PicknPack Workshop 2013: Engineering the Food Factory of the Future
08 Oct 2013
PicknPack are delighted to invite you to attend a workshop hosted by The University of Manchester at Wageningen UR, a university and research centre in The Netherlands, on 31 October 2013.
This is the first technical workshop organised by the consortium under the EC PicknPack Project which is a major European project on the application of advanced automation techniques to food manufacturing.
The PicknPack concept offers the food industry the benefits of automation – cost reduction, greater hygiene and more efficient use of resources – combined with the unique ability to adapt to the product and batch size at hand. PicknPack will give the European food industry a vital competitive advantage in the rapidly changing marketplace of the future, where customers demand more quality, more choice and more safety for lower prices.
The project will develop a range of closely integrated modules for quality monitoring, robotic handling and sorting and adaptive packaging to cope with a range of package shapes and sizes. Communication will be based on a shared vendor independent vocabulary with a user friendly graphical interface to allow a rapid deployment in production lines.
A number of industrial speakers will review the current state of the art in the deployment of automation techniques in food manufacturing and a detailed exposition will be given on the expected benefits of the technology developed in the PicknPack project.
A discussion forum has been programmed to obtain valuable feedback from the inclusive community which will guide the ongoing development work.
Who should attend
- Engineers and managers involved in automation engineering and production within the food industry.
- Researchers and development engineers working on innovative measurements control and robotic operation associated with food quality and efficient production.
- Industrialists interested in state of the art developments that will impact on food factory of the future design and manufacturing procedures.
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