acronym that is used with tank cleaning methodologies is TACT which stands for Time, Action, Chemistry, and Temperature (see figure 1). New technology harnesses the time and action portions of the acronym and are displayed in the chart commonly referred to as the sinner circle.
In the demanding everyday life of a food manufacturer it can be hard to slow down and think about the safety of the products being manufactured. Everything from the ingredients that come in the door to the way the product is shipped out to the customer, all have to be monitored for safety. That is what the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is all about, making sure the ingredients, the process, and how the end product is shipped out reduces the level of risk to the consumer. The manufacturing facility has to ask, what can be done to prevent the various risks in the plant from happening and causing a recall?
A Food Safety Plan is a robust, detailed plan that is meant to anticipate and meet these challenges. A cohesive plan is based on food safety principles which include: hazard analysis, preventative controls, supply-chain programs, and a recall plan. For smaller businesses, putting a Food Safety Plan in place and maintaining that Plan can be daunting. Where do you start? Making