The process of converting raw materials into food, in a way that can be consumed by humans or animals, is called food processing. Generally, clean, slaughtered and harvested parts are taken and used to produce attractive and salable food products. A wide range of food industry machines and their equipment, uses, tools and equipment are used in the food industry. The role of the engineer in the food industry has gained significant prominence over the past two decades. The food processing industry is very diverse, complex and evolved. There is an increasing need for process innovation according to the market demand and the more advanced consumer market. The consumer expects freshness, value, excitement and a product that is safe in flexible packaging.
Equipment in food processing refers to food industry machines, components, systems that are used for cooking, packaging, preparing or storing food. Although these equipments are primarily aimed at usability, preservation and palatability, few equipments also perform auxiliary or main functions such as preparation, transportation and packaging. A wide range of food processing equipment is available to perform the various unit operations required during a complete production cycle, such as separating, cooking, mixing, freezing, washing and sealing. These equipments are used for the production of food industry applications and food products such as bakery goods to drinks and dairy products. Depending on the demands of this operation, the food industry processing equipment can be designed and built to handle solid, semi-solid and liquid products, in batches or continuously, depending on the operational demands.
Preparation machinery
Cleaning
Cleaning, grading, sorting, exfoliating or peeling are some of the unit operations used by manufacturers when preparing raw materials. The cleaning process is divided into wetting and drying to remove impurities and Remove foreign substances from the surface of raw food
Grading
This type of food processing is closely related to sorting and often preventing it. The overall quality can be determined by evaluating several characteristics of food. The food processing equipment used in this process are:
image processors
tungsten lamps
laboratory equipment
Scaling
In order to increase the overall quality or appearance of the final food product, inedible or undesirable substances are removed by this food process. The food industry machines used in this process are:
Carborundum abrasive roller/bowl (abrasive exfoliation)
Pressure tanks (flash steam exfoliation)
Fixed/rotating blade (shear peeling)
Conveyors and furnaces (flame peeling)
Sorting
This process is quite similar to the dry cleaning process. Based on a measurable physical characteristic, sorting and separation of impurities and foreign substances from raw food is classified and separated. The food processing equipment used in this process are:
sieve/screen (size sorting)
sorting machines
machine vision sorting systems
sorting chain conveyor< br> Disc separator (shape sorting)
Equipment used in dry process in cleaning.
Mechanical machinery
Reduce size
The first unit operation in mechanical processing is to reduce the average solid food particles through mechanical processes including cutting, impact or compaction force. The types of equipment involved are:
Grinding - Crushing:
Roll Crushers
Jaw Crushers
Pressure Mills
Impact Mills< br> Smoothers or pulpers
Absorbent mills
Chopping - chopping:
Cutting devices
Knife/blade
Meat grinder< Saws Bond
Introducing other food industry equipment
Dryer or drying device: In many food factories, dryers are used to reduce the moisture content of some foods and dry them. In this process, the vitamins and micronutrients of the food are preserved with the previous quality.
Separator device: Among the food industry machines, the separator device is used for separation. will be Among the factories where the separator device is observed, there are factories producing dairy products that use this device as a creamer.
Food cooking devices: Cooking machines are part of the most important food industry equipment, which have different types. Among these devices, we can refer to steam boilers used in canning industries, bread industry ovens, industrial gas stoves, industrial microwaves, etc.
In order to supply food products, they should be packaged. For this purpose, different types of food packaging devices are used. The purpose of using these devices is to create favorable and standard conditions for long-term food storage. Food industry machines that are used in the field of packaging materials, have different types such as weighing, powder, volumetric packaging machines, filling all kinds of hot and cold liquids, etc. Due to the high importance of the safety of food production and packaging, when purchasing various types of food industry machinery, choose the desired equipment according to your needs. Also, make sure about the quality of the desired product.