Machine vision provides food and beverage barcode inspections with accuracy and efficiency
06 June, 2012 by Simon Webb, Product Support Engineer, Micromax Sensors & Automation | Supplied by: Micromax Pty LtdStandards for product and ingredient quality are continually being raised due to stringent agency regulations, increasing the importance of barcode reading, verification and grading in many inspection processes.
Flexicon mobile bulk bag discharger with manual dump station and screw conveyor
01 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty LimitedFlexicon’s latest mobile half-frame bulk bag unloader with multipurpose hopper allows material to be discharged from bulk bags, manually tipped from sacks, and conveyed to downstream processes and storage vessels dust free.
IEI Technology MODAT-335 UHF RFID reader
12 May, 2012 | Supplied by: ICP Electronics AustraliaIEI Technology's MODAT-335 reader features an optional UHF reader that can increase range up to 10 m.
FlexLink modular plastic wide belt conveyor
24 April, 2012 | Supplied by: FlexCAMThe FlexLink modular plastic wide belt conveyor has a flat, smooth belt surface, that minimises the risk of scratches, and sturdy guide rails, to prevent items falling off.
Reliable pallet labelling for CUB
18 April, 2012 | Supplied by: insignia Pty LtdCarlton & United Breweries (CUB), Australia’s largest brewer, operates five breweries in Australia as well as breweries in Fiji and Samoa. Its Yatala Brewery in Queensland is one of the most state-of-the-art breweries in the world, producing 450 million litres of beer each year.
Flexicon Block-Buster bulk bag conditioner
09 February, 2012 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty LimitedThe Block-Buster bulk bag conditioner, with two hydraulic rams and specially contoured end plates, presses opposing sides of bulk bags, loosening material that has solidified during storage and shipment, enabling bulk bag unloaders to discharge it through bag spouts.
Stawell Gold recovery exceeds expectations through flotation upgrade
30 January, 2012 | Supplied by: Outotec Pty Ltd
A major Australian gold mine at Stawell in Central Victoria has far exceeded its own expectations following an upgraded flotation circuit developed in partnership with Outotec Services.
Flexicon Dual Bulk Bag Filling System
25 January, 2012 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
The Dual Bulk Bag Filling System from Flexicon integrates two Swing-Down bulk bag fillers with a Flexicon Pallet Dispenser and powered roller conveyors, allowing safe, high-capacity filling of bulk bags of all popular sizes. Programmable controls allow the fillers to operate separately or simultaneously, filling bags of the same size or two different sizes.
Containing toxic dust in fluoridation plants
09 January, 2012 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
For many years various Australian authorities have been slowly installing water-fluoridation plants in a general endeavour to promote dental health. In the last few years, though, the pace of fluoridation has quickened as various states have introduced fluoridation programs, backed by state government subsidies.
Pepperl+Fuchs RFID F97 reading head
21 November, 2011 | Supplied by: Pepperl+Fuchs (Aust) Pty Ltd
The 54 cm-long RFID F97 reading head has a continuous read range along its entire length. This means that tags can be reliably read, despite large tolerances in the position on the conveyor, and at speeds of up to 10 m/s.
Flexicon skid-mounted bag discharge system
28 October, 2011 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
The Flexicon Bulk Bag Discharging System with integral Pneumatic Conveying System transfers material from bulk bags to silos and other storage vessels. Unlike most discharging systems that move material from bulk bags to smaller storage vessels and process equipment, this positive pressure pneumatic system is designed to fill bulk storage facilities on islands, or other locations unable to receive large volumes of bulk material by rail or bulk truck.
Moving difficult-to-handle bulk materials with flexible screw conveyors
26 October, 2011 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
Flexible screw conveyor systems can be engineered to transport bulk materials that tend to pack, cake, smear, break apart or fluidise, and can prevent the separation of blended products. This article looks at the how flexible screw conveyors can be designed to convey such problematic materials.
Schenck Process Disocont Tersus continuous feeder control
28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Schenck Process Australia Pty Ltd
Schenck Process has added intuitive touch-screen operation, intelligent interfaces and optimised modularity to its Disocont Tersus measurement, control and regulation for device continuous feeding.
Flexicon bulk bag filling line
22 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
Flexicon is supplying a bulk bag filling line that automatically dispenses pallets, fills bulk bags and accumulates filled bags for removal by forklift.
Flexicon plant-wide weigh batching system
10 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited
An automated plant-wide weigh batching system engineered by Flexicon simultaneously weighs up to seven major ingredients received in bulk bags and unlimited minor ingredients received in 23 kg sacks, pails or boxes, and conveys weighed batches to a downstream blender that feeds a bulk bag filler and a paper sack filling machine.
