当美国人考虑意大利美食时，意大利面是最早想到的食物之一。根据Datamonitor报告，美国的面食市场以2003年至2008年的复合年增长率增长了6.7％。有关MSNBC.com的一份报告指出，美国面食的总消费量在2009年增长了0.4％，不包括数量从沃尔玛商店公司（Wal-Mart Stores Inc.），行业官员表示增长较高。
All that pasta has to be manufactured. Not surprisingly, Italy boasts two of the top three pasta machine manufacturers.Fava S.p.A.（（www.fava.it), is located in Cento, whilePavan Srl（（www.pavan.com位于拱廊Veneta。的精神,drives Italian machinery manufacturers, these companies evaluate every part of the machine while collaborating with customers and even academia in pursuit of a better machine.
制作面食的基本过程很简单。不过，制作一台机器每小时生产大量的机器更为复杂。干成分与水混合在一起，形成面团。通过挤出机中的一个模具按下形成形状，例如，意大利面条的长而圆形。然后将湿面干燥，切成长度并包装。
One design challenge involved adapting to differing raw materials. Traditional pasta is composed of semolina wheat. As the companies have searched new markets, not all have semolina. So, designers developed tolerances in mixing, extruding and drying pasta with both semolina and with cheaper wheat. Part of the marketing effort is evangelizing the benefits of pasta and explaining how easy it is to prepare in areas of the world where it has not been used—Egypt, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Iran and Pakistan, to name a few new markets.
The key is efficiency
Fava的经理知道客户工厂的效率是他们竞争优势的关键。使用能源的效率不仅是绿色工程，而且还削减了客户的运营成本。因此，设计师在设计效率方面付出了很多努力。该过程的关键部分是干衣机，而干燥机是巨大的能源用户。通过评估干燥机技术，制备和处理，Fava工程师能够将干燥时间从六个小时减少到三个小时。这种设计还减少了机器的大小，这是在偏僻地区寻找新客户的优势。
Managers at Pavan are also justifiably proud of their dryer design. They recognize that this component is not only crucial to producing a quality product, but also it is crucial to energy efficiency and reduced cost of operation. Its “thermo-active” system is dubbed “the most advanced drying.” It was developed in collaboration with university researchers to balance the shortest drying time while maintaining best quality. Construction features a “sandwich” of stainless steel outside with a high-pressure injected foam core.
两个制造商充分利用自动化technologies in order to preserve their efficiencies and product quality. Programmable logic controllers control the process. These are connected to a human-machine interface where recipes for different batches are stored. Operators merely need to select the proper recipe and start the process. Fava even enables an Internet connection to its control to expedite troubleshooting and other customer service.
Pasta machinery manufacturers must constantly work with customers and monitor consumer behavior to assure that new raw materials can be processed and food trends can be anticipated. Dry pasta is perhaps a mature market in many parts of the world. Geographical expansion will help manufacturers grow. Future growth lies in “wet” pasta—for example, filled tortellini and other fresh pastas. These trends will keep machine designers busy.
Fava S.p.A.
www.fava.it
Pavan Srl
www.pavan.com
All that pasta has to be manufactured. Not surprisingly, Italy boasts two of the top three pasta machine manufacturers.Fava S.p.A.（（www.fava.it), is located in Cento, whilePavan Srl（（www.pavan.com位于拱廊Veneta。的精神,drives Italian machinery manufacturers, these companies evaluate every part of the machine while collaborating with customers and even academia in pursuit of a better machine.
制作面食的基本过程很简单。不过，制作一台机器每小时生产大量的机器更为复杂。干成分与水混合在一起，形成面团。通过挤出机中的一个模具按下形成形状，例如，意大利面条的长而圆形。然后将湿面干燥，切成长度并包装。
One design challenge involved adapting to differing raw materials. Traditional pasta is composed of semolina wheat. As the companies have searched new markets, not all have semolina. So, designers developed tolerances in mixing, extruding and drying pasta with both semolina and with cheaper wheat. Part of the marketing effort is evangelizing the benefits of pasta and explaining how easy it is to prepare in areas of the world where it has not been used—Egypt, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Iran and Pakistan, to name a few new markets.
The key is efficiency
Fava的经理知道客户工厂的效率是他们竞争优势的关键。使用能源的效率不仅是绿色工程，而且还削减了客户的运营成本。因此，设计师在设计效率方面付出了很多努力。该过程的关键部分是干衣机，而干燥机是巨大的能源用户。通过评估干燥机技术，制备和处理，Fava工程师能够将干燥时间从六个小时减少到三个小时。这种设计还减少了机器的大小，这是在偏僻地区寻找新客户的优势。
Managers at Pavan are also justifiably proud of their dryer design. They recognize that this component is not only crucial to producing a quality product, but also it is crucial to energy efficiency and reduced cost of operation. Its “thermo-active” system is dubbed “the most advanced drying.” It was developed in collaboration with university researchers to balance the shortest drying time while maintaining best quality. Construction features a “sandwich” of stainless steel outside with a high-pressure injected foam core.
两个制造商充分利用自动化technologies in order to preserve their efficiencies and product quality. Programmable logic controllers control the process. These are connected to a human-machine interface where recipes for different batches are stored. Operators merely need to select the proper recipe and start the process. Fava even enables an Internet connection to its control to expedite troubleshooting and other customer service.
Pasta machinery manufacturers must constantly work with customers and monitor consumer behavior to assure that new raw materials can be processed and food trends can be anticipated. Dry pasta is perhaps a mature market in many parts of the world. Geographical expansion will help manufacturers grow. Future growth lies in “wet” pasta—for example, filled tortellini and other fresh pastas. These trends will keep machine designers busy.
Fava S.p.A.
www.fava.it
Pavan Srl
www.pavan.com
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