Refrigerated & Frozen Foods is pleased to honor McCain Foods with the annual Frozen Food Processor of the Year award. Find out how the Lisle, Ill.-based company has grown from just 60 employees to more than 20,000 worldwide, and take a tour of its newly expanded 500,000-square-foot Plover, Wis., French fry plant.
McCain Foods’ Plover, Wis., facility underwent a $34 million renovation to increase throughput and quality and keep up with consumers’ ever-changing demands.
Available with an integrated Mettler-Toledo Safeline metal detector, the Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed Beltweigh XC checkweigher requires only 23 inches of line space.
Designed for light- to medium-duty applications, the Wire Belt Versa-Link open metal conveyor belt has linking rods that connect in the center, leaving no weak points; the linking rods splice in little as 30 seconds.
Designed for packaging lines where products need to change elevations and negotiate curves, Eaglestone’s curved incline conveyors transfer products from one elevation to another while rounding a curve ranging from 1° to 180°.
Dorner 2200 and 2300 Series low-profile belt conveyors come with a modular plastic belt small-pitch option that provides nosebar transfers as tight as 0.31 inches.
Engineered to mix multiple food ingredients and apply seasonings, the Heat and Control FastBack blending conveyor has load cells that measure the delivery of each ingredient to maintain a blend accuracy of more than 1.5% per constituent, depending on the product.
Used for applications where product orientation and grease/oil buildup are concerns, the Intralox Direct Drive System for spiral conveyance eliminates surging and the need for overdrive and associated controls by engaging the belt edge directly with the drum.
A-B-C’s Model 330T case erector/bottom sealer was created for packagers who need reliable, high-speed case erecting/tape sealing for their packaging lines.
Used for dry, free-flowing products such as sugar, sprinkles, chocolate chips, oat flakes, sliced nuts, dry low-fat streusel and flour, the Hinds-Bock dry ingredient depositor is available with a portable cantilevered frame, and can be mounted on existing equipment or new Hinds-Bock conveyors.
Available with intermittent or continuous motion, the Triangle Model XYT VFFS bagger can run bags up to 15 inches wide in a variety of package styles, including Triangle flat bottom/four-corner bags that eliminate the need for a cardboard carton.
Freight transportation providers provide an outlook on how rail and intermodal trends are changing, and how the upcoming election can help the industry remain competitive.
