Equipment directory
Dry processing
Extruder – Coperion Twin Screw ZSK 26 | Extruder operating in pilot plant |
Pin Mill and Air Classifier | Proctor and Schwartz Tray Dryer |
| Blender/Mixer, Day & O'Hare Ribbon Blender, 6 & 20 ft3 | Anhydryo Spray Dryer - Pilot 55 |
| Niro Fluidized Bed Dryer | Ro-Tap Test Sieve Shaker, Model B |
| Fine Grind Mill - Hosokawa | Hammer Mill - Fitzpatrick D-6 |
| Dehullers – Forsberg, Satake | Sweco Screen Separators (18 & 30") |
Wet processing
Decanter Centrifuge | Sam – 400 L Agitated Steam Jacketed Kettle |
APV Pasteurizer-High Temperature Short Time | Kettle Line |
| Berkel Universal Food Cutter | Rheon 207SS, Encrusting Machine |
| Brown Pulper/Finisher - Screw & Paddle | Filter Press, Star System |
| Gaulin M3 Homogenizer | Hamilton 80 L Kettle |
| Crepaco 1200 L Multi Purpose Processing Vat | Processing Vessels, Alfa Laval, 200 and 400 L, Jacketed |
| 2500L CB Processing Tank | Seprotech Reverse Osmosis Membrane Separation System |
| Wiped Film Evaporator Pfaudler - 4 ft2 | Zip Cryogenic Batch Freezer |
| Hamilton SA, 200 L Steam Jacketed Kettle | Decanter Centrifuge |
| Hamilton Steam Jacketed 600 L Pressure Kettle | Disc-stack centrifuge |
| Powder Disperser | Blentech Kettle (CO2 and Oil jacketed) |
| Paddle mixers, various sizes | Basket centrifuge |
| All-Fill Auger Filler | Lee 20 L Agitated Kettles |
Size reduction
Seydelmann K64-AC8-VA Bowl Cutter | Weber® CCS 305 UB Slicer |
Urschel Labs 3600 w/ Feed Screw Comitrol Size Reducer | Biro 3334 Band Saw Baader 694 Deboner/Desinewer Carruthers Table Top Shredder Stephan Microcut MC15 Meat Emulsifying Machine Rotoclaw Jr Block Breaker |
| Holac® 21 Dicer , TREIF Husky-CE Dicer for portion-cutting operations | Hobart MG1532-1 Meat Mixer / Grinder |
| Grote GR713 Meat Slicer | K & G Wetter AW 114 Grinder |
Injection and tenderizing
| Biro Rotary Blade Tenderizer | Hand Pickle Injector |
Multi-needle brine injector Günther, versatile for injection Bone-In/Boneless products with optional tenderizing needles | Tenderstar Needle/Blade Tenderizer |
Mixing and tumbling
| AMFEC Double Paddle Vacuum Mixer/Blender | AMFEC 175 Vacuum Tumbler |
Challenge® RMF MM-03 Vacuum Meat Massager | Custom Stainless CDB-1232 Double Paddle Blender / Cooker |
| Daniels DVS 250 | Röschermatic TU-250 Vacuum Tumbler |
| Daniels DMX-QUAD 100 Mixer |
Forming and stuffing
Handtmann VF80 Stuffer | Formax PFM-6 Former |
| Bridge Titan Croquette & Meatball Former | Hollymatic Super Patty Machine |
| Piston Stuffer | Ross Uniform 914 Meat Press |
| Vemag HP 25 E Stuffer and bar forming unit | Z-linker |
Batter, pre-dust, bread application
Koppens ERT 400 Batter | Koppens PR 400C Breader |
Stein DB-4 Drum Breader | Koppens PRM 400 MEG Pre-Duster
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Thermal processing
| Blentech Steamtherm Blending Cooker | Enviro-Pak MP-2000 Meat Fermentation Chamber |
Enviro-Pak CVU-650E Smokehouse | Fessmann T1900 HD 629 Smokehouse |
Koppens BR300/600 Continuous Deep Fryer | Koppens HLT 6000/600 Continuous Oven |
High pressure processing – non-thermal
Hyperbaric 135 HPP unit |
Freezing
Aerofreeze Spiral Freezer | CES CO2 freezer |
Packaging
Multivac T200 Semi-automatic Tray Sealer | Multivac R126 Thermoforming Rollstock unit (for raw product only) |
Sipromac 620A Double Chamber Vacuum Packaging Machine | ULMA TR Supra 420x300 Thermoforming Rollstock unit (for ready-to-eat product only) |
