The Latest Trends Affecting the Food Industry
Each year, the next wave of enticing snacks, meals and drinks inspire food manufacturing companies to develop new recipes to keep up with the customer demand. This year, we’re seeing consumers replace traditional meals with snack foods and focusing on those that help fulfill their health goals – such as boosting energy, improving mood, or lowering their intake of additives or artificial ingredients.
Testing New Production Environments in our Technology Center
Our Technical Center has the capability to simulate many different production environments for customer testing. Recently, we conducted testing on a special agglomerate with a variety of transfer challenges.
How Extreme Temperatures Can Affect Compressed Air Systems
Manufacturers incur financial losses each year from weather-related events. Insulating and protecting supply lines and equipment is an obvious solution for cold weather protection.
We’ve Created a Smarter Petfood Process:
HorizonPSI’s Negative Airlift System conveys pet food products from the extruder to the dryer, while minimizing the risk of post-processing contamination and product loss.
Top-Down for PVC Compounding
PVC compounding typically follows one of two processes: top-down or bottom-up. While you can achieve a great product with either model, the facility layout will determine which method is best or most cost effective.
Bottom-Up for PVC Compounding
The bottom-up design allows for a lower head height by housing more equipment at ground level. Bulk Bag Unloaders, hoppers and feeders housed close to the floor are easier to service. In this configuration, scales are customized to match the flow behavior of specific materials.
Vertical Ingredient Transfers Using ConTran
ConTran uses a vacuum-throttling valve that accurately maintains a constant ratio of material-to-air mass flow.
Ingredient Insights Through RFID Technology
RFID routines consist of three components: an RFID reader, an RFID tag and an antenna.
Filter Options for the SideWinder SWR Series
The HorizonPSI SideWinderTM round filter receiver – SWR series features easy access to the clean air plenum side for removal of self-supporting filter cartridges. All the Sidewinder filter receivers can be serviced without enclosed space procedures and are available in various sizes in carbon steel, stainless steel or aluminum construction.
High Meat Inclusion Made Easier
High meat inclusion recipes (those where at least 30% of the protein is from fresh meat) can offer conveying challenges because of the amount of raw or other wet ingredients involved. HorizonPSI has learned to overcome these challenges, creating solutions that make the manufacturing process more efficient while providing high-quality quality food for beloved pets.