Tuesday 17 September 2013

Process Plant Network (PPN) Food Processing and Packaging Equipment Guide

(The essential ingredients of machines and processes within our industry)

Cookers/Kettles, Mixers and Much More 

To be efficient and profitable good quality machinery, advice and service is essential. Projected estimated value of the world food packaging market in 2017 is $2.5 trillion ($US) –Source: Canadean. Establishments engaged in manufacturing bakery, confectionary, fruit, vegetable, soups, sauces, condiments, dips, meats and seafood product preparation as well as packaging depend largely on quality equipment. Whether you sell processed food products to wholesales or retailers for direct distribution to consumers, choosing the best quality equipment is important for your success.

Cookers/Kettles is important equipment for the food processing industry, as it helps in making jams, sauces, stews, confectionary pastes and stocks quickly. For the sake of this exercise we shall use the term cookers throughout. Uniform cooking is assured by a quality cooker setup. Cookers can be steam, hot oil, water, electric or gas operated. Ranging in size from 100 litres to 10,000 litres (contra-rotating or scrape sided).

They can be configured as a single or multiple arrangement and can operate as a heating or cooling system depending on your requirements.

They should be easy to clean producing the highest yields comparable to your needs with fast cooking times (depending upon your product) with maximum food safety. While choosing cookers, they should be manufactured using high grade materials as per the industry standards. A good quality cooker assures accuracy, safety and hygiene while cooking. The http://www.iopak.com range offer great choice, with a wide range of options.

Conveyors are the primary links between the various stations in the production process. Available in many sizes and configurations, extendable roller type, inclined, bucket, out feed, 90degrees and 180 degrees etc.

They are the backbones of any system large or small, placed within the workflow to deliver or receive finished product for dispatch. They need to be reliable and easy to wash down especially when employed in food production.

The iopakPLUS Quick Release Conveyor is a prime example of a food grade conveyor. For more details visit: http://www.processplant.com/

Inclined conveyors work in tandem with multiheads carrying large volumes of product to be dispatched through a VFFS (Vertical Fill Form and Seal) or similar machine for packaging to the end of the line.

PPN carry an extensive line of conveyors, new and used and you should discuss your needs with our sales team.

The iopak Easy Clean Food Conveyor is an ideal choice. Due to the unique design you are able to clean all the essential components via the quick release mechanism in three easy steps.

Mixers, once again they come in a range of styles, paddle, ribbon, high shear batch mixer, planetary, Z-Arm Rotary, Rotary Tumble Mixer and sizes N&N 180 litre Paddle Mixer to a iopak 10,000 litre Ribbon Blender.

We can tailor make a blender or system specifically for your needs. If you are budget conscious, consider buying good used mixer, we have many in our Melbourne Showroom. Before choosing a mixer, make sure it will be suitable for your needs. One of the biggest issues with ribbon blenders for example is the downtime necessary to change seals. It can take anything from up to half a day. The new iopak range of Ribbon Blenders with ‘Ouickchange Seals’, (patent pending), means seal changes take only minutes, not hours.

In our next blog we will talk about, flow wrappers, doy pouch machines and Vertical Fill Form and Seal machines and how they fit into the production line.

Until then if you need to cook, mix, fill, chill weigh or pack give us a call +61 3 9791 7011 Website: http://www.processplant.com/

1 comments:

  1. Hi! nice post. Well what can I say is that these is an interesting and very informative topic. Thanks for sharing.Packaging Equipment

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