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Protective Boots and Shoe Covers
Disposable/reusable VR Protective Boots & Shoe
Covers are for use where liquids and fluids are present and foot, ankle and
lower-leg protection is desirable. Perfect for minimizing the potential for
cross contamination, VR Protective Boots and Shoe Covers provide impervious
protection against biological and chemical contaminates, with elastic tops
for added splash protection. VR Boots provide knee-high foot and lower-leg
coverage, with VR Shoe Covers providing full coverage of foot and work
shoe. VR, the new-age odorless and non-toxic impervious material, is
challenging the dominance of vinyl and traditional apron materials in food
processing plants across the country. VR combines high-tech plastic
resins with modern extrusion techniques to produce a longer wearing, more
comfortable, crack-resistant lightweight boot and shoe cover. —PolyConversions Inc., 505 Condit Drive, Rantoul,
Ill., 61866, phone: (888) 893-3330, Web site: www.polyconversions.com
Color-Coded Products
Nelson-Jameson now provides an even wider selection of
color-coded products selected specifically for the food industry. More than
just brushes, the company brings together hundreds of items to give plants
a total program that allows complete-zone color coding to help prevent
cross contamination. Both food processors and regulators agree that by
using brushes, pails and other sanitary tools that are assigned — by
color — to a particular area or task, the risk of bacterial migration
can be greatly reduced. A complete color-coded system helps sanitation
programs by assuring plant tools stay in the areas they are meant to be
used, doing the jobs they are meant to do. A new 20-page mini-catalog
features Nelson-Jameson’s complete line of color-coded products. — Nelson-Jameson Inc., 2400 E. Fifth St.,
P.O. Box 647, Marshfield, Wis., 54449, phone: (715) 387-1151, fax: (715)
387-8746, Web site: www.nelsonjameson.com
Solenoid Pilot Valves
Dwyer’s Series PV three-way normally closed
electro-pneumatic solenoid pilot valves are designed with versatility,
simplicity and cost effectiveness in mind. When matched with the new Dwyer
Series SAV Angle Seat Valves, supply pressure control is as easy as the
flick of a switch. These low-cost, durable pilot valves feature fully
reversible DIN connections to keep electrical wiring hassle free, while the
direct-mounting banjo connection eliminates common installation problems.
Designed for use with 1?-inch diameter Series SAV actuators, the units are
manufactured standard with a manual override, and have a wide variety of
coil supply voltages available (120VAC models will be stocked, with other
voltages available upon request). —
Dwyer Instruments Inc., P.O. Box 373, Michigan City, Ind., 46361, phone:
(219) 879-8000, fax: (219) 872-9057, e-mail: lit@dwyer-inst.com, Web site:
www.dwyer-inst.com
Modified-Atmosphere Packaging Equipment
Quality assurance and product uniformity is achieved
and maintained via automated and integrated gas analyzing, gas mixing, gas
flow control and in-line leak detection equipment available from
PBI-Dansensor — enabling packagers and marketers of processed,
pre-sliced deli products to achieve their objectives for extending
shelf-life freshness, eliminating product handling and reducing their
customers’ space requirements and point-of-serve costs. The total
quality process utilizes PBI-Dansensor’s in-line gas analyzing, gas
mixing and gas flow control systems for 100 percent management of the
modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP) process. In addition, both in-line
LeakMatic and stand-alone LeakPointer non-destructive package
leak detectors provide fast-reacting leak tests of the packaged product.
