Apollo Celebrates 175 Years

As the APOLLO Group celebrates their 175th birthday, they get to wear the Royal Crown! In February 2022, the APOLLO Group reached the milestone of 175 years in business. It is one of the oldest Dutch family businesses, and has been in the hands of the family van den Pol…

Gentle, Efficient Conveying And Blending Solutions For Fresh Produce

Product handling is a key point in the production line for fruit and vegetable producers. Product life span begins to decline at the point of harvest and many variables can affect the quality of fresh produce before it reaches the consumer. Fresh produce is easily damaged during processing and packaging but…

What’s Trending? Nut Snacks Are Better-for-You

Health-conscious consumers are driving demand for nutritional snacks making nuts a solid contender in the “better-for-you” snack category. The ever-expanding list of coating and seasoning options provides tremendous opportunity for snack processors to capture this market. High performance roasting and drying equipment value-adds nut recipes and ensures consistent results in…

Blue FDA-Compliant Knife Edge Rollers From Igus For Maximum Belt Speeds

Rollers made of a new iglidur A250 high-performance polymer convey food reliably across the gap between conveyor belts igus has now developed a new high-performance polymer especially for use in food production. With iglidur A250, the motion plastics specialist extends its product range for knife edge rollers. The blue tribo-polymer…

Digital Twin: KHS Lowers Fault-Related Costs With Virtual Machine Commissioning

In the future, the digital twin will become a key component of industrial production. KHS uses models to virtually map the machine and conveyor system commissioning process.  With the help of smart digital technologies, KHS is networking and automating production processes step by step so that machines, products and complete…

Precise And Quick With igus Knife Edge Rollers Without Lubrication

Maintenance-free knife edge rollers offer precise movement of goods and food stuffs at high speeds. By igus. When conveyor belts have to be defected with precision in narrow spaces with narrow radii, knife edge rollers from the motion plastics specialist igus offer optimum results. They are not only cost-effective, lubrication-free…

Addressing Transfer Point Challenges

Todd Stewart, Flexco USA, Industry Manager, discusses how closing the gap between transfer points can increase productivity for end-of-line packaging in F&B. With the increasing number of e-commerce shoppers, air freight for parcel shipments has increased drastically over the past decade.  For instance, both private delivery companies and traditional postal…

Flexible Solutions For Tough Problems

What are the solutions available for conveyor belt repair? By Alice Jucquois, marketing executive, Belzona Polymerics Limited. Conveyor belts are an integral part and paramount to the operation in almost all production companies in the food and drink industry. The food and drink industry uses different types of conveyors for…

It’s Your Company Line, We Help Keep It Moving

To keep processing lines moving at peak productivity, conveyor lines need to be clean, sanitised and free of product carryback. By Flexco   In today’s daily production, keeping processing lines moving at peak productivity can be a challenging task for food manufacturers to keep up with the consumers health conscious…
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