Material Handling Equipment Reference Materials

Description: Maintaining safety and quality in frozen foods is a delicate process that involves the entire frozen food cold chain ...

Description: A closer look at these systems will help food manufacturers better understand which system would best support their dry food processing requirements. ...

Description: Did you know that 31% of managers at industrial facilities cite layout and space requirements as one of the top 3 factors that limit their ability to convey materials? That statistic is staggering ...

Description: When people think of automation for cranes and hoists, they often think of automating crane and hoist movement in a facility. But, there is another important benefit automation technology can provide ...

Description: In one of our most recent machine sales, we provide an efficient, automated sorting solution for one enterprising oyster nursery based in North Carolina ...

Description: Rollers are widely used components that serve the simple yet surprisingly diverse functions of facilitating and processing material and product movements in manufacturing and/or industrial settings. ...

Description: Is it okay to operate the dock lifts on other than the standard 230 volt/60 cycles/3 phase power? Yes. Motors and electrical components are designed to operate on 208V/220V/230V/-240V / 440V/460V/48OV ...

Description: Hydraulic Dock Lifts have two advantages over other means of unloading trucks. 1) Level unloading from the bed of a truck is safer than any other alternative and 2) Loading Dock Lifts are the only ...

Description: THE FOUR (4) PRINCIPAL REASONS FOR USING DOCK LIFTS ...

Description: The primary use of rail transfer bridges is to span from floor to floor or dock to dock over railroad tracks. ...

Description: Eriez' vibratory feeders are ideally suited for precise material metering applications. This case study with Accelerant Manufacturing showcases this technology in a new application: cannabis pre-roll ...

Description: Integrating Eriez' vibratory feeders and metal detectors into an almond and nut processing application improves efficiency and product purity. This case study with Valley Welding and Machine Works ...

Description: Choosing the right conveyor system can be a difficult task. Making the wrong decision could cost you in terms of money, time, and efficiency. ...

Description: With more than 65 years of experience developing desiccant formulas at its production facilities in Lake City, PA, Van Air Systems is the original and leading manufacturer of several deliquescent ...

Description: Specialty grains (rye, oats, millet, amaranth, etc.) are delicate and need to be handled with care, which means they require a specially made conveying system. If not, then the grain will break easily ...

Description: Freezing is one of the most cost-effective ways of extending the long-term shelf life of many foods. ...

Description: Freezing is a food preservation method that has been used for thousands of years. Today's frozen food technologies encompass numerous types of equipment and processes to preserve food. ...

Description: Conveyor systems for food processing come in all shapes and sizes. They can even be custom-built depending on a range of factors, including the type of material that needs to be moved and the ...

Description: Conveyor systems are mechanical material handling equipment that moves a wide range of products. ...

Description: Hemp, a plant from the Cannabis Sativa species, is used to produce a wide variety of industrial and consumer products. Hemp was removed from the Controlled Substances Act when the 2018 Farm Bill was ...

Description: In the food processing industry, many different types of grains can be used to create a variety of products. Bulk grains are those that are processed in larger quantities. Commonly, these are wheat, ...

Description: In the past, grains such as wheat, corn, and soybeans have been processed with various machines, from grinders to sieves and centrifuges ...

Description: The food processing industry is always looking for new ways to make its processes more efficient. Each product type has a conveyor system that works best for that specific food. ...

Description: In the food industry, a number of different methods can be used to move material from one point to another. Employees can work by hand, meaning that they physically carry the materials from place to ...

Description: Food plants all over the world depend on conveyor systems for transporting materials. Manual material transportation is no longer an option for most of the food industry, and these systems must be ...

Description: In this article, we discuss all these aspects in detail to assist you in choosing the best conveyor system for fragile materials. ...

Description: What are the best conveyors for conveying fragile materials? Which ones minimize material loss, degradation, and breakage? Which conveyors can be configured to work in a variety of environments? ...

Description: The conveyor system you choose for fragile materials impacts the quality of your final product. The more damage is done to the material, the lower the quality of the end product is. Your business ...

Description: Compared to other types of conveyor systems, tubular drag conveyors have several advantages, including ensuring a dust-free environment (reducing the risk of a dust explosion) and preventing foreign ...

Description: In order to make the right decision before investing in a new conveyor system for your production facilities, there are several factors to consider: How tubular conveyors work The differences between ...

Description: By definition, fragile materials or products are those that easily break or fracture when handled roughly. What does this mean for the food processing industry? ...

Description: Tubular conveyors have been around for over five decades. They are crucial for a wide range of industries, including the food and beverage industry. This type of conveyor is an excellent material ...

Description: Tubular drag conveyors have been around for decades. However, their technology is advancing rapidly, and food manufacturers all across the globe are scrambling to incorporate them into their ...

Description: The basic information necessary to select an appropriate lift for an application. ...

Description: Scissors Lift Advantages and Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor Advantages ...

