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Perspective
 | May 11, 2012

Challenges for Food & Beverage Processors

The U.S. food-and-beverages sector is facing challenges both technological and ecological.
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Feature Article
 | May 5, 2012

Food Producer Success: New Automation Strategy Drives Control System Migration

A major food producer sought to replace its legacy distributed control system to handle a greater variety of automation tasks.
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Column
 | May 3, 2012

Food Manufacturing: Batch Control for Multiple Kitchens

With only 11 weeks before the first production trials, a systems integrator concurrently creates hardware designs and programming based on the ISA 88 Batch standard to support three cooks and more tha
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Conference Lineup is Set
News
 | April 12, 2012

Industry Leaders To Take the Stage at The Automation Conference

Summit Media Group’s newest event – developed for users of industrial automation technology – takes place May 22-23 in suburban Chicago and will include a first-of-its-kind panel discussion on Etherne
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Feature Article
 | April 3, 2012

Get Paid to Cut Power Consumption

The ability to measure and model energy consumption has benefits that go beyond allocating energy costs to products and processes.
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Perspective
 | April 3, 2012

A Taste of Chocolate Manufacturing

Visitors to the Create Your Own Candy Bar attraction at The Hershey Company’s corporate headquarters in Hershey, Pa.
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Feature Article
 | March 12, 2012

Robots in Packaging: The Integration Imperative

Faced with the need to respond rapidly to an increasing diversity of product, packagers are demanding more flexible packaging machines.
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Video | March 9, 2012

Packaging Track at The Automation Conference

David Greenfield, Media & Events Director, provides an update on the Packaging Automation track at The Automation Conference.
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Feature Article
 | February 8, 2012

Alarm Management Best Practices: Are You Following Them?

Automation World subscribers participated in a survey focused on basic best practices of alarm management across seven areas.
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Feature Article
 | February 8, 2012

Why Nuisance Alarms Just Won't Go Away

Good alarm management is an inexpensive and relatively easy process to implement.
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Product
 | February 2, 2012

New Div. 2/ Zone 2 Panel PCs , Monitors

The VisuNet IND 8200 Series is a true industrialized all-in-one visualization solution that mounts directly to equipment to provide highly reliable operator control and batch management.
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Perspective
 | February 2, 2012

Costs Continue to Pressure Food & Beverage, Biotech, Pharma

After two years of relatively flat food prices, the food and beverage industry saw a return to inflationary food prices in 2011, notes Brian Todd, president and CEO of The Food Institute (www.foodinst
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Product
 | January 22, 2012

Packaging: Gas Mixer with Digital Mass Flow Controller

KM-Flow gas mixer with digital mass flow controller targets food industry packaging that requires a protective atmosphere, especially in a fully-automatic inert gas packaging process with permanent mo
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Product
 | January 20, 2012

Antenna for liquid and slurry measurement

The Sitrans LR250 radar level transmitter with a new threaded PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) antenna for liquid and slurry measurement opens up new applications for this non-contacting level transmitt
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Product
 | January 20, 2012

Modular Stack Lights

Werma modular stack lights in 50mm and 70mm sizes are appropriate for applications such as machine tools, packaging machines and conveyor systems.
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