Thermal management is crucial to processing, storing and delivering several types of snacks and baked goods. The latest systems cover a wide range of functions, including chilling dough, cooling product after exiting the oven, and refrigerating or freezing finished product. Specialized cold storage facilities also are part of the mix.

For snack food and select baked goods producers today, flexibility is the most sought-after feature of form/fill/seal (FFS) packaging equipment. Manufacturers also seek modular designs that provide scalable solutions and flexible layout configurations.

New and updated equipment makes short work of slicing, cutting and portioning dough, as well as other snack and bakery essentials.

Cognex Corporation, the world’s leader in machine vision, introduced the In-Sight VC200 series, a family of multi smart camera vision systems.

Unifiller has launched its latest machine–the iPump–at the International Baking Industry Expo (IBIE).

The Pally combines the mobility of a dolly with the functionality of a static pallet.

Traditional bin picking applications pose issues for automation because of variability in the size, shape and orientation of products within a bin.

 A new BULK-OUT Bulk Bag Weigh Batch Unloader with seismic bracing provides added structural integrity and operator safety for installations in regions prone to earthquakes.

A-B-C’s 700 series robot palletizers effortlessly palletize cases, trays, or bags in multiple configurations and deliver the flexibility of hand palletizing with no labor costs or liability.

Multi-Conveyor recently released a stainless steel constructed, washdown compatible, infeed and discharge conveyor system to gently invert products 180 degrees.