What Are Sanitary Conveyor Design Standards and Why Do They Matter?

Quick Answer Sanitary conveyor design standards are the hygienic engineering rules that make a conveyor safe to use in food production. They come from bodies like 3-A Sanitary Standards, EHEDG, NSF, BISSC, and USDA, and they cover materials, surface finish, welds,...

The Engineering Challenges Behind Vertical Weigh Scale Platforms

By Mike Giagnacova, CEO of CHL Systems When people ask me how CHL got into the vertical weigh head platform business, I always tell them it wasn’t our original plan. As a manufacturer of conveyance and process improvement equipment in the food industry, we...

3 Best Conveyor Belts for Protein Processing

Choosing the right conveyor belt for your protein processing or packaging line is one of the most important decisions when integrating a new conveyor system into your plant. The type of conveyor belt that you use not only impacts the overall design of the conveyance...

Bulk Material Handling Success with the Frozen Block Separator

Preparing materials for further processing can be challenging for food manufacturers who receive bulk meat or seafood in frozen blocks. These blocks, which arrive on pallets, often vary in size and contain large slices that are frozen together. How can the frozen...
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