Send your white paper(s) as a PDF file, and also include a Word document with a ≤ 50 word summary and title for each. The white paper should focus on products/technology suitable to the food processing industry. There are no page length restrictions for your PDF file(s) as most white papers tend to be lengthily by nature. You can submit up to 6 for starters, if you have more than that please contact your Food Manufacturing representative for clearance.
In addition to posting this on the web site you can take part in an optional program whereby we will e-blast your white paper to over 20,000 Food Manufacturing subscribers. For more information about this service contact your Food Manufacturing representative. The e-blast is designed to generate more interest and exposure as well as produce qualified hot sales leads for your company.
Washing Down Drives Without Washing Away Profits
When it comes to power transmission equipment used in the food processing industry, some types of drive systems are easier to clean and sanitize than others. This paper will examine drive system cleaning and sanitizing challenges facing the food manufacturing industry and compare wash-down considerations for roller chain and belt drives, so that food manufacturers can make informed choices about how to maintain the highest level of productivity while meeting or exceeding food safety standards.
Click here to access the Gates Corporation white paper. Intelligent Demand Response
The new demand response requires automation intelligence. Industrial users already install factory
automation to be more efficient or trim production costs. Intelligent demand response is an extension
of automation, enabling participants to:
• Connect many loads and decide which subset will make up each response
• Make decisions quickly based on preset rules
• Gather data and analytics to fine-tune responses
• Track and control the productivity impact of demand response
Implementing intelligent demand response has its challenges, not the least of which is resistance from
customers to tapping fundamental loads. Equipment incentives will be needed for intelligent demand
response to be most effective.
Click here to access the Powerit Solutions white paper. Clean Smarter: Stay Safe, Save Money
Environmental concerns, economic competitiveness, and technology have converged, causing
industry and government to reevaluate manufacturing processes. Companies worldwide face
new challenges as greater emphasis is being placed on providing environmentally safe and
more cost-effective ways of cleaning industrial plants, facilities, and related equipment.
The challenges of thorough and cost-effective cleaning processes are multiple, and failing to
implement a comprehensive cleaning program can disrupt production, compromise product
and worker safety, and waste time and money.
Click here to access the Nilfisk white paper. The OEE Deficit: Why it can’t deliver the results you require
For complex manufacturing environments, OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) falls short when it comes to delivering improvements in productivity. That’s because OEE tools were originally developed to measure the performance of stand-alone equipment or the total output of a particular line. But current manufacturing processes incorporate complex value streams with multiple processing steps. So OEE measures can obscure the main goal – to make improvements which will lead to greater productivity and more production off the end of the line. To succeed, today’s enterprises need more.
Click here to access the Activplant white paper. Is Your HACCP Foundation Solid? ERP: The Solid Foundation to your HACCP Compliance
Food manufacturing companies can experience significant challenges without the proper tools in place to ensure HACCP compliance. One specific tool that facilitates cGMP compliance for manufacturers is a solid ERP software solution. With quality control features of a qualified ERP, manufacturers are sure to have the basic necessity in place so that all other critical control points and regulations are easy to maintain.
Click here to access the Process Pro white paper. Monitor and Control on the Move: The Next Evolution in Factory Automation
At the heart of manufacturing operations are the Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) that control the many functions of production-related machinery on the factory floor. The PLCs form the foundation of the manufacturing automation system. Layered on top of the PLCs is the SCADA system, the ‘control room’ that enables control of the machinery and recording of the vast amount of production related data. The ‘control panel’ into the SCADA system is via a Human Machine Interface (HMI) application, such as the Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
Click here to access the Motorola white paper. Optimizing Spray Performance with Pulse Width Modulated Flow Control
Recent advancements in spray technology make coating and precise dosing easier to achieve and have helped many food processors save tens of thousands of dollars annually by decreasing quality problems and minimizing the use of expensive coating solutions. This new technology relies on Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) Flow Control.
Click here to access the Spraying Systems Co. white paper. How to Determine if Your Organization Needs New Business Software
Making a decision to replace your existing business software systems is a difficult one. Replacing an existing system is always more difficult than keeping an existing one. However, if the short and long term needs of the organization are not being met by the existing software, then the organization will simply not be able to move forward in a cost effective manner without making the move to a new system. Hopefully, this document has provided you with three key pieces of information that will assist you in the determination as to whether or not replacing an existing business information system is warranted.
Click here to access the Technology Group International white paper. Fifteen Questions for Every Software Supplier
This document is intended to help you, as a buyer of ERP software, to insure that you ask all of your potential ERP software providers some of the really tough questions that will help you define whether or not you want to do business with them as an organization. The questions here are not functional in nature. Rather, they are designed to help you understand, prior to purchasing a system from them, how a potential supplier will be to do business with.
Click here to access the Technology Group International white paper. Smooth Transition Dok System
Dock shock and trailer drop are two emerging loading dock safety issues that pose serious health and safety risks at virtually every food-producing company with a loading dock. The recently discovered issues also contribute to product and equipment damage. This white paper explains the issues and how to protect against the problems they create.
Click here to access the Rite Hite white paper. Forklift Free Plants... Considerations for Success
This white paper explores fuzzy logic and how it helps engineers solve nonlinear control problems commonly found in process applications. Fuzzy logic, which mathematically emulates human reasoning, provides an intuitive way to design function blocks for intelligent control systems, advanced fault detection and other complex applications. Control systems deploying fuzzy logic can improve the management of uncertain variables, such as temperature fluctuations.
