Lenz Instruments asistirá a la sala TECNO CÁRNICA de la exposición FoodTech (Stand A-270), que se organizará en Barcelona del 8 al 11 de mayo. La feria comercial FoodTech se centra en la tecnología de los alimentos y es una de las más prestigiosas del sector. Con más de 37,000 visitantes profesionales de 115 países diferentes, FoodTech cuenta con la asistencia de 660 marcas comerciales de compañías locales e internacionales. Tecno Cárnica – la sala de exposiciones enfocada en maquinaria, tecnología, equipos y suministros para el sector de procesado de carne juega un papel clave en la feria, que representa más del 50% de la actividad de la Feria.

El consorcio de SHREDDERSORT está completando la construcción de tres sistemas individuales de clasificación y separación para el reciclaje de fragmentos metálicos provenientes de la industria del automóvil. Los tres sistemas de clasificación son:

Dentro de la industria del reciclaje, existe un interés creciente por nuevas tecnologías que permitan la recuperación de metales a partir de residuos obtenidos de vehículos al final de su vida útil, así como otras fuentes de residuos industriales o urbanos. Las tecnologías actuales, no permiten la separación efectiva de diversos metales no férricos, y presentan limitaciones en términos de rendimiento y coste. En colaboración con otros socios industriales, Lenz Instruments ha desarrollado una planta piloto que permite la separación de residuos metálicos no-férricos en tres fracciones, en función de su composición química. El sistema desarrollado combina una matriz de sensores electromagnéticos y ópticos, que permiten determinar la composición de cada fragmento de residuo en tan sólo una milésima de segundo. El sistema de control de la planta procesa esta información en tiempo real, a la vez que regula el accionamiento de una matriz de válvulas neumáticas que separan cada fragmento en diferentes fracciones mediante soplado direccional.

The Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA) organized a technical workshop at their facilities on the past December 17^th, 2015. In the event, IRTA presented the results of a research study aiming at modelling the salt uptake process, in the production of dry-cured ham. The study, carried out in the framework of an European Research Project (www.procured.eu), showed the importance of monitoring the fat content in raw hams, to control the salt content in the final product.

Fratelli Galloni, one of the leading Parma ham producing companies at Italy, has been continuously working in the improvement of the quality of their products, and the control of their salt content. In collaboration with Lenz Instruments, Fratelli Galloni is working in the optimization of their production process, to achieve highest quality Parma hams, with reduced and more standardized salt content.

On the past October 8^th (2015), the Stazione Sperimentale Industria Conserve Alimentari (SSICA) organized a technical workshop at their facilities at Parma. The workshop was aimed at providing a comprehensive review on the use of new meat inspection technologies to improve the production process of dry-cured ham. The event was attended by tens of representatives of Parma ham and San Danielle ham producing companies.

The optimization of the salting process is important for dry-cured meat producers to ensure a standardized product quality, to successfully achieve a reduction in the average salt content, and to avoid weight losses during drying. Current salting processes relies on establishing the optimum salting conditions based only on the weight of each meat piece, which leads to an homogeneous salt uptake in the final product.

Metal recycling industry is struggling to develop efficient methods for sorting non-ferrous metal scrap. In the framework of a European Collaborative Research project, we are investigating new technologies based on spectroscopic and electromagnetic methods, for sorting metal scrap according to its composition. The objective of the project is to prove the feasibility of using these techniques for sorting non-ferrous scrap into different metal fractions.

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European Research project «PIGSCAN» (GA: 31213) has officially started on March 1st 2013. Lenz Instruments has hosted the kick-off meeting of this project, which aims at developing a new pig carcass grading technology based on magnetic induction technology. Besides enabling the classification of the carcass according to the S/EUROP standard, the project aims also at assessing the fat content of primary cuts in the carcass.