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Welcome to the APEC Blog! Your resource for finding insights and equipment solutions for process automation, ingredient handling, weighing and batching, and more. Whether you’re an animal or pet food manufacturer, working in the food production industry, or another manufacturing industry, we cover a wide range of topics to help improve efficiencies, maintain quality, and solve your production challenges.

With a variety of different blog types, we have the resources to support manufacturers looking to streamline operations, reduce downtime, and stay ahead of industry trends. Check out our latest articles below.

Liquid Coating Processes for Uniform Snack Coating

January 8, 2019 Food Processing

Whether for flavor, vitamin content, shelf life, or texture, liquid coating is the preferred application method for many cereals, snacks, pet food mixes, and more. Though this provides a number of efficient, time-saving advantages for snack coating, it can introduce some challenges if the process…

Part 2: Ingredient System Planning Pitfalls For Micro-Ingredient Scales, Conveyance and Controls

December 18, 2018 Engineer's Guide

In the previous post, we discussed common problems that can occur with the start of a micro-ingredient system, including ingredient bins and feeders. The latter half of the system is generally more complex, and more issues usually arise here. In this blog post we’ll cover…

Part 1: Ingredient System Planning Pitfalls from Micro-Ingredient Bins to Feeders

December 4, 2018 Engineer's Guide

Proper planning before an ingredient system redesign or new installation is pivotal to ensure the system runs efficiently. With so many moving parts and considerations, it’s not easy to plan for every eventuality, and a few problems are consistently missed. In this blog post, we’ll…

How to Optimize Your Ribbon Mixer

October 25, 2018 Engineer's Guide

Ribbon mixers in many industries are designed similarly from facility to facility with few variations. However, some design considerations can minimize the up front investment and maintenance, and maximize production and quality. The best way to get optimal efficiency from your ribbon mixer is to…

Complete Ingredient Mixing Systems Design Checklist

August 29, 2018 Engineer's Guide

There is no one-size-fits-all for ingredient mixing systems design, whether you are working in snack foods, animal feed, dry bulk solids or any other industry. Ingredient mixing system designs require careful consideration of all ingredients as well as production schedules, variation, storage and more. In…

Batch Process Control: No Programming Required

August 7, 2018 Uncategorized

For many operators, batch process controls are a black box—it’s unclear what’s inside them, how they’re programmed, or how exactly they control the rest of the system. This presents problems for both operators and engineers. Making even a small change or upgrade requires a service…

5 Continuous Flow Solids Measuring Problems and Solutions

July 10, 2018 Powder & Bulk Solid

Proper measurement in continuous flow solids applications can easily be taken for granted. Oftentimes, it is not until a recipe is incorrect or flow stops that the feeder or another measurement device gets attention. A variety of factors can cause flowrates to become inaccurate, and…

18 Batch Mixing System Design Considerations for the Best Dry Solids Mix

June 19, 2018 Engineer's Guide

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Producing high-quality finished products from dry solids starts with getting the right mix. Dry mixing machines are not one-size-fits-all, and your batch mixing system must be designed with your ingredients, facility, capacity, and other considerations in mind. Without the right mixer, segregation problems, dead…

Solving Material Segregation in Batch Mixing Processes

May 3, 2018 Powder & Bulk Solid

When solid materials mix, a degree of material segregation is inevitable. A variety of processes are used to achieve a predetermined level of uniformity in batch mixing processes, however other processes downstream can cause the materials to separate again. With proper design considerations and awareness…

Case Studies: Increasing Premix Manufacturing Capabilities

December 4, 2017 Uncategorized

Here are two case studies in which operations needed to expand and manufacturing capabilities needed to be increased along with how the APEC Premix System gave these companies the capability to meet their goals. Multinational Premix Company A premix company wanted to expand their operations…

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