| VS Snorkel Vacuum Bag Sealer | Komet 620A Double Chamber Vacuum Packaging Machine |
| Matrix Mercury ADW-5105V Vertical Bagging | Conveyor & Radial Scale System |
| Multivac AG500 Vacuum Packager | L-Bar Sealer |
Pre-made pouch packaging machine (Swifty Jr) | XTRAVAC 450A Flow Wrapper |
In-Line Filling System with Labeler | Carousel scale and vertical-flow wrapper (Yamato and Matrix) Visual Thermoforming Semi-auto Tray Sealer |
Benchtop processing equipment
Buchi B-290 Spray Dryer | Bulk Tray Freeze Dryer |
UF RO Membrane Filtration System | Groen 20 L Steam-Jacketed Vacuum Kettle |
| Cold Press (Carver Model C) | Label Makers (Toshiba SX5 Thermal) |
| Moffat Batch Griddle, Grill and Fryer | Bench Hollymatic Tumbler Gaulin 15MR Laboratory Homogenizer |
Stephan Emulsion Mill | Italgi Model P9A Pasta Machine |
Doughpro – dough press | Ohtake Noodle Machine Hobart Mixers Bag sealer (Multivac C200, BOSCH HS-BII) |
| Hand Stuffer | Hallde VCM-61 Food Processor Taylor 110 Batch Ice Cream Freezer |
| Tube Broiler | Environmental Chamber LHU-113 |
Laboratory analytical equipment
Dough Rheological Analyzer-Chopin Mixolab 2 | Particle Size Analyzer (Cilas 1180) |
Protein/Nitrogen Analyzer (LECO FP528) | Rapid Visco Analyzer (Perten 4500) |
| Brookfield DU-III Ultra Rheometer | Centrifuges (Damon CRU-500, Ross MPW-530) |
| Colorimeters (Minolta CR-440 & CM-2500C) | Dough Sheeter Bench-top (Rondo Econom) |
| Drying Ovens | Fat Analyzer (FOSS SOXTEC 2043) |
| Flat bread crust/tortilla press (EDSS DP200BP) | High Performance Liquid Chromatograph with Photodiode and Refractive Index Detectors (Agilent 1100) |
| Homogenizers (Brinkman PT 10/35 Polytron, Buchi mixer B-400) | Incubators (Mocon) |
| Instron Universal Testing Instrument (Instron 5565) | Membrane Filtration System (Satorius, 142mm/293mm) |
| Microscopes (Zeiss 475057) | Moisture Analyzers (Satorius MA35 & MA37) |
| Muffle Furnace (Thermolyne 1500) | NearInfrared Analyser (FOSS FoodScan Lab) |
| Oxygen/Co2 Permeation Analyzer (Mocon) | pH Meters |
| Pope 2" Wiped Film Evaporator | Refractometer (ABBE Mark II, Fisher handheld) |
| Rotary Evaporator (Buchi 463) | Spectrophotometer (Agilent 8453) |
| Texture Analyzer (Texture Technologies and Stable Micro Systems TA.HD Plus) | Viscometer (Brookfield DV-III Ultra Rheometer, Brookfield Synchro-Lectric) |
| Volume Scanner (VolScan profiler 600) | Water Activity Meters (Aqua Lab series 3 & 4TE) |
| Water Purification System (Millipor Direct-Q3UV) | Tecmaq Bar Former |
Bakery
Tecmaq Bar Former: full unit | Bar former in pilot plant |
Dough Sheeter - Rhondo Ecostar Reversible | |
Baxter Rotating Rack Oven | Vemag |
| Despatch BPA 2-125, Proofer | Blakeslee DB-80 QT Mixer, American Eagle |
| Dough Sheeter – Simplex | Cookie Forming Machine |
Contact
Connect with the Food Processing Development Centre:
For general inquiries reach out to us at: [email protected]
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-986-4793
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Ken Gossen, Executive Director
Phone: 780-980-4860
Email: [email protected]
Dan Graham, Director, Operations
Phone: 780-980-4866
Email: [email protected]
Michelle Sigvaldson, Director, Food Science and Development
Phone: 780-980-4820
Email: [email protected]
Address:
Food Processing Development Centre
6309 45 Street
Leduc, Alberta T9E 7C5
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