Food & Beverages
A food and beverage plant, also known as a food processing plant or beverage manufacturing facility, is an industrial facility where raw materials are transformed into food and beverage products through various processing steps. Powders are common ingredients in the industry and can include items like flour, sugar, spices, powdered milk, cocoa, and various additives. Managing powders efficiently is crucial for maintaining product quality, consistency, and safety.
Challenges
- Storage: Quality of the raw materials that is sensitive to humidity and temperature, and pest infestation.
- Sanitation & Hygiene: Contamination during the transfer / handling.
- Output Quality: Material wastage due to inaccurate mixing of the ingredients.
- Material Breakage: Material unable to maintain its quality and particle size due to breakage.
Solutions
- Airtight seals and controlled environments are designed to protect powders from contamination, moisture, and pests, and they often feature.
- All equipment needs to be designed to have minimum residual, and it is also designed with easy-to-clean surfaces and accessible areas to facilitate thorough cleaning.
- Automatic dosing systems including load cell, weight indicator and advance programming can measure and dispense precise amounts of powder according to predefined recipes, minimizing waste and ensuring product quality.
- Dense phase system will protect the materials transfer from breakage and maintain the aroma and quality of the product.
