Food processors seeking tools for HACCP compliance and to minimize product spoilage can use the Dickson Wireless data loggers for temperature and humidity monitoring.
Lee Industries fabricates custom-designed portable vessels to accommodate specific processing and plant requirements. Tanks and kettles can be supplied with a variety of scraped-surface agitators along with high-shear mixers and propeller mixers for normal or heavy-duty applications to 2 million CPS.
Kaeser Compressor's Signa Air Manager (SAM) for monitoring, sequencing and analyzing compressed air system performance is intended to balance service hours, prevent simultaneous motor starts and maintain tight pressure control.
Zero-Gap infeed technology from Standard-Knapp helps achieve balanced, jam-resistant packing lanes. Designed for applications in the soft drink, beer, wine and food industries, Zero-Gap is an alternative to conventional laning systems.
Uniform heating allows the Airforce impingement oven to cook meat, poultry and seafood products up to twice as fast as comparable impingement ovens, says Heat and Control, the manufacturer.
Amcor PET Packaging says its family of PET containers, the QuadPlus and QuadMax3, offers improved strength for hot-filled beverage applications. The QuadPlus offers a more rigid, stronger alternative for 46-/48- and 64-oz., hot-filled rectangular PET bottles.
Koch Membrane Systems's ABCOR HFK ultrafiltration spiral module series membranes provide high yields for whey and milk processing, as well as other food applications.
The MEI Rotary Valve from IEDCO can be used as a batch feeder. The unit provides accurate batching and offers a small size. The company says batching accuracies of ±0.00 kg have been achieved.
Zip-Pak offers a packaging format featuring Zip-Pak Slider technology that is built into the fin of the package, creating a wider opening for convenient access to consumer products like trays of cookies.