Food Material Handling White Papers & Articles

61. Size Reduction Solutions For Hard-To-Reduce Materials 1/10/2012
    Chances are, some of the bulk solids you use in your manufacturing process aren’t optimally sized when they arrive at your plant
62. From Frozen Fruit To Finished Dessert: Processing And Packaging Line From One Source 8/22/2011
    What customer hasn't experienced this? A fruit preparation system has been delivered and now has to be linked to the packaging line supplied by another manufacturer. This generally results in interface-related questions and problems, with the result that the customer has to spend a great deal of time coordinating the technical side of things. By Karl Angele and Jochen Eissler, Waldner
63. Essentials Of Piping System Design 6/29/2011
    Proper design of the piping system is fundamental to any fluid handling system. The more unique the fluid being transported, the more critical the selection of materials and the design criteria.
64. Packaging Line For Frozen Cheesecake Manufacturer Sports Streamlined Conveying For Delicate Product Handling 6/13/2011
    Culinary Arts utilized a unique conveying solution from Shuttleworth, Inc. incorporating multiple features for handling the company’s extremely delicate product line. The end-of-line conveying system provided precise product placement for shrink wrapping, labeling and case packing, minimized product contact with the conveyor and virtually eliminated cheesecake damage, a problem the company was experiencing with its prior manual packaging.
65. Material Handling - Having Trouble With Powder In Bags? 4/21/2011

    A recurring problem that can plague manufacturers of powder based materials is the formation of clumps in the product after having been bagged and shipped to customers. One of the causes leading to the formation of clumps in the mateials is the natural consolidation process which takes place when bags are stacked on top of each other. By Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc

66. Safe Handling Of Sugar For Refineries And Consumers 6/30/2010
    Significant recent events have caused sugar refiners to review how materials are handled in the ir production facilities. Historically the refiners have used mechanical means (screw conveyors and bucket elevators) to handle bulk sugar. By MAC Equipment, Inc.
67. Material Handling: Is Viscosity The Problem? 10/15/2008

    The food industry processes large quantities of raw materials every day to feed their high volume production operations. Beverage plants require syrups of varying flavors blended to the right consistency.

68. Article: Material Handling Problems: Could It Be Viscosity? 4/14/2008

    Efficient food processing relies on mixers, pumps, and dosing devices which run non-stop without failure. Food equipment manufacturers purposely design the equipment to handle a range of material mixtures to accommodate the multiple formulations that processors may assign to a single line. What is sometimes overlooked is how the viscosity may vary, depending on the shearing action imparted to the material in process

69. The FDA's Produce Rule: What's Next?

    In November of 2015, the FDA published the final version of the Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, better known as the Produce Rule. This Rule — part of FSMA — grants the FDA unprecedented authority over food safety practices implemented on farms in this country, and by extension, to farms all over the world. But what does this mean for the food industry?

70. Combustible Dust And Recovery Guidelines For Grains

    The potential for explosions to occur from dust collections made of flour, sugar, cinnamon or grain particles, for example, poses a significant risk to employee safety, facility maintenance and food purity. Traditional plant maintenance methods like sweeping and blowing down with compressed air only make the situation worse by spreading the explosive dust around and making it airborne. This actually increases your chances of a combustible dust explosion.