Industrial kitchens and food processing facilities require machinery that can convey, filter, mix, reduce, and separate raw ingredients to produce various types of food. Processing equipment can often benefit from customizations that increase product quality and optimize processes. Custom made-to-order industrial food processing equipment can better meet production goals without compromising performance.

Custom Industrial Food Processing Equipment Solutions

Customized equipment is often used to enhance efficiency in facilities that produce food. Processing equipment automates repetitive tasks that would otherwise need to be done manually, enhancing efficiency and reducing labor expenses. Specialized machinery also helps facilities better control quality while complying with government regulations and industry standards.

Custom industrial food processing equipment helps with the following:

• Consistency: In food processing, equipment must make food products and ingredients uniform in composition, size, and shape to meet customer expectations.
• Efficiency: Food processing equipment can be tailored to automate cutting, mixing, packaging, sorting, and other tasks, leading to greater efficiency and increased throughput.
• Quality: Custom food processing solutions regulate processing conditions like cooking times, pressure, and temperatures to ensure optimal texture, taste, and nutrients, decreasing the chance of contamination and reducing waste.

Today’s food processing systems increasingly incorporate smart technology that optimizes automated systems to reduce error and enable real-time monitoring of manufacturing processes. Such custom-made food processing equipment can help manufacturers scale their operations more easily.

Food Processing Equipment from S. Howes

Since the mid-19th century, S. Howes has made food processing equipment renowned for its robust and reliable designs. Our custom industrial food processing equipment offers sanitary designs that reduce residue accumulation and enable easy cleaning while also complying with FDA, USDA, and various European regulatory standards.

Food processing equipment from S. Howes includes: 

• Filters and filtration equipment: Used to separate solids suspended in flowing liquid, our filtration systems are based on “cake filtration,” which presents a structure on which solids in liquids form into a cake that can be discharged as either a dry or wet mass once finished processing.
• Industrial conveyor systems: Custom-engineered to withstand difficult conditions and easily integrated with food processing equipment, our various conveyor systems include the following customizations:
  • Feeders tailored for various hopper designs and with multiple shaft seals
  • Heavy-duty designs for screw augers
  • Sanitary split tube screw conveyors
  • Tubular screw conveyors
  • U-trough screw conveyors with options for heating, cooling, dewatering, drying, and mixing
• Industrial mixers: Our comprehensive line of robust and high-quality blenders and mixers come with various configurations and features that include:
  • Agitators can come in ribbon, paddle, or custom configurations
  • Configured with either single or double shaft to provide mixing action
  • Heavy-duty capabilities available
  • Jacketed units available for thermal processing
  • Made to operate in batches or continuously
  • Sanitary designs available
• Size reduction equipment: Included in this category are granulators, knife cutters, lump breakers, and power graters, which our engineers can customize to:
  • Precisely size material
  • Provide reliable sizing with few fine particles
  • Quickly and efficiently cut
• Vibratory screeners and other separating equipment: We build robust screening equipment in vibratory or rotary models that include:
  • Snappy Shakers
  • Air finishers
  • Centrifugal power sifters
  • Separating systems

To learn more about our custom industrial food processing equipment and other capabilities, contact a representative at S. Howes today.