Exhibitor Press Releases

TAV emphasizes that the incorporation of smart sensors and real-time monitoring systems into snack production lines —especially in flavoring and transportation equipment—is a key tool for ensuring quality, reducing waste, improving traceability, and maintaining competitiveness in snack production. The importance of real-time monitoring lies in the fact that even the slightest variation in flavoring supply or product flow can have direct consequences for the quality of the snack. "Therefore, we equip our solutions with strategically placed sensors that allow us to: regulate the quantity of product at each stage of the process, precisely control the supply of powdered or liquid flavoring, ensure a uniform flow to the packaging machines, and detect blockages or deviations in real time." TAV 's facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art level sensors with IO-Link connectivity , which "allows us to monitor in real time the quantity of product in circulation or stored in the line's buffers." "Thanks to the ability to configure safety setpoints, the system can make automatic decisions , such as diverting product when the packaging line is stopped or saturated. This prevents overflows and unnecessary downtime and provides management autonomy for the entire facility," they add. Likewise, its flavoring equipment uses high-precision load cells (up to 0.001 kg) that provide the product's weight. This reading is the basis for calculating the appropriate flavoring dosage, but in many products, the mass can vary in density, which can affect the coating's homogeneity. To solve this challenge, at TAV, "we incorporate volumetric sensors that allow us to: detect variations in density, adapt the dosage calculation from weight to volume, ensuring a uniform coating, and detect potential recipe errors." The company concludes that "sensors, real-time monitoring, and automation are our allies