Does your
processing plant have any of the following conditions....
- Frequent downtime
- Inconsistent product
- Damaged particulates, low drain weights
- High labor cost
- High energy costs
- Lagging production output
- High water usage
- High product waste / Interface
- Short runs between CIP cleaning
- Ineffective CIP cleaning
- Corrosive failure
Could your
organization benefit from.....
- New ideas
- Written study of process / equipment /
product
- Evaluation of co-packers
- Coordination between multiple plants
- Modernization of process, automation and
instrumentation
- Options to increase existing line
production
APS ENGINEERING CAPABILITIES & SERVICES
Offering in plant capabilities for coordination and
assistance with your personnel relating to various process and equipment needs.
Engineering available hourly, daily, weekly, and as retainer. Engineering
charges may be rebated by purchase of equipment. Secrecy agreements available.
- Process Engineering –
Complete process engineering capabilities regarding heating, cooling,
pasteurization, hot fill, extended shelf life, aseptic, batching,
blending, series -vs- parallel, and CIP.
- Performance Evaluation –
Offering in plant capabilities to blueprint line process and performance
and offer written report recommendations for improvements.
- Heat Transfer Analysis –
Offering in plant capabilities to blueprint heat exchanger performance,
time over temperature analysis, hold volume, product quality, process time
between CIP, interface and waste, and utility usage studies.
- Custom
Design Capabilities - Units and processes can be
designed and configured to suit your unique needs, rather than an off the
shelf answer that better fits an equipment manufacturers needs.
- Energy Savings Analysis – Study of
methods of heating and cooling, total loads, regeneration capabilities to
optimize energy consumption in the plant.
- Product Optimization – Taste,
color, particulate identity, recommendations for improving the quality of
a product.
- Line Speed Analysis –
Evaluation of current processing methods for the purpose of optimizing
line speed, and offering alternatives to increasing current line
speeds.
- Batch to Continuous
Analysis – Comprehensive study on automation of existing batch process,
to semi-batch, semi-continuous, or fully continuous
- Controls
and Automation Audit - Review
of your current instrumentation and controls versus the latest technology
available.
- Training
of In-House