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Food

Quick and easy indication is key, colour change gives an at a glance visibility of process status.

Hygiene is one of the main priorities in the food industry. Products that are IP69K are specifically designed to withstand high pressure water jets or immersion, high temperatures upto 800°C and protection against corrosive cleaning products.

Case Studies For potato packing, Omron goes beyond inspection When Greenvale, one of the UK’s leading suppliers for fresh potatoes told Omron that it needed a vision inspection system to check that the correct promotional labels had been applied to packs of potatoes destined for major supermarkets, the Omron engineers decided to look at the requirements in a little more detail. The result of their deliberations is a system that goes beyond simple inspection, and integrates tightly with Greenvale’s ERP systems to eliminate the risk of packaging and labelling errors. >> Newtech increased production of pre-cooked bacon Europe's leading producer of pre-cooked bacon to the catering industry needed a high-speed food handling machine to increase production and launch them in to the highly competitive retail supply sector. An ingenious machine design was needed to meet all the requirements of this demanding application. >> Meyn measures and regulates production with Omron PLCs using SCADA The engineering firm Meyn builds complete production lines for poultry processing plants and has, for a number of years, used Omron PLCs to control its machines. Meyn developed an innovative solution for a Finnish customer, in which all the machines are linked together in a network and read and controlled via a SCADA system. >> Nestle optimizes production 70 million jars a year, 300,000 a day... Just normal. Monitored and managed extensively by Omron automation technology. >> Keymac develops new sleeving machine solution When developing a novel machine to automate the placing of card sleeves around trays of pre-packed food, Keymac Packaging Systems, a leading innovator in food packaging equipment, found that Omron motion controllers offered exactly the right combination of performance, versatility and value for money that the project needed. >> ENSINGER reduces the risk of food contamination Food processing and pharmaceuticals are branches of industry in which hygiene and absolute cleanliness have to be the focal point. Micro-organisms can multiply on equipment within a short time, bacteria can flow into mechanical weak spots, such as threads, grooves and small cracks, and spread. >> Tato Northern Ireland wraps with increased flexibility A PLC mounting motion control module from Omron is at the heart of a three axis horizontal flow wrapping machine from Argos Packaging developed for Northern Ireland's leading crisp producer Tato. This provides a neat solution to registration problems and gives the company the flexibility to produce multi-pack bags of between six and ten crisp packets. >>

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