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Stress corrosion cracking - viewed under scanning electron microscope

Maintenance

Know the causes of stainless-steel corrosion in retorts and take practical steps to prevent corrosion

Retorts represent a large investment, so take the right steps from the very beginning to maximize the life expectancy of these devices and your ROI

Jeff Arthur

December 5, 2019

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Unless steps are taken to identify, reduce, or eliminate the causes of corrosion, batch retorts may have their service lives cut short, resulting in production disruptions and the need for early replacement of affected vessels.

Engineering R&D

Making safer retorts

Automated loading and unloading of retorts protects workers from being burnt or crushed

Wayne Labs

October 24, 2018

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Greg Jacob, general manager of Allpax, with the help of Phillip LeBlanc, lead engineer, and Jonny Watkins, director of software development, devised the Allpax Telescopic Basket Loading System for making retort loading and unloading much safer.

Field Reports

Cooking with steam and getting hot water in return

May 30, 2016

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Hormel Foods is well known for its variety of meat products in microwaveable, refrigerated and canned formats.

Technology Sourcebook

Production retorts

June 12, 2015

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Available in diameters from 24 to 63 in., Shaka retorts provide high-speed reciprocating agitation for batch retorting.

Technology Sourcebook

Oscillating motion sterilizers

June 10, 2015

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Offered in 1,400 and 1,700mm diameters and up to 6 cube positions, SURDRY oscillating motion sterilizers overcome viscosity by controlling the deflection angle and dwell time of the product.

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Retort inks

June 10, 2015

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Meeting code requirements before, during and after the retort process, Videojet V476 and V521 inks change from dark red to light red when the printed codes are exposed to heat and moisture during the retort process.

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Liners/slip sheets

October 7, 2014

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The Allpax protection system features compression-molded, temperature- and moisture-resistant polymer tray liners that are placed on aluminum or stainless steel retort tray bottoms or used as slip sheets between trays; a grommet system snaps liner sections onto the tray.

Vegetable processor improves productivity and capacity of canning operation with a fully automated retort room

Far less labor is required in the new high-efficiency system.

Shane O'Halloran

January 24, 2014

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Due to the processing’s seasonal nature, 24 hour per day, seven day per week uptime is required.

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Agitation retorts

November 8, 2012

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Allpax Shaka 1600 single-basket, high-speed agitation retorts have a 1 ton capacity.

Reciprocating retorts

Kevin T. Higgins

August 6, 2012

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Rapid movement can dramatically reduce cycle times in retorts, but controlling the force created by a heavy basket’s motion required years of additional development.

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Mastering Inventory Management (and Why It’s Crucial to your Business)

As the pace of change accelerates in food and beverage, real-time visibility and insight can be the difference between barely surviving and thriving. Today’s dramatic market changes and constantly evolving business models are forcing food and beverage companies to re-examine their inventory management processes.

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Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development

Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development is the first book to comprehensively address the issues of graphics design and visual concepts, from a systematic, scientific viewpoint, yet with business applications in mind.

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2020 February

In the February 2020 issue of Food Engineering, we outline how to prepare backups for your automation systems in the event of power spikes, outages and viruses or cyber attacks.

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