Coperion, a Hillenbrand operating company, manufactured and donated the extruder and will partner with Purdue to give customers access to a food-grade pilot lab and the university's food scientists.

Designed for a variety of foods, the Coperion ZSK Mv PLUS twin screw laboratory extruder meets hygiene requirements.

Designed for boxed chocolate centers, caramel, cookies and frozen dough, the Egan servo wirecut extruder features a linear servo motor that controls the wire cutting motion profile, allowing more of the motor force to be applied directly to the actual driven load and producing rates up to 150 cuts/min.