Gates range of food-grade urethane belts

Working closely with the Rydell Beltech team, Gates has developed a range of drive system solutions for the Australian food processing industry.

Flexco Novitool Aero conveyor belt splice system

Flexco's Novitool Aero is a fast, easy-to-use assembly system for conveyor belts.

Leuze electronic DCR200i camera-based code reader

Leuze electronic has released its DCR200i camera-based code reader in a stainless steel housing for use in the food and pharmaceutical industries.

Markforged Mark X fibre composite 3D printer

Markforged has launched the Mark X fibre composite 3D printer, and can produce high-strength carbon fibre parts for both prototyping and manufacturing scale parts in mining, manufacturing, renewables, medical prosthetics and electronics/telecommunications applications.

Flexicon sanitary drum tipper

Flexicon has released a portable sanitary open-chute drum tipper that features stainless steel product contact surfaces finished to sanitary standards and a washdown motor, providing a low-cost means of discharging non-dusty bulk materials from drums without cross-contamination.

Flexicon wide-inlet bulk bag filler

The latest wide-inlet bulk bag filler from Flexicon allows rapid filling and passage of large, moist or dense chunks and semisolid materials into open or duffle-top bulk bags.

Flexicon TIP-TITE sanitary drum tipper

The latest TIP-TITE sanitary drum tipper allows dust-free transfer of bulk materials from drums to downstream equipment and rapid sanitising between changeovers.

24-volt drive technology in continuous conveyor systems

In addition to the standard 400 V drive technology, 24 VDC technology for conveyor systems has become increasingly popular in recent years.

What makes RFID systems industrial strength?

The retail environments where products are sold look nothing like the industrial environments where they are produced, yet the same RFID products developed for retail stores and supply chain operations are heavily marketed to manufacturers for production operations.

Flexicon BULK-OUT bulk bag weigh batch unloading system

Flexicon manual dump station with conveyor

Flexicon has released a manual dumping station with integral FLEXI-DISC tubular cable conveyor that collects dust created during manual dumping from bags, boxes, pails and other containers.

FUTEK LLB130 button load cell

Miniature load buttons are traditionally not known for their high accuracy; however, the LLB130 offers a non-linearity of ±0.5% and deflection of 0.05 mm nominal.

Metal fabrication on the path to the IoT

Automated RFID-based tool identification has modernised production at the SMS group.

Continuous systems increase food production volume

Food processors around the world are increasing production volumes and efficiencies by incorporating more advanced, continuous cooking and chilling systems.

Flexicon BULK-OUT BFC Series weigh batching system

An automated bulk bag weigh batching system from Flexicon meters ingredients into a FLEXI-DISC tubular cable conveyor that transports batches of a specified weight to downstream processing equipment, dust-free.