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"If you can have an automatic formulation system that can
load in five minutes so it can start blending, it will create
more turns per hour than if you do everything manually."
Tom Hoffman, Mepaco
Mixers, Urbana, Ohio, says the company's sigma arm agitator mixers are designed to ensure uniform blending of
ingredients. "We do this by engineering a close tolerance
between the agitator and the mixer bowl to minimize
unmixed ingredients," he says. "The shape of the agitator
provides a consistent flow and mix of ingredients. We
have multiple sigma arm designs."
A key component of mixing and blending efficiency is
proper metering of raw materials to the mixing system.
Joseph Cross, process manager, Zeppelin Systems USA,
Inc., Odessa, Florida, says if you don't get your recipe
into the mixer precisely and consistently to begin with,
you must constantly make adjustments downstream.
Temperature talk
Temperature is a critical variable in many processes,
and a small difference in product temperature can
have a tremendous impact on processing characteristics
downstream. "We typically include temperature sensors at all key points to allow us to provide feed-forward
control when necessary to maintain the ideal product
temperature through mixing to optimize downstream
processing," Cross says.
Ken Langhorn, technical director, Charles Ross & Son
Co., Hauppauge, New York, says it's vital to understand
the needs of each application throughout the process to
ensure everything is working properly. "For temperature
control, we start by assessing what mixing intensity is required for the process, because the higher the intensity
usually the higher the product temperature will be," he
says. "We would identify what's the best fit for the process and then we can look at areas like jacketing the vessel, a scrape sidewall so that we can transfer heat from
the vessel itself to the product."
In applications where temperature is critical, this is
likely to be achieved during the mix or cook process and
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CONTENTS
OFF THE LEASH - MY FAVORITE STORY
TRENDS - SOURCING RESPONSIBLY
PLANT PROFILE - A BRAND FOR THE GENERATIONS
FOOD SAFETY - RISKY BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS - ALWAYS IN SEASON
REGULATORY - AUTHORITY OVERVIEW
INGREDIENTS - HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
EVENT SPOTLIGHT - COLLECTIVE EFFORT
EQUIPMENT - UNIFORM EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS STRATEGY - DREAM TEAM
EQUIPMENT - BETTER BATCHES
OPERATIONS - WAR ON TASTE
PACKAGING - SMALLER PAWPRINT
BEST IN SHOW
PATENTS TO PONDER
EVENTS
SIT, STAY, READ
AD INDEX
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - CONTENTS
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - OFF THE LEASH - MY FAVORITE STORY
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - TRENDS - SOURCING RESPONSIBLY
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - PLANT PROFILE - A BRAND FOR THE GENERATIONS
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - FOOD SAFETY - RISKY BUSINESS
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS - ALWAYS IN SEASON
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - REGULATORY - AUTHORITY OVERVIEW
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - INGREDIENTS - HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - EVENT SPOTLIGHT - COLLECTIVE EFFORT
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - EQUIPMENT - UNIFORM EXPERIENCE
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - BUSINESS STRATEGY - DREAM TEAM
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - EQUIPMENT - BETTER BATCHES
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - OPERATIONS - WAR ON TASTE
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - PACKAGING - SMALLER PAWPRINT
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - BEST IN SHOW
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - PATENTS TO PONDER
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - EVENTS
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - SIT, STAY, READ
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - AD INDEX
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