Smart tools increasingly make predictive maintenance practical.
As with every other field, food manufacturing is accessing internet-based tools and applications to solve the most nettlesome problems in plant operations.
Case-in-point: manufacturers of AC-induction motors are introducing moderately priced sensors for monitoring temperature, current and vibration, a capability reserved in years past for large machinery.
So what’s their motivation? (Or what is unique about this digital transformation in the food-processing world?)
