Case Study

Wenger Technical Center

Manufacturing
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Project Overview

 

Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. is an innovative leader in extrusion processing, serving producers of ready-to-eat cereals, pastas, snack foods, breadings, industrial starch products and meat extenders, as well as pet food, aquatic feeds, and specialty feed products. Systems range from laboratory and research size, up to production applications with capacities as high as 22 tons/hour. In addition to 14 sizes of extruders — single and twin screw — the company offers top performing horizontal dryers and toasting ovens, enrobing equipment, and automated control packages. With offices and service teams located around the world, Wenger supports clients in every region. Wenger is a subsidiary of Marel, a leading global provider of advanced food processing systems.

 

 

 

 

The Solution

The Wenger Technical Center is a complete agrifood laboratory with pilot and production scale extrusion cooking and drying systems for researching and testing ideas, developing new products, and learning production techniques.

Wenger Technical Center professionals develop, test, analyze, and produce new product prototypes and develop processes that enable new product manufacturing at full scale.

With ThinkHub at the helm of the Wenger Technical Center’s world class media center — Wenger teams can seamlessly demonstrate equipment, perform Wenger and client research + development testing, and facilitate education and outreach programs.

  • (1) 6x3 non-touch video wall with dual 27" touch displays
  • (1) 3x3 interactive video wall
  • (3) 86" interactive touch displays
  • High resolution live stream remote viewing of Wenger equipment demonstrations on the ThinkHub Canvas with more than 20 mobile PTZ cameras on the production floor
  • Instant data visualization on the ThinkHub Canvas of food process test results for clients
  • Utilize built-in video conferencing capabilities for client and team meetings while simultaneously presenting content

Wenger

Solution Summary

  • ThinkHub Interactive Video Wall
  • Non-touch video wall with dual touch displays
  • Interactive touch displays
  • PTZ camera integration

Key Partners

wenger.com