Heat and Control Micron-Pro cooking oil filter
26 July, 2013Using no additives, paper or consumable filter media, the Micron-Pro cooking oil filter can filter particles down to submicron size at rates up to 473 L/min of hot oil.
Crown L-Series Taylor Electric Contact Grill
25 July, 2013The Taylor Model Crown #L820 incorporates two separately controlled cooking zones, with three heaters per zone and two upper platens. Programmable controls provide accurate time, temperature and gap settings.
Exair External Mix Spray Nozzles
18 July, 2013Exair’s External Mix Spray Nozzles atomise fluids in a range of spray patterns for a variety of uses. They are suitable for applications where a high volume of liquid is needed.
Urschel Laboratories Affinity cheese dicer
26 June, 2013The Affinity dicer is the largest cheese dicer Urschel Laboratories manufactures and was developed from dairy industry requests for a large, heavy-duty and sanitary cheese dicer.
tna intelli-flavOMS 5 on-machine seasoning system
14 June, 2013tna has launched the intelli-flavOMS 5 for on-machine seasoning (OMS) applications. The system offers consistent coverage and flavour for both wet and dry seasoning.
Microbubbles for more efficient drying
07 June, 2013According to researchers at the University of Sheffield, cold boiling is a more efficient way to dry products for food manufacture, using tiny, hot bubbles.
BEUMER fillpac R rotating filling machine
20 May, 2013BEUMER fillpac R rotating filling machine, designed for capacities of 300 to 6000 bags per hour, can fill all types of valve bags. The weight accuracy of the bags is provided by a calibratable weighing unit.
FUCHS Cassida range of food-grade lubricants
17 May, 2013Cassida grease cartridges and aerosols are colour-coded to ensure there is no cross-contamination, as users can rely on matching colours for different applications instead of only numbers and words.
3M Dust/Particle Kit 6225, P2 for food manufacturing workers
02 May, 2013The Dust/Particle Kit 6225, P2 provides protection against multiple hazards and, in particular, protects against fine food powders found in many food manufacturing environments.
Bel-Ray No-Tox Food Grade Dry PTFE spray
03 April, 2013The Bel-Ray No-Tox Food Grade Dry PTFE Spray is a multipurpose, dry-film lubricant in a convenient aerosol form that has been NSF-H1 approved for use in ‘clean industry’ applications.
Keeping things cool with heat exchangers
28 March, 2013Teralba installed a Dimpleflo heat exchanger to replace an existing plate-type unit used to cool food products. This has reduced the maintenance interval to once per year and the total gasket cost is less than half the cost of the plate heat-exchanger gaskets.
Upgrading food quality and processing efficiency
18 March, 2013The use of advanced inline cooking systems is improving product quality and cooking efficiencies among food processors in Australia - and saving on costs.
Stella Plus 2 food-grade grease
08 March, 2013Stella Plus 2 grease is an extreme pressure and antiwear lubricating grease that contains PTFE. It can be used for all plain and antifriction bearings as well as sliding surfaces that operate between -50 and +170°C.
Depositors keep food dips flowing
07 March, 2013Riggs Autopack recently installed an automatic depositor line and transfer pumps for Zorba Delicacies, an established UK manufacturer of chilled dips and deli products.
The perils of ignoring lubrication in the food industry
06 March, 2013 by Aaron Crichton*If a food manufacturer was to ask me what the greatest risk that lubricants could have on my business, my answer would be the potential for food and beverage to reach the marketplace containing undetected non-food-grade lubricant. While there are other negative impacts lubricant can pose on a food manufacturer this is clearly the most substantial and potentially damaging.
