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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...

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How to Know When an Agitator is Failing

In some cases, there is a particular event that causes agitator damage such as a shovel or fork falling into a piece of processing equipment. However, there are several other signs that determine when an agitator is failing: The agitator starts developing cracks in the pipe or welds. The agitator starts rubbing the tub side wall....

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When to Leverage Dual Zones in Thermal Jackets for Food Processing

There are various methods to heat and cool food product in cooking equipment. The application will dictate the best combination of methods and configurations ranging from stay-bolt or dimple jacket designs, to injected steam and thermal screw heating options. On equipment solutions that use a heating jacket, a dual zone design may add versatility to...

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Challenges Solved by Application Engineered Solutions and Agitator Design

The Mepaco team engineers equipment and systems specific to the processing application in each thermal processing project. In mixing and blending operations, application engineering is especially important because product quality and efficiencies are at stake. The food product, viscosity, texture, cycle times, and thermal processing technology including agitator designs are considered in the best cooking...

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Why Agitator Solutions are Important to Quality and Throughput in Cooking Operations

The type and viscosity of food product, thermal processing technology, desired texture, and cooking/processing cycle times are considered when specifying the agitator solution. Primary consideration for mixing or blending agitator solution begins with the ability for the food product to self-level. Agitator configurations also include scrapers with indirect cooking applications. In some applications, the agitator...

Meat Processing Equipment Mixer-Blenders

5 Common Bottlenecks that Impede System Yield Goals

Our service techs, engineers and application experts have pinpointed five most-often congested production areas and processes observed in food manufacturing plants: 1. Underperforming grinders Grinders underperform due to dull plates and knives and other worn parts. Adjustment of the HP/RPM/Pitch can be made to increase capacity. If not properly maintained, the pin and bushing will...

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Comparing Kettle Cooking to ThermaBlend Cooking

Introducing our newest video: Comparing Kettle Cooking to the ThermaBlend Cooking Process. This video explains the heat transfer differences between a traditional kettle cooker and the ThermaBlend. It also highlights some of the capabilities of the cooker that make it such a versatile solution for large batch cooking, such as: Efficient agitators and patented scraper...

Meat Processing Equipment Mixer Blender Mixer-Blenders

Large Vacuum Mixer Blender part of Meat Processing and Forming Line

This 8000 lb. Mixer Blender is equipped with vacuum and CO2 injection, required for downstream forming and packaging operations. Mepaco’s Mixer Blenders are engineered to specific application parameters. These industrial mixing solutions are code-stamped and ASME rated, with high-pressure dimple or stay-bolt jackets. Cooling jackets or injection systems, like in this Mixer Blender, are also...

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Dual Cook System Solves Flexibility for Production Scenarios

DUAL COOK SYSTEM SOLVES PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY & CAPACITY THE CHALLEGE A multi-recipe prepared foods manufacture required an increase in cooking production and the flexibility to add more varieties of soups and sauces to their product offerings. The application required cooking and blending of viscous food product with limitations in available floor space. THE SOLUTION The...

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Batch Cooking and Chilling that Tastes Like It Came from Mom’s Kitchen

In the process of manufacturing fruit pie filling, the ThermaBlend™ first cooks the product to 185°F; then cools it to the proper filling temperature of 75°F. The cook step and the chill step take approximately 30 – 40 minutes each, which is critical to maintaining product integrity and reaching the production goals of this application....

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Animation Highlights Dumper Features that Solve for Food Safety

How to Know When an Agitator is Failing

When to Leverage Dual Zones in Thermal Jackets for Food Processing

Challenges Solved by Application Engineered Solutions and Agitator Design

Why Agitator Solutions are Important to Quality and Throughput in Cooking Operations

5 Common Bottlenecks that Impede System Yield Goals

Comparing Kettle Cooking to ThermaBlend Cooking

Large Vacuum Mixer Blender part of Meat Processing and Forming Line

Dual Cook System Solves Flexibility for Production Scenarios

Batch Cooking and Chilling that Tastes Like It Came from Mom’s Kitchen

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