Our System

Enjoy our quality cheese process turn-key systems which include everything from product de-boxing, handling, grinding, cooking, and more!

Features

  • De-Package barrels and blocks for grinder infeed
  • Automated cheese recipe and ingredient delivery
  • Custom designed grinders, mixers, cookers, to meet customers high throughputs
  • Sanitary robust designs that are CIP-able
  • Operator cost savings and labor reduction
  • Efficient compact equipment footprints to maximize floor space

Conveyance

Our custom designed conveyance systems which are capable of handling blocks, barrels, and ground producers allow our customers to play the market and be versatile!

Standard Features

  • 316 SS, 304 SS or mild steel construction
  • Improve floor space by integrating horizontal, incline, decline, corner, “Z”, spiral/radius, screw conveyors and more
  • Product merging conveyors
  • Phasing and lane positioning conveyors
  • Metal detect with continuous reject system conveyors
  • Inline weight, automatic sorting and vision technology utilized
  • Wishbone troughed profile and flighted belting options
  • Can accommodate any style of belt desired (Rex, Intralox, Cambridge, Eagle, etc.)
  • Sanitary design with easy cleanability/washdown operations
  • Pneumatic take-ups for easy belt adjustment/removal
  • Integrated scrapers to keep belt and operation clean
  • Numerous transfer design options available for clean and consistent directional changes

Automated Features

  • PLC/HMI controls
  • Servo actuation available
  • Meets NEC, NFPA, and ANSI codes
  • UL Approved

Commonly Requested Designs

Automated Cheese Cutters

Our cheese cutters are constructed for heavy duty applications and are custom designed to fit your cutting needs. Cutting sizes range from 40 lb. up to 640 lb. blocks and 500 lb. barrels.

Standard Features

  • Stainless steel construction with 316 product contact
  • lows rates: 1,000 lbs. per hour up to 40,000 lbs. per hour
  • Interchangeable and easy removal of harps for change in size and cleaning
  • Adjustable rollers on harps provide a more accurate cut and less trim
  • Single push, multi-push, or fully automated features available to perform vertical and horizontal cuts
  • Cutting technologies include harp, heat treated blade, waterjet, ultrasonic, etc.
  • Pneumatic, hydraulic and electric actuation options available
  • Meets WDA, FDA, and USDA standards 
  • Two hand cycle start options available to ensure employee safety

Automated Features

  • PLC/HMI controls
  • Servo driven actuators for complete accuracy
  • Vision imaging available for cut optimization
  • Meets NEC, NFPA, and ANSI codes
  • UL approved

Commonly Requested Designs:

Grinders / Crumblers

Our cheese grinders and crumblers are designed to accommodate various types of capacities and applications such as handling products ranging from 40 lb. to 640 lb. blocks and 500 lb. barrels.

Standard Features

  • Stainless steel construction
  • Various sizes available to accommodate required throughputs
  • Single or twin screw models
  • Optimal product reduction/custom particulate size discharge
  • Meets WDA, USDA and FDA Standards
  • Safety contact guarding included
  • Various compact designs available
  • Easy removable augers
  • CIP-able equipment and bearing designs.

Automated Features

  • PLC/HMI controls
  • Meets NEC, NFPA, and ANSI codes
  • UL approved

Commonly Requested Designs

Cookers

Process cookers are custom designed to fit your individual needs. Sizes range from our compact 10 lb. lab scale cooker to our 4,000 lb. cooker.

Standard Features

  • Stainless steel construction with 316 product contact
  • Batch or continuous laydown styles
  • Single or twin screw models
  • Heat source: direct steam injection, heat induction, electric, etc. 
  • Specially designed valves to maximize steam displacement
  • Heated or insulated jackets
  • Stainless steel bearing design
  • Finish options include polished to a #4 finish or glass beaded
  • Optional CIP-able product discharge valves
  • Meets WDA, USDA, and FDA standards
  • WDA approved sanitary designed front and rear seals
  • Interlock safety switches

Automated Features

  • PLC/HMI controls
  • Automated batch recipe handling
  • Ingredient and emulsifier addition
  • Chart recorders
  • Meets NEC, NFPA, and ANSI codes
  • UL approved

Commonly Requested Designs:

Blenders

Our sanitary blender models are manufactured for the food processing industry and are available in sizes ranging from 100 lbs. to 4,000 lbs. 

