Plan Automation Technology Blog

There are many different kinds of product packaging used by modern food manufacturers. Packaging types such as Styrofoam, plastic, cardboard, and metal all present different challenges for product inspection.

Every manufacturer has to contend with the challenge of keeping their products safe on the journey from the factory floor to the customer’s store.

There are many factors that can make the simple-sounding task of delivering goods from point A to point B a veritable minefield of potential hazards, including:

Within the food, beverage and organic goods industries, the choices you make for processing, engineering and automation can largely determine the success of your branding efforts in today’s crowded marketplaces. Establishing market value and gaining a strategic advantage against competition has never been more important for producers than it is today.

The struggle between quality and quantity in food production is as old as the practice of selling food. On the one hand, the more food you can produce, the more supply you’ll have to sell and the more money you can make. Without quantity, you won’t be able to meet demand for your products, creating an opportunity for competitors to close the gap with their own knockoff products. 

On the other hand, you need your products to meet certain quality standards. Not just for regulatory compliance, but to keep consumers satisfied with the product and coming back for more.

No matter the industry, integrating high-powered stretch wrapping tools in manufacturing operations is one of the smartest things manufacturers and distributors can do; it’s an affordable change in production that generates great eventual savings later on, while also helping cut back on unnecessary labor costs right away.

For many companies, the search for ways to control costs and improve margins is never-ending. From the start of the production process to the end, manufacturers in many different industries are struggling to save time, labor, and capital while maintaining strict product quality standards.

When implemented throughout an enterprise, corrugated packaging materials, such as board boxes, trays and containers for various packing configurations can completely change how manufacturers in those businesses view their packaging. Corrugated packaging takes the concept of a “box” and makes it so much more, with innovative design, heavy-duty performance and unmatched board crushing strengths.

In America alone, millions of pounds of potatoes are produced, sold, and consumed each year. According to data from the National Potato Council, American farmers produced 434,652 cwt (short hundredweights) of potatoes in 2013 alone. That’s 434,652,000 pounds (217,326 tons) of potatoes produced in a single year.

When dealing with poultry, ensuring the complete and safe removal of chicken bones from your products is an enormous challenge. Between the wish bone, the rib bones, and the fan bone, there are many small and fragile skeletal structures in this land fowl that can shatter and get stuck in the meat.

The proper inspection of your food products is always a high priority. Ensuring the safety of a consumable protects not only consumers, but your brand. Without the right food inspection equipment, this is incredibly difficult. This is why many food producers invest heavily in top of the line food inspection technologies.