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Sanitary Conveyor Boosts Food Safety and OEE for Nutrition Bar Maker

Increased customer demand prompted nutrition bar maker TruFood to boost its manufacturing capabilities.

Sharon Spielman

August 11, 2022

A tubular chain conveyor helps TruFood increase line efficiency and safety, nourishing the manufacturer’s bottom line.

New Plant Products

Spiroflow Systems Inc.: Totally enclosed conveyors

October 14, 2021

The company’s hygienic, totally enclosed Cableflow tubular cable drag conveyors offer clean-in-place (CIP) options including wiper discs, air knife purge units and brush boxes.

Tribe 9 Foods' Clean-Flow pasta cooker handles 2,400 pounds of cooked gluten-free pasta per hour

Automated pasta processing

Cooking/cooling/freezing gluten-free pasta with a gentle touch at Tribe 9 Foods

The automated processing equipment also includes built-in CIP to do a thorough cleanup in 40 minutes once a day

Jim McMahon

July 16, 2021

Located in Madison, Wisconsin, Tribe 9 Foods (Tribe 9) is a specialty foods company dedicated to creating delicious, nourishing and functional food. In 2019, Tribe 9 built a new manufacturing facility to support further growth in Taste Republic’s co-manufacturing, private label and foodservice businesses. Capabilities at this new facility include extrusion, IQF, form-fill-seal, flow-wrap packaging, nut butter milling and gluten-free flour blending.

New Plant Products

CIP conveyor option

May 5, 2020

Clean-in-place option for sanitary conveyors assists cleaning of processing lines that convey high-risk food safety products, such as dairy, eggs, meat, poultry, fish and seafood.

The basics of cleaning and sanitation in food plants

Understanding the difference between cleaning and sanitizing is critical

Richard F. Stier

January 7, 2020

Sanitation maintains or restores a state of cleanliness and promotes hygiene for prevention of foodborne illness.

Why choose polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) for conveyor belting?

PVDF is not a new material, but its properties make it a good choice for conveyor belting in the food and beverage industry.

Wayne Labs

February 13, 2018

PVDF is not new to the food and beverage industry; it’s been a material of choice for flow tubing, pumps and piping, flowmeters and nozzles for spray washing—anywhere harsh chemicals or beverages are concerned.

Food Safety

Good cleaning practices start before a plant is even built

Experts offer advice on creating food and beverage processing facilities that are easy to clean, while also looking to a future that includes automating the process.

Crystal Lindell

November 6, 2017

When it comes to designing a washdown-friendly facility, it really starts before a company even begins to build the factory.

Engineering R&D

Thinking inside--and outside--the box

Drum motors are well suited to food and beverage conveying applications where motors should be out of sight, safe and clean.

Wayne Labs

June 27, 2016

Driving a conveyor head roller with a drum motor, which features a motor and gear box within the roller housing, is not a new concept.

Tech Update: Cleaning & Sanitation

Boost plant efficiency by being clean, safe and savvy

Risks will always exist, but combining technology and employee training ensures processes not only comply with, but exceed, increasingly stringent regulatory standards.

Jaan Koel

March 25, 2016

Technology is one thing; training is another. But, the two fit together like a hand in a glove when it comes to keeping food and beverage plants running at peak efficiency in the cleanest, safest way possible.