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Food & Beverage Industry Newsletter – March 2024

Time for Your Truck Scale's Spring Cleaning

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You are likely using your truck scale as the cash register for your facility, measuring raw materials coming in and finished product going out. However, as time passes your truck scale will provide less reliable measurements if it isn’t properly maintained. With spring upon us, it’s a great time to clean your scale and ensure proper functioning.

Maximize Compressed Air Energy Efficiency with Transair

An optimized compressed air system can mean substantial reductions in overall energy consumption, with food facilities saving 20-50% on average on their electric bill over 24 months. We recommend Parker’s Transair aluminum compressed air piping system to try and achieve these savings in your own facility. Read some of the key advantages of the Parker Transair System here.

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Parker's PURE Line of Food Grade Hose for Every Food & Bev Need

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Parker’s PURE food grade hoses enable a clean and safe transfer of a wide variety of foods and beverages. They are offered in a wide range of constructions and also offer multiple color, pressure, size, and temperature capabilities to meet specific application needs. All of their food grade hose and tubes meet government and industry standards.

They also offer full suction capability and kink resistance to extend their usability and enhanced cover options for convenient and uncomplicated cleaning.

In particular, Parker’s PUREBev 7630 and PURE Wash 7680 hoses are in stock and ready for you in one of our five North Carolina-based hose locations!

Ohaus Hotplate Stirrers Help MetaBev Streamline Product Development

For over 20 years, beverage development company MetaBev has been in the business of helping their clients craft the perfect beverage, offering a start-to-finish experience. For the experts in the MetaBev laboratory, hotplate stirrers are an essential piece of equipment. The OHAUS Guardian 7000 hotplate stirrer has helped MetaBev streamline many of their processes, from the everyday stirring and mixing of liquids to complex beverage creation and regulation of more viscous samples, such as juice concentrates, or purees.

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Bodine’s new 56R1-50JW/H stainless steel hollow shaft gearmotors are perfect for pharmaceutical, food, beverage and other wet environment applications. They feature corrosion resistant stainless steel housing and are fully watertight.

Their variable-speed 230/460VAC, 1/2 HP, inverter-duty windings are compatible with a wide range of inverter (VFD) products.

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Improve Efficiency

Did you know that Cross Process Solutions’ team of valve experts can come to your site and make sure your valve actuators, positioners and limit switches are working correctly?

Whether your equipment needs to be updated or you need help troubleshooting, our team has decades of field experience and knows what to look for when they’re in a food and beverage environment.

Need new equipment installed? No problem! We can help with field installation too!

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Raise Quality

In all areas of your food processing workflow, Ohaus has the scales and equipment you need. From grading and sorting, portioning and in-production inventory to incoming quality control inspection and statistical quality control, Ohaus products help ensure accurate measurements, keeping your products on spec and tasting exactly the way they should.

See how our team can help improve quality, increase efficiency, and reduce risk

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Did you know… Cross Company is an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). Our ESOP started in 1979 and as of 2006, we are 100% employee-owned! Learn more about our ESOP and how that benefits both team members and our customers.
Did you know... the precision measurement group at Cross was founded in 1939 by our current CEO's grandfather, Jim King. That's a whole lot of calibration!
Did you know... A fingerprint weighs about 50 micrograms. We know, we weighed it! The residue left from a finger can actually make a difference in weight results which is why we wear gloves when we calibrate weights. For reference, a sheet of paper is about 4.5 grams, that’s 4.5 million micrograms.
Did you know… Cross Company has grown significantly since our start in 1954. Over the years we've acquired 26 companies! Today, our five groups have expertise in everything from industrial automation to precision measurement, and industry knowledge going all the way back to 1939.