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Conveyors move raw materials and finished products through a dairy plant. After filling, packages might travel to secondary packaging stations, to freezers, to warehouses and to pallets.

With raw milk prices low and demand for cheese, yogurt and other dairy foods high, America’s dairy processors are opening up their checkbooks to buy new equipment. A survey by BNP Market Research (Dairy Foods’ research arm) found that 56% of dairy processors are buying equipment this year and 60% plan to buy in 2017. 

Sanitary pump for efficiency and food safety, Positive displacement pump with all stainless steel gear box...

Ice cream made with nuts, fruit or candy is more viscous than a simple vanilla mix. One dairy processor installed eccentric disc pumps to move the material.

High-speed disperser/emulsifier eliminates burn-on, Pick direct steam injection for HTST processing, High-efficiency separation for food and beverage production, plus more!

The latest filtration technology including: Ceramic membrane for filtration, Microfiltration technology improves operating efficiency, Spiral wound membranes, and many more!

Fill and seal bagger for shredded cheese, 100-valve filler for single-serve bottles, Gable-top packaging fill machine...

In anticipation of the long-discussed Food Safety Modernization Act finally becoming enforceable in September, we asked equipment suppliers about the role pumps and valves play in assuring food safety in dairy processing plants. Here’s what they had to say about this subject in our virtual roundtable.