In the food processing industry, new wave of scientific and technological achievements have come, such as 'software robots', high-pressure air debarking machines, etc. At this moment, companies do not have to worry too much about labor and cost issues, because 'soft robots' have begun to process many food products. The field is applied, and it can be handled flexibly like a human hand, put food, especially soft, easily damaged products, improve production efficiency, but also to ensure food safety, health.
'Software Robot' has obvious application advantages, food machine boosts the development of the industry
'Software Robot' Drives the Future of Food Production
It is reported that a professor at Harvard University has collaborated with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Pentagon to develop a new 'software robot' that is made entirely of compliant elastic polymer. Compared with robots made of rigid materials, software robots have flexibility. The great advantage makes it easy to complete some challenges, which is a breakthrough in the field of robotics.
With the rapid development of global industrial automation, this technology has begun to be promoted in commercial products and can unlock automation for industrial customers around the world. According to industry insiders, the use of special materials and artificial intelligence can make such 'software robots' possible. As flexible as the human hand grasps the items. Some time ago, the author had the opportunity to participate in the Shanghai International Baking Exhibition. At the exhibition, he saw a lot of 'shadows' that rub robots.
We know that food production and processing is a highly manual process, such as baked goods, food packaging, and stacking of soft and fragile foods, but with the significant reduction in labor supply in agricultural products and other food production markets, coupled with the continuous increase in labor costs Improve, and 'software robots' will help the food processing industry bring automation to its processing and packaging applications to meet the production needs of companies and achieve industrial productivity in every market, which will revolutionize the food industry.
High-tech development on 'garlic head'
Recently, a food science and technology company in Qingdao released the latest developments. Among them, the industry has taken the lead in the intelligent control of ovens, and has also improved the peeling and dust removal technology of garlic peels. It has become a national enterprise producing ultra-low bacteria products.
In addition, the company has also obtained one invention patent for a dehydration vegetable efficient environmental protection automatic processing control system and seven utility model patents. The author has learned that more than 20 processes in garlic production and processing have been fully automated, and the output has doubled. Significant savings in labor costs have been achieved at the same time as the success rate has increased dramatically.
In addition, the team's independently developed high-pressure air stripping machine has achieved the transformation of garlic peeling from 'wet' to 'dry', reducing the use of water by more than 60%, and the peeled garlic can also be packaged and sold to large-scale farms. The most environmentally friendly natural livestock and poultry 'anti-inflammatory drugs', truly realized 'turning waste into treasure', improved the comprehensive utilization of garlic peel.
According to relevant personnel of the company, this year, the company will continue to increase research investment, and strive to change from mechanized operation to fully intelligent operation, and build a true 'unmanned workshop'.
Air Fryer Boosts 'Junk Food' Hat
In recent years, with the upgrading of dietary consumption, the catering market has quietly changed, vegetarian food has begun to seize the fast food market, and fast food companies have launched vegetarian products to invest in consumers. According to media reports, KFC is trying to use vegetarian fried chicken in some parts of the UK. Replacing traditional fried chicken instead of high-fat meat and chips, it is expected to be sold at all branches in the United States on July 1.
I learned that this vegan fried chicken will be fried in a separate fry pan. In fact, whether it is traditional fried chicken or vegetarian fried chicken, it is only to reduce the heat of the raw materials, but still need to use fried method. When it comes to fried foods, everyone also thinks that it is 'junk food' because the oil temperature during the frying process is not well controlled and it is easy to produce excessive amounts of harmful substances.
At present, the air fryer on the market, together with the patented high-speed air circulation technology, replaces the hot oil in the frying pan with air to make the food become ripe. It is worth mentioning that the air fryer does not require oil, just put food Put it well, set the temperature and time.