The LeakMatic offers 100 percent in-line package testing, while the
LeakPointer offers a compact, moveable, cost-effective system well suited
for use in the laboratory or for production sampling. — PBI-Dansensor America Inc., 139 Harristown Road, Glen
Rock, N.J., 07452, phone: (201) 251-6490, Web site: www.pbi-dansensor.us
Innovative Design Leader
Filler Specialties designs and builds sanitary liquid
fillers, cappers and ancillary equipment for non-carbonated flowable
liquids. Since 1973, the company has been an innovative design leader,
providing fast, accurate, efficient equipment worldwide. Repeat business
from satisfied customers attests to the high quality of Filler Specialties
machines. As a family-owned and operated company, Filler Specialties takes
special care to provide exceptional service to every customer. — Filler Specialties Inc., 440 100th St.,
Zeeland, Mich., 49464, phone (616) 772-9235, fax: (616) 772-4544, Web site
www.filler-specialties.com
Liquid Line Traps
Cesco Magnetics introduces a series of aseptic,
magnetic liquid line traps for 11/2” (38.25mm) to 4” (102mm)
aseptic processing lines operating at up to 200 PSI and temperatures of
150°C. Machined from a solid block of 314 stainless steel, the AS
series of MagTraps exceed 3A standards for sanitary fabrication.
Powerful, long-lived, rare-earth magnets capture and hold trash or fines of
ferrous, nickel, carbide and work-hardened stainless smaller than
state-of-the-art metal detectors can sense to ensure product quality and
prevent equipment damage in food, beverage, pharmaceutical and chemical processing operations. MagTraps allow pumped products to flow unimpeded through multiple
intense magnetic fields, and the easy-to-clean AS design makes disposing of captured debris a
fast and easy process. — Cesco
Magnetics, 93 Utility Court, Rohnert Park,
Calif., 94928, phone: (877) 624-8727 or (707) 585-2402, fax: (707) 585-3886,
e-mail: contact@cescomagnetics.com.
Web site: www.cescomagnetics.com
Packaging Innovation
Polypack introduces a new way to package tubes. The
odd shapes and sizes of tubes have always been a challenge to package. The
company has developed a system that inverts and packages tubes for
distribution. Polypack’s tube series machines are fully automatic,
offset-inline, shrink multi-packing systems designed specifically for tubed
products. The Tube 90 and Tube 180 consist of a single or dual lane
infeed/collator with a single or dual lane wrapper/tunnel. The packaging
systems save money, space and simplify product storage. These systems are
extremely versatile, easy to operate, and highly reliable. — Polypack Inc., 3301 Gateway Centre Blvd.,
Pinellas Park, Fla., 33782, phone: (727) 578-5000, fax: (727)
578-1300, e-mail: info@polypack.com, Web site: www.polypack.com
Pilot Program
Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies has launched the
next generation in cold plate technology with its RouteMax pilot program.
Thirty trucks equipped with RouteMax and capable of extended route cold
plate deliveries will soon be on the road. E.A. Sween Co., maker of Deli
Express Sandwiches, will become the first customer to use a fully equipped
RouteMax delivery vehicle. RouteMax takes the reliability, longevity and
cost effectiveness of a cold plate refrigeration system to the next level.
Trucks equipped with the new technology will allow users to charge the cold
plates as they drive — reducing plug-in time for the cold plates and
extending delivery routes. —
Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies, 215 E. Allen St., Rice Lake, Wis.,
54868, phone: (715) 234-7071, fax: (715) 234-4628, Web site:
www.johnsontruckbodies.com
All-Stainless Deunitizer
American Conveyor’s all-stainless deunitizer
eliminates the need for employees to “drag” stacks of empty
crates onto floor conveyors on the way to the washer or stacks of full
crates of product on the way to load-out onto an in-floor conveyor after
being dropped nearby by a clamp truck. Employing a deunitizer allows the
clamp truck to simply drop blocks of stacks
that need to be put into a single column on one
end of the deunitizer and single stacks of crates exit on the conveyor at
the opposite end. The deunitizer has a demonstrated history of paying for
itself in less than six months, not including the cost of reduced
worker’s comp claims or the shortening of product handling times by a
factor five. — American
Conveyor Corp., 1819 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood, N.Y., 11385, phone: (718)
386-0480, fax: (718) 456-1233, e-mail: info@americanconveyor.net,
Web site: www.americanconveyor.net
Case Liner
O/K International is proud to introduce its newly
designed Superliner 220. At up to 18 cases per minute, it is one of the
fastest case liners on the market. The Superliner 220 makes bags from a
roll of gussetted polyethylene tubing, places the bag into a case, crate,
drum or tray and cuffs the bag over the edges. It is a cost-effective
machine, suitable for standard applications within a defined case range.