Description: When making a large purchase, consumers are looking for quality, longevity, and functionality. If faced with the choice between a plastic or metal version of an item, most would think metal would be ...

Description: As technology continues to transform the world of manual materials handling, more and more businesses are exploring the benefi ts of Intelligent Lifting Devices (ILDs) over manual lifting and ...

Description: Regulations and guidelines serve to improve food safety, prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses, and lower health risks. ...

Description: Food safety is a discipline that came about from a need to prevent foodborne illnesses. According to the CDC, every year, around 48 million Americans get sick from a foodborne illness. ...

Description: Food packaging offers a variety of benefits to manufacturers and consumers alike. It is a vital element of food safety because it protects food products from outside contamination and prolongs shelf ...

Description: If not handled properly, food can become a breeding ground for various microbial pathogens - viruses, bacteria, fungus, and mold. It can transmit a range of diseases that can even result in the death ...

Description: Organizations will face a growing shortage of experienced workers and talent gap just from the shift of Baby Boomers retiring. Although there may be valid logic and even short-term cost savings for ...

Description: This guide shows green energy potential by looking at nonrenewable and renewable energy and paying particular attention to a promising renewable energy source - biomass. ...

Description: Energy consumption around the world, but especially in industrialized societies, has been on the rise. It is estimated that most energy consumed in the world comes from non-renewable sources. Numerous ...

Description: When it comes to the food processing production cycle, the equipment used can be broken down into several stages. These are characterized by specific functions during which individual unit operations ...

Description: Likely, most people reading this have probably come across the terms at least once or twice before. Despite the popularity of these terms, there is still a lot of uncertainty and misinformation ...

Description: When it comes to energy, biomass is reserved for organic matter used as a source of energy. There are many organic materials used in bioenergy, but the majority come from plants or animal sources. ...

Description: From locally grown cocoa beans, Singapore-listed JB Cocoa manufactures and markets cocoa butter, cocoa powder and cocoa mass. Located 30 km (19 miles) from the port of Surabaya in the province of East ...

Description: GSC Packaging operates a state-of-the-art contract packaging facility, producing pouches, stick packs, envelopes and other flexible containers for packaging of food products and nutritional ...

Description: To streamline batching and mixing of clay blends for different products, the company installed five bulk bag dischargers and five pairs of flexible screw conveyors from Flexicon to automatically ...

Description: On the western slopes of Mesa County along the Colorado River is the city of Palisade. Known primarily for its fruit trees and vineyards, it holds the title "Peach Capital of Colorado," but small ...

Description: Founded in 1936, Goya Foods has become the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the US. It imports ingredients from around the world to create more than 2,500 food products of Latin cuisine ...

Description: To reduce manual bag handling and dust, and prevent pallets from entering the hygienic mixing room, the company installed a Flexicon bag dump station and pneumatic conveying system integrated with an ...

Description: Breedlove Foods, Inc. produces nutritious food products for humanitarian relief in the aftermath of hurricanes, earthquakes and other catastrophic events. The non-profit company produces shelf-stable ...

Description: In 2018, bio-remediation specialist XDD Environmental won a contract to design and build a system that treats contaminated groundwater at a New Jersey site. Operating since April 2019, the system ...

Description: Today's wine business is global and highly competitive, requiring successful wineries to respond not only to consumer preferences but also to unforeseeable fluctuations in the supply and market price ...

Description: Hilltop Ranch Inc., Ballico, Calif., a family-owned almond processing corporation that processes 50 million pounds of almonds each year, recently chose Cablevey Cable Conveyor Systems. Industry ...

Description: From farm to fork, from field to plate, from seed to shelf... More and more people are looking to learn as much about their food as possible in today's day and age. Consumers want to know where their ...

Description: From minimally processed food such as a salad mix or a bag of frozen fruits and vegetables to ultra-processed foods like instant meals or snack foods, processed foods make up a huge share of most ...

Description: Choose from the links below to download catalogs, operation & maintenance manuals, and product brochures for Joyce/Dayton products. If you need further assistance, see our Products section, or contact ...

Description: Choose from the links below to download catalogs, operation & maintenance manuals, and product brochures for Joyce/Dayton products. If you need further assistance, see our Products section, or contact ...

Description: SMK Nutra Makers, a formulator and contract manufacturer of dietary supplements and nutritional products, improved production of a protein shake sports drink by switching from manual dumping of a ...

Description: Manitoba Harvest looked to improve the efficiency of its raw hemp seed processing operations, and the packaging of finished products for shipment to retailers. Hulled hemp seeds tend to clump and ...

Description: Need a simple yet effective conveying solution for a dry bulk material? Flexicon Europe rapidly provided just that to the Cervecera Peninsula craft brewery through Flexicon's Quick Ship Program. ...

Description: Food processing equipment represents an umbrella term that covers numerous machines, components, and systems used to cook, handle, prepare, preserve, package, and store different types of processed ...