Click here to access the K-Tec white paper. Nonlinear Control & Decision Making Using Fuzzy Logic In Logix
This white paper explores fuzzy logic and how it helps engineers solve nonlinear control problems commonly found in process applications. Fuzzy logic, which mathematically emulates human reasoning, provides an intuitive way to design function blocks for intelligent control systems, advanced fault detection and other complex applications. Control systems deploying fuzzy logic can improve the management of uncertain variables, such as temperature fluctuations.
Click here to access the Rockwell white paper. The Phenomenon of Loading Dock Seal Fires: How and Why They Occur and the Development of the Technology to Prevent Them
In 2003, Frommelt Products Corporation announced findings that indicated an alarming increase in the number of U.S. dock-seal fire incidents – and it's a threat that continues today. This document educates decision-makers about the source of the problem and describes how advanced dock seal technology can eliminate the serious safety risk.
Click here to access the Frommelt white paper. Peristaltic Pumps in the Food Industry
Due to lost productivity, many companies are making the change to peristaltic technology. The Riverside Bakery needed a solution to replace the previous manual handling process. The new SPX40 pump handles the full range of cooked foods without any problems, and also fully meets food safety standards as the operator is able to clean in-situ, quickly and easily.
Click here to access the Watson-Marlow Bredel white paper. How Bowl Cutters Improve Product Quality and Increase Profits
The purpose of this document is to educate meat processors and sausage makers about the advantages of using a bowl cutter to emulsify, coarse chop, or fine chop products such as bologna, hot dogs, brats, kielbasa, summer sausage, snack sticks, or any European style sausage.
Click here to access the Koch white paper. The Advantages of Vacuum Filling/Stuffing
The purpose of this document is to educate meat processors and sausage makers about the advantages of continuous vacuum stuffing and how they can achieve greater control of their processing operations to meet customer demands, such as product variety, better presentation, weight control, and higher quality.
Click here to access the Koch white paper. The Advantages of Vacuum Tumbling
The purpose of this document is to educate meat, poultry, and seafood processors of all sizes about the advantages of vacuum tumbling – a newer method of brining/marinating meat, poultry, and seafood to produce ready-to-cook, value-added products. The advantages of vacuum tumbling will be reviewed, including reduced labor content and increased yields, which result from improvements to product slice ability, cure color evenness, and overall product juiciness and tenderness.
Click here to access the Koch white paper. Understanding Tray Sealing and Modified Atmosphere Packaging (M.A.P.)
The purpose of this document is to educate food manufacturers about modified atmosphere packaging (M.A.P.) and how it is used to preserve the freshness and extend the shelf-life of food products to ensure they reach the consumer in optimum condition.
Click here to access the Koch white paper. Vacuum Packaging – An Investment With Significant Returns
The purpose of this document is to educate food processors and packagers about the advantages of vacuum packaging and how one can profit by investing in vacuum chamber packaging equipment, which delivers significant returns.
Click here to access the Koch white paper. Applied Stats, Checkweighers and Net Weight Control
Checkweigher systems are in use in many different types of Food and Beverage facilities. ASI DataMyte Applied Stats software, while performing a different function than a checkweigher system, can frequently be interfaced with a checkweigher as part of an overall net weight control program.
Click here to access the ASI DataMyte white paper. Weigh to Go: Ways to Improve the Accuracy of High-Speed Weighing
Operators often encounter inaccuracies in high-speed weighing processes due to electromagnetic interference (EMI) or vibration. Fortunately, today there's digital load cell technology that combines accurate data collection with high speed and EMI resistance. Learn how one manufacturer has harnessed this technology to deliver ultra-accurate weighing systems to its customers.
Click here to access the Gainco white paper. Dry Blender Selection Criteria – Vertical & Horizontal Designs
In processing plants around the world, ribbon blenders are used to mix many thousands of products, from cake mixes to flavored coffees. The ribbon blender is one of the most common mixing devices in service today, because it is one of the most versatile and cost-efficient mixers ever created.
Click here to access the Charles Ross white paper. How to Wet Powders Instantly – Using New High Speed Technology
Wetting powders such as guar, xanthan and alginates are some of the toughest challenges in mixing. When trying to mix them, they tend to float on the surface of a liquid batch. Even with vigorous agitation, they remain on the slopes of a vortex and resist being drawn down into the batch.
Click here to access the Charles Ross white paper. MegaShear – A New & Patented High-Speed Mixer Design
An innovative rotor/stator generator developed at Ross is capable of ultra-high shear mixing, dispersion, emulsification, homogenization and particle size reduction. Unlike other mixers that apply intense shearing action, this one does not force manufacturers to choose between a high shear rate and a high flow rate. It delivers both.
Click here to access the Charles Ross white paper. Consider the Advantages of Mixing Under Vacuum
Many of the advantages of mixing, blending and drying under vacuum have been recognized for years. But until recently, vacuum has also been widely misunderstood. Many processors have considered vacuum essential – and cost-effective – only for the most demanding applications.
Click here to access the Charles Ross white paper. Single ERP Software vs. Multiple Software Systems Advantages of Using One Enterprise Solution for Your Food Manufacturing Business
Food manufacturing business processes, such as recipe management, regulatory reporting, order entry, accounting, production, and inventory are traditionally managed by several software systems. This paper highlights nine specific benefits of utilizing a single software system versus multiple system usage for a food manufacturer. By reviewing these advantages, manufacturers may better understand how to simplify their complex operations.
Click here to access the Deacom white paper. Wash Down Drives without Washing Away Profits
When it comes to power transmission equipment used in the food processing industry, some drive systems are easier to clean and sanitize than others. Learn about the drive system cleaning and sanitizing challenges facing the food manufacturing industry. Maintain the highest level of productivity while exceeding food safety standards.
