Protein products presented in patty or sliced form often depend on interleaving and stacking prior to being packaged in film on a form-fill-seal machine or loaded into trays or cartons.
For Kayem Foods Inc., a meat processor based in Chelsea, Mass., Linde installed an impingement freezer in less than a week, and essentially doubled the line’s freezing capacity in the same space.
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods closed its Courtland Avenue production facility in Kitchener, Ontario, what is said to be the largest plant in its legacy network.
Detection and rejection of products containing contaminants is no longer a luxury addition to the production line but a necessary step in the production process. The implementation of x-ray systems has provided seamless integration of high-tech product inspection solutions into the processing line.
