News on Processing Equipment

On January 24th, 2008 eighty years of potato chip manufacturing
on Chicago's south side will come to a close with the public
auction sale of equipment from Jays Foods manufacturing headquarters
on East 99th Street.

Manufacturers seeking networked motor control solutions for wash-down environments now have several options from Rockwell Automation. The Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 40 AC drive and the ArmorStart product lines have packaging options that are now rated by ...

Key Technology (KTEC) was founded 60 years ago as a maker of vegetable processing equipment. In the meantime,  Key has morphed into a global supplier to the food industry. It melds electro-optical automated inspection and sorting systems with processi...

On January 24, 2008 Rabin is organizing an auction of production lines of bankrupt Jays Foods in Chicago. The auction includes 4 potato chips processing lines and 18 Hayssen Ishida packaging machines and much more.   Background:   On January 24th, 200...

FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston, announced in October the intended spin-off of its FMC FoodTech and FMC Airport Systems divisions into a separate, independent and publicly traded company. The separation will be completed in mid-2008. Charlie Cannon, ...

A filter for filtering particulate material from cooking oil used in a frying process is comprised of a non-woven panel of directionally or randomly oriented fibers of a synthetic material. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a majority of th...

Key Technology announces the appointment of Richard Hebel as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this new position, Hebel is responsible for identifying and commercializing advanced new technologies that will expand Key’s range of customer product solut...

RJ Herbert Engineering launches an affordable optical potato sorter, the DDS 1300 ML Autosort. This market entry model optical sorter gives lower cost entry whilst maintaning high quality electronic grading of your potatoes.   The sorter is a vision ...

Researchers from the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) claim to have stabilised a process of using extrusion technology to make healthy and tasty snacks out of legumes.

Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) today announced sales and operating results for the year ended September 30, 2007. Net sales for fiscal 2007 were $107.5 million, a 26.8% increase over the $84.8 million reported for fiscal 2006. The Company report...

Heat and Control claims its KleenHeat pollution control heat exchanger surpasses simple afterburner technology.KleenHeat works by drawing fryer exhaust into its combustion chamber. The pollutants are then mixed with the hot products of combustion from ...

In composite design, the simplest solution tends to be the best. A case in point is an industrial spring arm manufactured by Gordon Composites Inc. (Montrose, Colo.) for the Iso-Flo vibratory conveyor system built by Key Technology Inc. (Walla Walla, ...

GMF-Gouda has re-engineered its successful Brush-‘n-Belt dry peel remover. Although the proven concept of the machine remained, many innovative features contribute to improved processing capacity and ease of use, maintenance and cleaning. The new dry ...

PPM Technologies, a newly formed corporation, has acquired two divisions of FMC Technologies--Allen Systems and PPM. It is now headed by Mark Eaton, who has been serving as general manager for the past five years over both Allen Systems and PPM. Bas...

Heat and Control has released a heavy-duty fryer allowing for the high-volume production of nuts, snacks and other foods.Heat and Control's Mastermatic Batch Fryers come in sizes that will produce between 600 and 800 finished pounds of product per hour...

An automated chip stirrer can help boost out put by up to 25 per cent, according to its manufacturer.Heat and Control claims its Chip-Stirr is an advance on automating the process of making chips, thus reducing labour and training costs while producing...

Researchers at Tokyo University of Technology have studied how the structure of the batter molecules changes during the frying process. They discovered that altering the water content and frying time they were able to create perfect conditions to crea...

Bakwandenfabrikant Perfecta Nederland uit Utrecht is failliet verklaard nadat het bedrijf begin augustus surseance van betaling kreeg. De activiteiten worden door Kiremko in Woerden voortgezet onder de naam Kiremko Perfecta.   Juni dit jaar is Perfect...