Processing Food Products for Human & Animal Consumption
The manufacturing and processing of food products for human and animal consumption is a huge industry that continues to grow. This industry includes beef, pork and poultry processing, dog and cat food, sugar refining, wet corn milling, coffee processing and the manufacturing of ice. KWS designs and manufactures equipment specially designed for the food industry. Our food grade conveyors are perfect for food products used for human consumption. Highly polished stainless steel construction with no pits or crevices is our standard for the industry. The equipment used for non-human consumption for the processing of beef, pork and poultry require very heavy-duty construction to handle the meat by-products.
Rendering Process Equipment BrochureRendering Process
People around the world enjoy eating beef, poultry, pork, and mutton as part of a healthy diet. These meats are rich in vitamins and minerals as well as a good source of protein. The edible part of an animal is used for human consumption. Approximately 50-percent of an animal is considered inedible.
Annually, over 60 billion pounds of animal by-products are produced in the U.S. and Canada from farms, feedlots and slaughter facilities for cattle, hogs, sheep, chicken, and turkey. Instead of wasting the by-products and filling landfills, the materials are recycled annually into 20 billion pounds of fat, oil, and protein products. Rendering converts unutilized meat, fat, and bone into nutritious pet food and biofuels.
KWS builds high quality, engineered solutions to address the abrasive and corrosive environments found in the Rendering Industry.
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KWS professionals collaborated with engineers at Gelita to ensure the ideal solution was being offered to…
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Engineers from KWS worked together with the SensoryEffects corporate project engineer and plant manager…
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The screw conveyor to be replaced was 90 feet long and there were problems with insufficient torque as…
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KWS redesigned the new screw conveyor using abrasion resistant materials for the screw flights and trough…
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KWS lined the inlet and discharge areas with UHMW to improve bulk material flow.
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The bulk bag unloading system provided by KWS included an incline screw feeder with hopper and supports.
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KWS Design Engineers visited the Lufkin facility and met with the Pilgrimﾒs Plant Manager to identify…
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KWS Engineers visited Amalgamated Sugar, which was experiencing fatigue failures of screw conveyors made…
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The compact design allowed Wyoming Sugar maintenance personnel easy means of installation without…
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Engineers at KWS analyzed the problem of product clogging at the discharge of the screw feeders. By…
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The KWS shaftless screw conveyors are excellent for conveying wet, sticky filter cake.
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KWS also provided all of the structural supports for the conveyor and feeder, inlet and discharge…
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One of the worldﾒs largest producers of cereals, dairy products, snacks and numerous other food…
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KWS was able to modify some of the existing equipment design specifications to provide a more efficient…
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KWS designed two inclined screw conveyors to transfer the offal material up to two horizontal screw…
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Since granulated sugar is a food product, KWS designed and constructed the screw feeders from 304…
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KWS designed and manufactured a one of a kind, low profile multi-screw feeder as the perfect solution.
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KWS provided a reversible screw feeder with a central inlet, which proved to be the ideal solution.
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The engineers at Keebler and KWS developed an excellent solution for their snack production process.
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KWS engineers took into account the existing plant machinery and layout and the Customer's concerns,…
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KWS engineers analyzed the existing plant machinery and layout to fully understand the Customer's…
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The combined experience and knowledge of the National Starch and KWS engineering teams provided a…
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The new tail shaft was designed to bolt to the screw with a flanged disc eliminating the use of CEMA…
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