Meat and poultry processors have new equipment options to bolster productivity, including chilling systems that introduce liquid nitrogen from the bottom, a heat exchanger system redesigned for higher efficiency, and coding/labeling equipment robust enough for washdown without removal from the line.
Linde North America is launching a patented chilling system that introduces liquid nitrogen from the bottom of a blender or mixer/grinder rather than from the top, which it says improves the efficiency of the equipment by 20 to 50 percent compared to competing methods that rely on top injection or other, more standard types of cryogen.