Standard Features

  • Stainless steel construction with 316 product contact
  • Various sizes available to accommodate required throughputs
  • Ribbon or Paddle mixing blenders available 
  • End gates to easily discharge product onto the next process
  • Optional lid slide to allow for low head clearance
  • Meets WDA, FDA, and USDA standards
  • WDA approved sanitary design front and rear shaft seals
  • Stainless steel bearing design
  • Safety contact guarding and interlock safety switches

Automated Features

  • PLC/HMI controls
  • Ingredient delivery
  • Meets NEC, NFPA, and ANSI codes
  • UL approved

Commonly Requested Designs

Surge Hoppers

Our wide variety of hopper sizes ranging from 100 lbs. up to 8,000 lbs. allow for small and large operations and include an abundance of available features.

Standard Features

  • Stainless steel construction
  • Various sizes available to accommodate required throughputs
  • Agitation completed utilizing augers or rotating scrapers
  • Designed to accommodate any desired pump(s)
  • Optional: jacket for heating or cooling, insulation, casters, discharge pumps

Automated Features

  • PLC/HMI controls
  • Integrates easily with existing processing systems
  • VFD controlled agitation and pump speeds
  • Weight and level control feedback
  • Recipe integration
  • Meets NEC, NFPA and ANSI codes
  • UL Approved

Commonly Requested Designs

Ingredient Delivery

Protect your yield with our automated ingredient metering systems.

Standard Features

  • Automatically meter your ingredients to any point in your process such as cooking or blending
  • Integrated programmed Recipe Pages to allow Customers to fulfill numerous orders throughout the production day.
  • CIP solutions included within ingredient delivery design

De‐Packaging Barrels / Blocks

Eliminate double handling of product while improving your safety with our automated de-packaging systems.

Standard Features

  • Turn-key systems available for 500 lb. barrels
  • Pick/place de-palletizers for barrels
  • Inverters to remove cheese from barrels
  • Declining cutting applications
  • Recipe integration for delivering type or quantity of cheese make to designated grinder or pour-stream process.
  • Barrel Clamps & Hoist Systems w/ auto inverters
  • Manipulator arms / clamping systems
  • De-boxing systems available for 40lb blocks

Commonly Requested Designs

CIP

Utilize our integrated CIP systems to keep equipment consistently clean and reduce cleanup time.

Standard Features

  • Conveyor belt lifts
  • Spray ball/bar designs
  • Automated accessory washers with returns systems
  • Systems designed pumps for CIP supply/return
  • Easy accessible equipment designated cleaning means.

Automated Features

  • PLC/HMI Controls
  • Meets NEC, NFPA, and ANSI Codes
  • UL Approved

Mezzanines / Platforms

Our fabricated catwalks, mezzanines, platforms, and lifts are custom built according to your manufacturing needs.

Standard Features

  • Stainless steel construction
  • Lifts can be made to accommodate various degrees of load capacities utilizing pneumatic, hydraulic or electric actuation
  • Engineered sections to fit through narrow doors for easy installation
  • Sloped decking and drains available
  • Various decking options available: Opti, SlipNot, Algrip, FRP/Chem Grate, Perfo and Inverted Perfo Grip
  • Meets OSHA regulations

Commonly Requested Designs

Controls Automation

We offer solutions for all of your factory automation and control needs. From design through fabrication, to installation, we can provide you with an innovative, high quality, reliable, and economical solution.

Standard Features

  • Electrical panel design and fabrication (UL approved panel shop)
  • CAD drawings/Field installation diagrams
  • PLC/HMI programming
  • 100% FAT performed prior to customer installation
  • Start-up and training
  • Operation and maintenance manuals
  • 24 hour live/local/remote support
  • Meets NEC, NFPA and ANSI codes

Integration Made Easy

  • Customer specified hardware, software  and communication requirements
  • Integration with existing or third party equipment
  • Maintain customer's existing procedures and methodology
  • Conduit installation prior to shipment; reduces setup period

Automated Features

  • Service agreements
  • Utility usage estimates
  • VPN access
  • Washdown field devices meeting NEMA/Type 4X, IP69k available, ECOLAB approved

Commonly Requested Designs