Benefits of Laning Capabilities in Food Production Equipment

MultiSource Manufacturing LLC and Forpak work together to create innovative solutions for the food processing and packaging industry, meet global safety standards, and generate unique systems tailored to our customers’ needs. Every day that we work to design and manufacture specialty food packaging solutions, we find more ways to streamline production processes and incorporate the benefits each solution provides.

 

Primarily, Forpak builds solutions for the baked goods, meat, and pizza industries. Our skilled engineers and technicians work together to put our state-of-the-art machining equipment to the test in generating industry-leading food production equipment for OEMs and other customers.

 

One of the best solutions we can build into our custom food production equipment is the capability of laning products on a conveyor as they are transported from one operation to the next. Laning is a conveyor tool with many benefits for food packaging and processing facilities, including:

 

  • Buffering: Laning is an important conveyor tool for handling the accumulation of products on a line without causing backup or product damage. As goods accumulate at any point where that accumulation is designed to occur or will naturally happen, a buffer laning system can alleviate that accumulation and keep products moving forward.
  • Diverting: In addition to buffering an accumulation of products at certain points on the production line, an effective laning system can move products in multiple directions, working in diversions when necessary to keep products going the way they need to go. A diverting lane system can increase efficiency and limit exposure of each product to potential contamination.
  • Orienting: Depending on the product, an orienting lane system may need to be put into place on a conveyor system. If goods need to be rotated or reoriented at certain stages of the production line, a logical, effective laning system will prevent damage or mismanagement of the products and their packaging materials.
  • Combining: In many cases, product components need to be combined at some point on the production line. With a good laning system, product components can be sorted, combined, and packaged in a streamlined, sanitary, and safe process. This is especially key in packaging products that will have multiple of the same item per unit.
  • Sanitation: Above all, sanitation and food safety are the most important factors to consider in the manufacturing of any food production equipment. On many conveyor lines, laning is used as a method for preventing cross contamination between products, maintaining the integrity of the product, and overall ensuring sanitation practices during processing and packaging.

 

Laning systems are just one of the many essential design systems we work into our food production equipment solutions. To learn more about Forpak’s comprehensive capabilities and our current designs for food production equipment, contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948. For more about our other services, contact MultiSource Manufacturing LLC at (952) 456-5500. Request more information or request a quote to get started with us today.

Importance of Continued Medical Device Manufacturing in the Face of COVID-19

As we move through the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic, more and more states are issuing stay-at-home orders and shutting down nonessential business operations. For essential operations, it’s become even more important for production and services to continue in their support of communities, medical professionals, and national safety. At MultiSource Manufacturing LLC, our most essential operation today is the production of high-quality, precision-based medical devices. Our skilled engineers and technicians are working daily to fabricate medical equipment that will be critical in caring for COVID-19 patients and developing treatments as well as treating non-coronavirus conditions. With our continued medical device manufacturing practices, MultiSource is dedicated to doing its part in sustaining positive action in the face of this major health crisis.

 

Many medical devices, protective equipment, and treatment tools are in extreme demand during this time. Shortages of medical tools are a serious issue that we, as manufacturers, need to cooperate to combat. Our staff is working to maintain the supply of medical devices, tools, and components that we fabricate for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other customers.

 

Some medical devices and components we fabricate and assemble, and are key in the treatment of COVID-19 patients and other patients with respiratory conditions, include:

 

  • Surgical equipment and instrumentation: While there is limited surgical treatment for COVID-19 patients, there are still various tools and instruments necessary for intensive care of coronavirus and other respiratory infection conditions. Even basic tools such as IV applications, needles, heart monitors, and other generic hospital equipment are vital in saving many lives during a pandemic like the one that is occurring now.
  • Surgical navigation: Fluid draining, catheterization, internal diagnostics, and other treatments that may need surgical navigation tools are utilized hundreds of times daily in emergency rooms (ERs), intensive care units (ICUs), and hospitals treating the rapid influxes of COVID-19 patients around the globe. Our medical device manufacturing services work to support continued use of these tools in the face of shortages.
  • Electrical and battery: Many devices are electronic systems that use a direct power source or battery supply. Equipment such as ventilators and fluid drainage devices that are electrically powered are a critical aspect of COVID-19 treatment, particularly for patients with severe cases of the virus. Our production of these components is an important part of our role in supplying the medical community battling the coronavirus.
  • Pharmaceutical mixing and packaging: While no vaccine has been developed yet for the coronavirus, some pharmaceutical support care options exist. In addition, vaccines and treatments for many other respiratory illnesses, immuno-compromising conditions, and other medical conditions that put patients at risk of severe infection of COVID-19 are available. To promote the continued development and distribution of these medications, our work in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical tool components is valuable.

 

During this pandemic, we’ll do our part to protect everyone from COVID-19. To learn more about our medical device manufacturing, contact MultiSource Manufacturing LLC at (952) 456-5500. You can request more information or request a quote online to get started with us today.