
IT meets food technology
Researchers in Lemgo provide the impetus for a new standard in food quality assurance: Continuous, predictive monitoring using cyber-physical systems and Big Data.

Researchers in Lemgo provide the impetus for a new standard in food quality assurance: Continuous, predictive monitoring using cyber-physical systems and Big Data.

Augmented reality is currently on everyone's lips. In industry, the use of tablet PCs with an integrated camera has become established. The video image captured by the camera is shown on the display and "enhanced" with additional information in real time. The high accuracy of the overlay enables components, tools and production systems to be checked quickly.

Kübler offers a kit system from its portfolio of linear measurement technology consisting of a spring arm, rotary encoder, measuring wheel (pulley) and toothed belt. It enables users to design their individual solution themselves or together with the Kübler experts.
Production capacities expanded
Just five years after the last expansion, Endress+Hauser has further increased its production capacity with a third plant at the Suzhou site in China.

Hyperspectral imaging complements HACCP methods for detecting physical contamination on food production lines. Each chemical component detected is given its own color coding on an image.

With the model 639A91, PCB Piezotronics offers a compact, triaxial measuring accelerometer in industrial design.

With Intellipick 3D, a new generation of sensors with a range of additional functions follows on from the Shapescan 3D robot vision product series. The new product family is designed to ensure uninterrupted supply to the production line.

With the PEC-EX software, R. Stahl aims to make it easier for plant operators to plan, carry out and document prescribed tests on their explosion-protected equipment.

M4 ISO is an isometric software specially developed for pipeline construction for the automatic generation of non-scale pipeline isometrics from 3D planning data.

Omron has presented its E5-D series. The new generation of controllers is designed to achieve optimum and automatic temperature control without operator intervention. All typical settings are to be automated using artificial intelligence (AI).