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According to notes from the United Fresh 2009 expo by The Packer, specialized harvesting manufacturer Ramsay Highlander, Inc. plans to release in June a patented commercial lettuce harvester that uses water jets. Advantages of using water cutting for lettuce harvesting, says Ramsay Highlander CEO Frank Maconachy, include food safety. Water jets’ precision cutting will not cause bleeding or browning as conventional harvesters sometimes do. Although it is best known for things like glass cutting, water jet technology’s efficacy in food cutting has long been established. Food Production Daily magazine wrote in 2005 that “water jet technology is one of the fastest growing major machine tool processes in the world due to its versatility and ease of operation…The technology offers processors sanitary advantages over other mechanical cutting methods, since there is no bacterial transfer from food to food or from tool to food. There is also no downtime for sharpening as there is with knives. Operator safety is improved because water jets can be remotely controlled by robotics.” Using water jets for food cutting has also gained popularity due to its preservation of the material being cut and the very small kerf width—this means that very little food is wasted in the process. Additionally, water jet cutting does not produce harmful vapors or hazardous...
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Seeking out some added touches to make your store merchandise as appealing as possible can include putting up some gondola shelving, or other appealing fixtures obtained from a display source. These added touches can really add to your store merchandise to help you increase sales and overall better improve the customer experience in your store. By making your products more appealing, you will be able to give your customers more to look at than just your products. By making products more appealing, you will increase demand for them that will in turn allow you to charge more for products, as they will come across as having higher quality. This can help you with your inventory turnover, shrinkage, and more. Appearance is a major factor in standing out against the competition. Seeking out improved fixtures and displays for your store can give you a serious edge, a differentiating factor. There are many methods and tactics you can take to achieve this type of increased demand across the board for your products by improving the appearance of your store. Some common tactics include using gridwall. This type of shelving can help you display all types of products including clothing, hardware, and more. Other examples include the use of slatwall. If you want to get a good idea of what is out there and available at your disposal, it is certainly worth checking out as they have a wide variety of fixtures that can make your store look better than it ever...
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Article written by Nate’s Ebook News Since the first game of paintball was played in 1981, the sport has evolved from something more like Capture the Flag to today’s sophisticated activity with several incarnations such as Woodsball, X-Ball, Speedball, etc. But if you haven’t been playing for many years, you might not know about all of the changes in paintball guns and paintball gun accessories that have been made over the years. 68Caliber runs a series of articles called “Then and Now” that looks at the evolution of the sport, including changes in gun technology, the latest feature. Author Steve Davidson talks about how the limited options when he started playing in 1983 (the Sheridan PGP, the Nelspot 007, and the NSG Splatmaster) have widened to include hundreds of branded options, with upgrades being offered often. The heavy, clunky, fixed-barrel, single-shot “old skool” guns have been replaced with sleeker, lighter, guns with semi-auto/electronically assisted firing modes. It’s a read that’s definitely worth checking...
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Named one of Wall Street’s “Top Ten Most Influential Technologists” by Fortune Magazine, Mr. Amanat is responsible for several important developments in the electronic brokerage industry. His company, Tradescape, was the first to provide investors a direct relationship to all nine Electronic Communications Networks and alternative stock exchanges. Tradescape quickly became an industry leader that processed over 10% of NASDAQ’s daily trading volume. By age 29, Mr. Amanat sold Tradescape to the financial services company E*Trade for $280 million. Omar Amanat is a significant contributor to technology, philanthropy, entrepreneurialism, and now even the entertainment industry. After honing his sharp business skills at the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Business, Mr. Amanat worked with CyberTrader founder Philip Berber to develop a trading platform prototype that was bought by Charles Schwab for $488 million in 2000. As a member of the Gold Philanthropists Circle, Mr. Amanat is thoroughly involved with humanitarian causes. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board for the Acumen Fund, a global venture capital fund for the poor that has been categorized as one of the top of charities changing the face of global philanthropy. Mr. Amanat is a board member of the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City, and is serving as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also on the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch and Malaria No More. A frequent public speaker and popular interviewee, Mr. Amanat is also committed to creating social awareness and change through a more globally empathetic media. Since the events of 9/11, Omar Amanat has used his financial and philanthropic expertise to explore the ways in which film and television can create social change and global understanding. He serves as founder and financier for several film production companies, including one that raised $205 million to fund more than 20 feature films within the next 5 years. He is a board member of a new $1 billion Hollywood production and distribution studio. And...
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Greater efficiency can pay big dividends, whether it’s a more efficient 40 kw generator or a more efficient 400 kw generator. Jonathan Fahey of Forbes reports that researchers at Oregon State University (OSU), through a partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, are developing a device that will improve efficiency by capturing waste heat and using it to power other applications. The device will be first used by the U.S. Army, which will attach the device to the exhaust systems of its diesel generators. The captured heat will then power air conditioners that keep the electronics at the army’s mobile command centers cool during battle. An estimated 75% of the energy used to power the army’s generators becomes waste heat, according to the Forbes article. And because the air conditioners require about half of the electricity produced by the generators, funneling the waste heat into other uses could result in much greater efficiency and more available electricity for communications equipment while also reducing fuel consumption by as much as 30% and offsetting some of the hundreds of dollars in costs of running the generators. Moreover, the technology could also reduce the number of generators needed in the field. If successful, the technology could also be applied to other kinds of motors in the future, although it is still too expensive to commercialize in the short term. Keep up with the latest developments and technology through General Power Limited. Whether your application calls for a 10 kw diesel generator or a 1000 kw diesel generator, the experts at General Power Limited can advise on sizing and installation and create a customized power package. Find everything from John Deere to Kohler diesel generator models, parts, accessories, and more at competitive prices at General Power...
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