Dairy Processing and Equipment - Articles - Page 40

Conveying systems help move dairy products efficiently through the plant

Conveying systems and palletizing systems move ingredients and finished products nonstop.

September 12, 2016

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.

Dairies invest to keep up with demand

A Dairy Foods survey finds that 60% of dairy executives plan to buy processing equipment in 2017.

James Carper

September 2, 2016

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.

Hygiene and safety top-of-mind in new pumps and valves technology

August 22, 2016

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

Move on

Consider an eccentric disc pump for ice cream processing lines

With supply tanks 220 meters (720 feet) from the ice cream freezers, a Belgian ice cream processor found that powerful eccentric disc pumps solved a problem.

August 4, 2016

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.

Yogurt with fruit DuPont Nutrition and Health

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How to fix 5 common defects in yogurt processing

While manufacturing yogurt, dairy processors often encounter grainy texture, too-tart flavor, weak body or syneresis. Here’s how to fix these common defects in yogurt

Doug Vargo

July 12, 2016

What's wrong with my yogurt? Why is it grainy, too tart or lacks texture? Yogurt expert Doug Vargo addresses 5 common defects in yogurt manufacturing.

Clean machines

Learn basics of hygienic equipment design from 3-A SSI

3-A SSI introduces new E-learning resources.

July 5, 2016

3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. introduces three new e-learning modules designed to bring the world of hygienic equipment design to audiences around the world.

Otto-Arc-Systems lightweight facing machine

Equipment

Lightweight facing machine handles pipe sizes to 4 inches

July 1, 2016

Otto Arc Systems’ new electric lightweight machine is designed to handle tube and pipe sizes ranging from one-half inch to 4 inches.

New dairy processing equipment offers cost-savings, efficiency

June 22, 2016

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 focuses on efficiency

May 20, 2016

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

Lab notes

3M MLS kit speeds UHT, ESL beverage testing

The system reduces the time-to-result by two to three days or more.

April 27, 2016

3M’s new Microbial Luminescence System UHT Beverage Screen Kit speeds the testing of ultra-high temperature and extended shelf life (ESL) nondairy beverages.