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Cablevey Conveyors has systems installed in a Hamilton Ranches Inc. (pecans and walnuts), Almondco Australia (almonds), Hilltop Ranch Inc. (almonds) and a variety of major US food production plants for companies including PPG Industries, Syngenta, Monsanto, Pan American Grain (rice), Maxwell House (coffee), Folgers (coffee), Kraft (tea), Mars (pet care), Pioneer (grain), Hales Ales Brewery and Paramount Farms (nuts).

Operators at Hamilton Ranches Inc. can't help but feel a bit nutty. That's because they spend their days processing pecans and walnuts. The family-owned company, based in Visalia, Calif., dehydrates about 750 dry tons of walnuts per day, but its main focus is on cracking, shelling, and processing pecans. The pecan meat is sold to candy manufacturers and other companies for use in food products. At one step in the process, the company was conveying wet pecans via a bucket elevator to a dryer. However, the wet pecans tended to stick to the plastic buckets, creating a mess and causing operators to spend extra time cleaning the buckets and any spilled pecans from the plant floor. The company decided to replace the bucket elevator with equipment that would convey the wet pecans without any material loss or unnecessary labor. Read the complete case study...

Almondco Australia of Renmark in South Australia, as part of an upgrade of its processing facilities, has installed five Cablevey conveyor systems. AF Systems is US-based Cablevey Conveyors' local partner for the distribution of the "soft and gentle" tubular drag conveyor.

Almondco Australia is one of Australia's largest almond processing and packaging companies, handling around 10,000 tonnes of almonds a year – or 40 per cent of Australia's crop – at its state-of-the-art Renmark plant. The company was recently judged South Australia's Exporter of the Year at the Premier's Food Awards.

In 2007 Almondco began to explore options for the upgrade of its processing plant, which was based around bucket elevators and vibratory feeders. This configuration was prone to dust and noise, wasn't particularly kind to the company's products, suffered from cross-contamination, and had high maintenance costs. Read more...

Hilltop Ranch Inc., Ballico, Calif., is a family-owned almond processing corporation that processes 50 million pounds of almonds each year. Recently, industry changes made it necessary for owners David and Christine Long to modify their processing operation. While planning plant modifications, they decided to replace open belt conveyors with dust-free equipment.

Cablevey Conveyors has systems installed in a variety of major US food production plants for companies including PPG Industries, Syngenta, Monsanto, Pan American Grain (rice), Maxwell House (coffee), Folgers (coffee), Kraft (tea), Mars (pet care), Pioneer (grain), Hales Ales Brewery and Paramount Farms (nuts).