Monitoring Solutions for Cold Chain
Motive, +1 855-434-3564
Motive has launched a new monitoring solution for refrigerated vehicles and trailers, which are also known as reefers. Motive Reefer Monitoring includes a new Environmental Sensor that remotely surveils reefer temperature and humidity conditions in real time. The solution allows businesses to access their complete fleet data on a single screen, including location, vehicle telematics, and reefer insights. The monitoring technology also makes it possible to create on-demand reefer logs for any period, eliminating the need to visit a service center, therefore reducing cost, decreasing reefer downtime, and improving fleet performance. It also enhances reefer fleets’ compliance with Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements.
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Three-In-One Spectrometer
Mettler Toledo, +1 800-638-8537
Easy VIS, a new analytical instrument from Mettler Toledo, is a spectrophotometer, colorimeter, and a water testing device, uniting three measuring tasks in one. Easy VIS can analyze translucent, liquid samples for their optical spectrum and color and can determine water parameters. Easy VIS' water analysis shows whether water is fit for human consumption or if it can be used in further production. The compact, multipurpose nature of Easy VIS quickens processes and improves the quality of results, saving operators money, time, and space.
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SureTrend Cloud Food Safety SaaS
Hygiena, +1 805-388-8007 / +44 0-1923-818-821
Hygiena has launched its SureTrend® Cloud tiered Software as a Solution (SaaS) offering for food safety. SureTrend offers a robust set of dynamic dashboards that visualize and report on environmental monitoring, food safety, and quality test results across multiple facilities. The solution also sends useful alerts when equipment is not working to specification. SureTrend aims to harmonize information found in a food safety program, enabling the easy management of data in a single location, for multipurpose use. It helps drive organizational insights by visualizing results across multiple facilities and methodologies with complex food safety processes. It also assess risks by viewing trends and implementing early interventions to reduce risks, and helps prepare for audits by simplifying information through a single data source.
Laser Marking for Labeling
Atkore Calbrite, +1 800-536-2248
Atkore Calbrite has introduced a custom marking process, using fiber laser technology to effectively apply product information and labeling to its stainless-steel conduit and fittings. The fiber laser creates precise, durable markings that do not fade regardless of time, environment, temperature, or abrasion. Fiber lasering offers advantages over paper labels, engraving, or stamping, such as the elimination of harboring points and the chances of labels detaching from products. Atkore’s stainless steel conduit systems can stand up to the acidic content of cleaning agents and chemical disinfectants in washdown environments. Fiber laser marking avoids the risk of peeling labels that can compromise sanitation grades, as well as mitigates the issue of bacterial growth around traditional paper labels.
Sort-to-Grade with AI
Key Technology, +1 509-529-2161
Key Technology has introduced new, AI-driven Sort-to-Grade® (STG) software for Key digital sorters. STG’s advanced AI algorithms for potato strips enable the technology to digitally resolve clumps of overlapping product and better identify individual pieces, maximizing the sorter’s precision in measuring the length of each strip on the production line. Employing STG software on a Key digital sorter—such as VERYX®—enables potato processors to eliminate the use of traditional mechanical length graders, which may require offline strip length analysis. The software also provides access to real-time length profile data to control upstream processes and better maintain final product specifications.
X-Ray for Hard-to-Find Contaminants
Mettler Toledo, +1 800-447-4439
Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has launched its most advanced X-ray inspection technology to date, with an enhanced ability to detect low-density contaminants in packaged food products. The DXD and DXD+ dual energy detector technology is optimized for identifying foreign bodies such as calcified bone, low-mineral glass, rubber, and some plastics. Such contaminants are typically hard to detect within cluttered or noisy X-ray images that are generated by overlapping and multi-textured products such as packs of pasta, chicken breasts, sausages, and frozen potato-based goods. The DXD and DXD+ detector technology helps separate and remove the food products within an X-ray image, revealing the presence of any lower-density contaminants.
‘Do Not Refreeze’ Label
SpotSee, +1 800.846.2468
SpotSee has released its ‘Do Not Refreeze’ label to ensure food quality and safety throughout the supply chain and within commercial food environments. Once food has gone through a freeze/thaw cycle, the quality and/or safety of food can be compromised if it is refrozen. After placing the ‘Do Not Refreeze’ label on the packaging, if the temperature drops below –15 °C/5 °F, the text turns dark blue and alerts handlers that the product cannot be frozen again.
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Metal-Detectable Safety Knives
MARTOR, +49 212.738.700
The SECUMAX 150 MDP extends MARTOR’s family of metal-detectable safety knives. The knives remain detectable if lost—even the smallest parts—and, therefore, have no long-term adverse impacts on sensitive production processes. Weighing only 31 grams, the SECUMAX 150 MDP is made of plastic that is metal- and X-ray-detectable. The SECUMAX 150 MDP is also safe when cutting. Its concealed blade means that the sharp cutting edge never gets too close to either its user or the packaged goods. The outer blade area, used for scraping off labels and splitting adhesive tape, is also non-sharp.
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Cloud-Based Sorting Machine
Anysort U.S.A., +1 916.372.2227
Anysort U.S.A. is offering a new, cloud-based sorting machine with Hawk-Eye recognition technology and shape-sorting automation for in-shell walnuts and peanuts, the TK64. It is also showcasing an infrared color sorter with Hawk-Eye recognition technology for kernels of walnuts, pecans, almonds, and pistachios, the VR164+. The TK64 presents high-dimensional material fingerprint perception technology, high-definition image acquisition, and bud location analysis technology. The cloud-based VR164+ offers international advanced multi-spectral analysis technology, along with Hawk-Eye recognition technology and intelligent shape-sorting automation. The VR164+ can accurately recognize and remove plastic particles, glass, animal waste, insects, sunflower gum, and other malignant impurities.
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