When it comes to setting up your deboning room operation, there are three basic layouts that are most often used. Each layout offers its own advantages, based on the goals you are trying to achieve with your processing line, and can be combined to create a multi-functioning deboning room.
Here are the three basic room layouts, along with the advantages and benefits of each layout:
On Tuesday, February 10, Fusion Tech played host to the Midwest Entrepreneurs class at Monmouth College. Dan Bentz, General Manager at Fusion Tech, gave the class of 20 or so students a tour of our facilities, showing them our multiple shops, office areas, and design and drafting department.
The students in Professor Terrance Gabel’s class learned about Fusion Tech’s history, services, competitive advantages, and the lessons learned along the way of starting and operating a growing manufacturing company. Dan highlighted two main lessons for the students:
It was a great experience for the Monmouth College students to see our facilities and shop in action, and a great opportunity for Fusion Tech to continue investing in the next generation of manufacturing.
Time is money. That statement is especially true when it comes to the amount of time your product spends cooking in your smokehouse.
The longer your smokehouse cook time, the higher your energy and operating expenses will be. Not to mention, when your processing operation revolves around product cooking in your smokehouse, everything else gets affected – cooling, further processing, packaging, and shipping. Saving even 45 minutes of cook time would yield immense benefits to your whole operation.
A smokehouse or dehydrator is the central component of any cooking operation. Everything else – from further processing to packaging – revolves around the time your product spends in the smokehouse. There isn’t much you can do until your product is fully cooked.
Cooking your product to get the right flavor, consistency, and temperature takes time – and if your smokehouse isn’t functioning at high efficiency, it could be taking more time than necessary. The longer it takes, the more money it’s costing you. As the old adage states, time is money.
One of the biggest components of our smokehouse rebuild service is updating the insulation in your oven. Insulation has a big effect on the efficiency of your smokehouse. High quality insulation will help keep your smokehouse at the proper temperature for even cooking, giving you a quality finished product, while a low quality and cheaper insulation, or improperly installed insulation, will allow heat to dissipate, costing you energy and money.
If your food processing operation includes a smokehouse, you likely know the frustration – and money dump – that comes when your smokehouse is functioning less than optimal. It costs you time, money, and productivity. Not to mention the waste of unevenly cooked product. And, up until now, the only option available to fix the situation was to purchase a whole new smokehouse.
Conveyor safety is essential in a food processing facility.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 39,100 people operated conveyor belts in 2012. These people make sure product loads and unloads correctly, grab product off of a moving conveyor, and align product correctly on the belt.
It’s rare to find a medium-to-large sized food processing facility that does not have people working near conveyors. They are an essential part of any efficient processing plant.
Conveyor systems are the backbone of any processing operation – moving product along the processing line from one workstation to the next.
When working correctly, your conveyor system keeps your line moving efficiently. But when a conveyor slows down, or breaks down completely, the whole line comes to a screeching halt – and costs you time, resources, and ultimately, money.
The goal in any food processing facility is to keep your conveyors running efficiently for as long as possible.
Fusion Tech is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom conveyor systems. Over the last ten years, we have designed countless solutions for a number of food processing industries, including bakery, dairy, candy, meat, poultry, grain and even pharmaceutical processors. Our conveyors are in processing plants across the nation.
But what makes our conveyors so appealing? Here are just a few reasons why food processing companies choose Fusion Tech conveyors for their plants.
Getting the most out of your processing equipment is critical for profitability. A slow moving line, unplanned stoppages, and processing delays can result in spoilage of high cost ingredients or products, which destroys your profit margin and can wreak havoc with the integrity of your brand.
Keeping your equipment properly maintained and running smoothly is key to avoiding these unnecessary costs. The following equipment maintenance tips will help you keep your equipment running at peak efficiency to save you time and money.
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