All of the company’s case liners are equipped with Allan Bradley
controls. — O/K International
Corp., 73 Bartlett St., Marlborough, Mass., 01752, phone: (508) 303-8286,
fax: (508) 303-8207, Web site: www.okcorp.com
Enhanced Static Mixer
Ross SysCon has introduced a mixer for use as a
continuous cooker in the food industry. The sanitary, continuous design
ensures uniform mixing and cooking at much higher production rates. Ross
LLPD Static Mixers with sparging capability are supplied in selection of
materials such as stainless steel, Hastelloy and other special alloys. A
full range of diameters and lengths to suit the customer’s production
requirements are available. —
Ross SysCon, 34 Westgate Blvd., Savannah, Ga., 31405, phone: (866)
797-2660, fax: (912) 238-1905, e-mail: info@staticmixers.com, Web site:
www.staticmixers.com
Anti-Tamper Lock
By ensuring valves and actuators are only operated by
authorized individuals, the Anti-Tamper Lock (ATL) from Smith Flow Control
secures companies’ assets by reducing the risk of human error or
deliberate tampering. The way the ATL works is very simple. The standard
condition of the device in service is locked (key-free), with the handwheel
free-rotating (the standard unit is available in two sizes to suit all
lever and handwheel operated valves). Operation involves three simple steps:
first, a coded key is inserted, engaging the drive; second, the valve is
operated to the desired position; and finally, the key is removed and the
valve is locked in the desired position. For safety applications, the
ATL’s housing is supplied in stainless steel coated with yellow
polyester resin, while for security applications, locks are manufactured
from hardened steel, with a protective security skirt. — Smith Flow Control, 21 Kenton Lands Road, Erlanger, Ky.,
41018, phone: (859) 578-2395, fax: (859)-341-2302, e-mail:
sales@smithflow.com, Web site: Web: www.smithflowcontrol.com
Innovative Mass Flowmeter
Krohne’s innovative NTEP-approved,
single-straight tube Coriolis mass flowmeter, Optimass Series 7000, is
uniquely constructed and offers no-hassle installation and superior
performance in density and mass flow. With its single-straight tube design
and broad range of end connections, the meter meets the most stringent
hygienic requirements for food and pharmaceutical applications. It also
complies with industry standards, including ASME Bioprocessing equipment,
EHEDG, 3-A and FDA. The meters are approved for use in hazardous
environments. The corrosion-resistant Optimass Series 7000 is the first of
its kind to provide wetted parts in titanium, stainless steel or Hastelloy,
allowing it to withstand the harshest conditions. The single straight-tube
design is resistant to blocking or fouling, allowing the meter to handle
high viscosity fluids with ease, as well as maintaining a high level of
accuracy for mass and volumetric flow and density measurement. — Krohne Inc., 7 Dearborn Road, Peabody, Mass., 01960,
phone: (800) 356-9464, fax: (978) 535-1720, email: info@KROHNE.com, Web
site: www.krohne.com
Post-Column System
Pickering’s Vector PCXTM is a rugged, low-cost,
post-column system ideal for high-throughput analysis of target compounds.
The Vector PCX inherits the selectivity, sensitivity and chromatographic
reproducibility of Pickering’s PCX5200 post-column derivatization
instrument, with ease of use unmatched in the industry. It is compatible
with all major HPLC systems, and is ideal for basic testing in demanding,
24/7 laboratory environments that require low capital outlay, analytic
accuracy and long life for its post-column instrumentation, components and
reagents. Together with Pickering’s full-featured Pinnacle PCXTM, the
standard Vector PCX fills out the company’s line of post-column
instruments, columns and reagents. —
Pickering Laboratories Inc., 1280 Space Park Way, Mountain View, Calif.,
94043,phone:(800) 654-3330, Web site: www.pickeringlabs.com
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