Solving the missing box mystery – with smart visualisation Holeki bakery has a keen interest in responding to customers who experience that boxes of products are sometimes missing when pallets are delivered. The Belgian company currently spends a lot of time and energy on finding out where boxes get ‘lost’ in the [...]
Bakery robots take on the heavy work Monotonous and heavy work in the bakery makes it increasingly difficult to find employees. But traditional automation is too costly and inflexible when production only runs for a few hours a day. This project aims to overcome the challenge by installing mobile cobots in Marien [...]
Digital management of food processing resources Electricity, fuel and water are three key expenses for the food industry. The aim of FI.RMS is to explore the commercial viability of a new solution that can reduce consumption by 10% to 20%. By integrating metering equipment with a specially developed energy platform, the solution [...]
Better meat, more transparency – with real-time monitoring pH and temperature are critical parameters in the production of poultry meat. This project aims to demonstrate the potential for digital monitoring of poultry scalding to improve product quality, reduce waste and save time while increasing the transparency and traceability of production. The findings [...]
Only the best buns with minimum food loss Uniform, high quality is important to bakeries in a highly competitive market. This project aims to analyse the automated bread roll baking system and use a demonstrator to alert the operator to potential quality deviations at an early stage – eliminating sub-standard products and [...]
Digital meat production with respect for tradition GARCÍA NUÑO. EL CHICO S.L. is a traditional Spanish, family-run charcuterie with more than 60 years of experience – and in need of comprehensive automation. This project is a first step towards industry 4.0 technology. The ultimate goal is to modernise, monitor and optimise manufacturing [...]
Smart metal detection for high milk safety The BioMim project aims to design and manufacture an interferometric biosensor for the detection of copper and lead in milk. If successful, this project would be the first step towards a disruptive approach to real-time monitoring of food safety. Although the current methods available are [...]
