Intelligent automation, water activity measurement and precision drying helps processor cure meat more efficiently.

T. Hasegawa USA officially opened a new 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Vancouver-based EnWave Corporation has opened its REVworx large-scale vacuum-microwave toll processing facility, which offers on-demand contract manufacturing services for the production of high-quality, vacuum-microwave dried snack and ingredient applications for food companies of all sizes.

Double planetary mixer is suitable for high-precision mixing, granulation and vacuum drying, as well as applications that require enormous torque. 

Sanitary vertical blenders engineered for rapid homogenization and drying of delicate applications under vacuum. 

Hankison HPR and HPRN refrigerated compressed air dryers offer flow rates of 5 to 1200 scfm (17 to 2040 m³/h).

These mixers allow powders and granules to be gently blended by two rectangular planetary blades that rotate on their own axes while orbiting the mixing zone on a common axis.

When a cheese processor wanted to increase production capacity, its first thought was to install an additional dryer, which was an expensive and energy-intensive solution. However, as the capacity of the dryer is determined by the amount of water it can remove per hour, another way to increase overall throughput would be to reduce the water content of the cheese products before drying, so that a larger volume could be dried at one time.

The Scoular Co. has completed its new plant to produce freeze-dried protein ingredients that will help pet food manufacturers meet demand for high-quality products.