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Engineering R&D: The upside of cavitation

April 5, 2012
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Product heating and mixing are being transformed with technology that makes cavitation a positive force.


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Water’s rising tide

March 7, 2012
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Attention to use of the humble hydrogen-oxygen molecule is producing sometimes-surprising operational improvements and cost savings at food plants.
 


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Food-grade lubricants come of age

Past trade-offs between performance and safety have disappeared
March 7, 2012
By Jaan Koel, Contributing Editor
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Food production consists of a vast array of equipment—pumps, mixers, oven chain drives, tanks, pipes, conveyor systems, compressors, automatic doors and many other units and systems.


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Tech Update: Maintain pumps on your schedule

February 6, 2012
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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With an eye toward maintenance and quick repairs, pump suppliers provide equipment to bolster uptimes.


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Spiral oven bakes potatoes more efficiently

February 6, 2012
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New spiral ovens cook a wide range of products at higher speed with more control, consistency and a much smaller footprint.


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Engineering R&D: Anaerobic collaboration

February 6, 2012
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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The combination of membrane bioreactor filtration with a zoned anaerobic digester resulted in unprecedented COD reductions in a cheese plant’s high-strength effluent.


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Tech Update: Metal detection & X-ray inspection

System enhancements keep a protective eye on quality
January 10, 2012
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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Vigilance, metal detection equipment and X-ray inspection systems can help keep contaminants out of your food most of the time.


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Steam generators put deep freeze on food packer’s energy costs

January 10, 2012
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Updated equipment provides steam on demand with greater than 80 percent efficiency


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Fabulous Food Plant: Hormel's Progressive Processing plant is built for the long haul

December 6, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Hormel’s Progressive Processing plant is built for the long haul. A quarter century had passed since Hormel Foods had commissioned a new production facility. In designing its Dubuque plant, engineers aimed to create a facility that would be contemporary for the next 25 years.
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Site Selection: Redefining Location, location. Location

December 5, 2011
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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What makes location the most important criterion in selecting a site? Transportation, logistics, labor force, water and utility costs—to name a few.
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