Description: Increased load carrying capacity and track life- the lower section of Tarca® track is specially rolled from high carbon billet and welded to a structural steel web and top flange. This ...

Description: Gorbel® Work Station Cranes are a proven way to improve productivity, increase quality, and provide a safer work environment. More and more companies are using workstation bridge cranes to ...

Description: When it comes to moving extremely heavy or bulky items around your industrial facility, the best equipment to do the job will usually be an overhead crane. Because these machines avoid obstructions by ...

Description: A growing number of businesses are gravitating toward enclosed track workstation cranes to boost warehouse efficiency. With their lighter weight construction, low-maintenance design, and ease of ...

Description: What changes is your warehouse implementing this year to increase your operational efficiency? A lot of warehouses will be looking at factors like implementing the ABC system, optimizing receiving ...

Description: Basic Questions You Should Ask Before Selecting an Overhead Crane System ...

Description: As a plant manager or engineer, you likely strive to maximize productivity and worker safety while minimizing product damage. Achieving all these goals simultaneously has become increasingly ...

Description: The home of the future is an unending topic of speculation. But can it be more? Can it be a reality? Yes, it can-look no further than Virginia Tech's bold and visionary FutureHAUS. ...

Description: When designing a solution for more efficient aircraft production, Austrian-based smart engineering company Micado utilized Accuride's heavy-duty 9301E slides and CBHANDLE locking handle system to help ...

Description: Transform Your Space into a Functional and Organized Home Office with These Creative Ideas ...

Description: With 2020 in the rearview mirror, many of us are left feeling uncertain about what the new year holds. While we can't predict the future, the annual Houzz & Home Study offers some valuable insight, ...

Description: Just in case you don't live and breathe slide products, the following information will help you gain a better understanding about the phrases we use when determining your ideal movement solution, how ...

Description: This building is used for theatrical, musical, dance, and other events and the purpose for the lift is to unload trucks to the stage level. ...

Description: Conveyor systems have had somewhat of an interesting journey throughout the history of industrial technology ...

Description: CHOOSING YOUR SOLID WASTE SHREDDER ...

Description: Breakfast cereal is a type of processed food made of grain and intended to be eaten with milk as a main course during the morning meal. The two main types of breakfast cereals are defined by the way ...

Description: There are many types of conveying systems for you to consider when you need to gently convey dry materials, like breakfast cereal, coffee, snack foods, nuts, powders, grains, pet food, and more. ...

Description: Dust explosions are devastating safety incidents that may occur in a wide array of industries such as petrochemical, food, paper, and pharmaceutical. These severe incidents may result in numerous ...

Description: Nowadays, the beer brewing industry is all about sleek stainless steel, convenient automated equipment, and minimal physical effort on the brewer's part. ...

Description: Unfortunately, combustible dust explosions have caused catastrophic damages and loss of life in process industries across America recently. ...

Description: Growing coffee beans from seed to harvest is just one part of the entire process of delivering a specialty cup of coffee to the consumer. After harvesting the coffee plant, the real work within the ...

Description: Specialty grains are the main ingredients in beer recipe kits. While barley is the most common of these brewing grains, the umbrella term of specialty grains is quite complex ...

Description: Businesses operating in the specialty grain industry will need to rely on grain conveyor systems that are not only efficient but also safe and capable of moving significant volumes of material while ...

Description: The beer industry has long been dominated by big players. For decades, commercialized beer was the norm, and there was little innovation in terms of the brewing process and the taste of beer. ...

Description: Due to their exceptional nutritional value, common dried beans are an important food worldwide. The industry has undergone wide production distribution expansions from its origins in South and Central ...

Description: The birth of the breakfast cereal began with granula - not granola - a dry, whole-grain cereal created by baking graham flour and bran together and crumbling it. ...

Description: Dust explosions are severe safety issues affecting process industries that handle materials that generate combustible dust. According to the data collected by the US Chemical Safety Board, explosions ...

Description: Considering that beer is one of the oldest drinks ever produced (dating back to at least 3000 years BC), it is understandable that the beer brewing equipment and processes have changed over the ...

Description: Although people usually classify snacks into two groups (sweet and salty), these dietary products may also be categorized according to the food processing technique applied in their production ...

Description: Breakfast cereal is a type of processed food made from grain and intended to be eaten as a main course. In most cases, it's served with milk, but it's not uncommon for people to eat it with yogurt or ...

Description: People often discuss how the region or cultivar affects the way coffee tastes, but what is equally important is how coffee is processed. ...

Description: Ever since its inception in the 1980s in the US, the craft beer industry has been on a steep incline. ...

Description: When people talk about snacks, they usually think of small portions they have between the meals. ...

Description: On a global level, we drink about 2.25 billion cups of coffee every day. That is about 70 cups of coffee every second. No wonder coffee is one of the most valuable, legally-traded commodities in the ...

Description: Snacks play a more significant role in today's society than one might realize because snacks are more than just a little bite between meals. ...