Processing | Food Engineering

Acquisitions

Cavendish to buy potato processing facility from Maple Leaf Foods

All facility's employees will be retained.

Shane O'Halloran

December 11, 2012

All facility's employees will be retained.

Making the most of a sticky situation

December 5, 2012

Fresh pizza dough likes to cling to trays and equipment, making it tough to clean them effectively by hand.

Midwest pizza manufacturer increases production while freezing costs

December 5, 2012

A new cryogenic freezing tunnel uses less nitrogen and is easy to clean.

Food Processing

UNL sponsors online quiz for food processing managers

Quiz is designed to help professionals test strengths and weaknesses

Shane O'Halloran

November 29, 2012

Quiz is designed to help professionals test strengths and weaknesses

power transmission equipment cookies on belts

Tech Update: Power Transmission Equipment - Increasing uptime in demanding environments

Wayne Labs

November 7, 2012

The key to long life and less energy usage is proper maintenance.

Engineering R&D: Shear waves in filtration

Kevin T. Higgins

November 7, 2012

From fractionating milk solids to waste treatment aimed at zero liquid discharge, filtration is playing a growing role in the food industry, provided manufacturers can keep membranes clean.

Milk drying optimization pays off

October 4, 2012

Processor improves operational efficiencies and increases yields by reducing moisture variability on its dryers.

Snow and ice belong outside—not in a bakery

October 4, 2012

Improper airflows and the buildup of snow and ice on freezer coils, walls and floors waste energy and create extra work.

Tech Update: Preventing dust explosions

Wayne Labs

September 10, 2012

While understanding the physics of dust explosions can require college math, using the old eyeballs and some simple cleaning tools can go a long way in preventing a catastrophe.

Engineering R&D: What lurks beneath

Kevin T. Higgins

September 10, 2012

Biohazards and other contaminants have been out of sight, out of mind under fan shrouds on electric motors. A fabricator of stainless steel motors thinks he has the solution.