A compilation of the newest food engineering technology and plant products.
PRODUCTS
MUst See
Emerson
Energy Manager
Emerson’s Energy Manager provides energy measurements in real time, allowing plant managers to quickly view values and see savings opportunities, such as idle consumption and peak loads. The software’s dashboard provides asset-specific energy use, associated costs and CO2 emissions for up to 10 end points (expandable to 50 endpoints with a license). Scalable and easy to integrate with new or existing energy meters, the software is available either pre-installed on edge hardware, such as the PACSystemsTM RXi2-BP industrial PC, or as a standalone application that can be installed in a virtualized environment.
GEA
E-Bake G2 Oven
This second-generation oven is engineered to produce cookies (both soft and hard dough) and crackers, offering a compact footprint, advanced airflow design and modular flexibility. Its design is optimized for electric operation — no gas integration — enabling CO₂ emission reductions while achieving repeatable baking products. The baking chamber has been redesigned with a reduced internal volume, which minimizes heat loss and positions heating elements closer to the product, improving thermal efficiency. The inclusion of micro-convection technology, featuring localized airflow systems, ensures heat distribution and reduces temperature gradients across the baking surface. A new configuration of electric resistances supports targeted heat generation, contributing to a potential energy consumption reduction of up to 40% compared to the previous generation’s gas-fired model.
Rockwell Automation and Pepperl+Fuchs
ThinManager Tablet Solutions
Together, Rockwell Automation and Pepperl+Fuchs now offer a complete portfolio of ThinManager-ready products designed to meet the needs of any customer application. This includes everything from dedicated HMIs and industrial, box-thin clients to a new range of tablet products by Pepperl+Fuchs. The Tab-IND and Pad-Ex tablets are available with the ThinManager BIOS onboard and no other pre-installed OS. This allows users to boot firmware directly from the ThinManager and transforms the tablets into centrally managed endpoints that provide mobile visualization for frontline workers — in harsh industrial and hazardous environments. It also increases the cybersecurity of the solution. Pepperl+Fuchs offers hardware solutions for two application areas: non-hazardous and hazardous areas.
Chef Robotics
C-001748
Chef Robotics’ C-001748 robotic module is now NSF-certified, meaning it adheres to strict food safety and cleanability standards. Chef's AI-enabled meal assembly robot operates alongside workers on food production lines, picking and placing ingredients from conveyors into trays. The robot has been certified against NSF's commercial food equipment standard "NSF/ANSI 169 - Special Purpose Food Equipment and Devices."
ANKO Food Machine
EMP-3000
The EMP-3000 Empanada-Making Machine tackles production challenges with a modular filling system, allowing for easy filling changes. Operators can swap the filling system in five minutes. Forming and labeling empanadas before their delivery is achieved in one step using replaceable molds that can be custom-made to imprint the producer's chosen brand logo on its border. The EMP-3000 processes raw and cooked ingredients while maintaining the firmness of granular fillings up to 10 mm in size. The machine's clamping mold mechanism that turns the dough wraps and filling into authentic-looking and branded empanadas uses an upgraded in-house design to ensure longevity.
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