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10 Ways Dumpers Can Impact Safety

Mepaco offers equipment products that are engineered specifically for the application required for processing, material handling, or an integrated system.  Due to the food safety and personnel safety goals across food processors, Mepaco has innovated options to solve these goals. Here are 10 modifications to Dumper designs that can impact safety goals starting at the beginning of...

Animation Highlights Dumper Features that Solve for Food Safety

  Mepaco’s Food Processing customers often opt for custom and modifiable dumping equipment features that provide the highest level of personnel and food safety, highlighted in this animation.   Locking Mechanism:  Pallet Retention cylinders secure the pallet on both sides to retain its position during the dump cycle. The locking mechanism is part of the PRS (Pallet...

Practical Equipment Strategies to Remove Foreign Contaminants from Processing Lines

Large-volume automation in the meat processing industry brings a higher risk of foreign material contamination. Foreign material can include metal shavings and shards from grinders, mixers and dicers, wood and nails from pallets, and numerous other materials like plastics and glass. The following are equipment options and proper maintenance practices that can help mitigate foreign...

Infographic – Why Processors like Mepaco’s Dumping Equipment

Mepaco’s Food Processing customers opt for custom and modifiable dumping equipment features that provide the highest level of personnel and food safety, including: PERSONNEL SAFETY Personnel guarding designed for the entire dump-zone footprint and safety relays that control the e-stop position; and optional pocket door designs that allow for safe fork truck access for loading and unloading. Guards...

Dumper with Optional Pallet Retention

In the photo, the DP3000 is shown in different stages as the pallet is separated from the combo during the dumping process.  This system reduces the risk of foreign matter getting into the food stream and contaminating the food production process.   This dumper also features liner retention which prevents the liner from separating from...

Mepaco Dumper Equipment: New Options Improve Food Safety

  Mepaco’s Pallet Retention System (PRS) is an option on Dumper equipment that reduces the risk of foreign matter like wood and nails from contaminating your food production process.   A manual or optional pneumatic clamp safely secures the combo throughout the dumping process. As the dump cycle begins, the pallet is immediately secured so once the combo reaches...