Automation is almost like a journey into space because there are so many broad terms to describe it. With the labor shortage continuing, the demand for industrial robots is expected to increase in the United States, China and Japan.
At the Northwest Process & Packaging Expo, Spencer Strainer featured its sanitary self-cleaning filters for process flows of up to 400 gallons per minute (gpm).
In the beverage supply chain, waste generation in the form of raw and packaging materials is realistically never going to go completely away. Therefore, producers should adopt a “waste control philosophy” to minimize loss.
Charles Ross & Son Co. offers its ROSS VersaMix triple shaft mixer, which handles challenging mixing applications requiring efficient powder dispersion and critical homogenization of medium to high viscosity slurries, pastes, gels, creams and suspensions, the company says.
With consumers’ growing preference toward functional beverages, beverage manufacturers are adopting new processing equipment designed to churn out healthier beverages including juices that have undergone high-pressure processing (HPP).