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The Guide to Optimizing Your Processes and Facility for Time- and Cost-Savings

See how you can improve your premix processing facility to save time, reduce tasks, lower costs and improve efficiency

Whether you are working with food, chemicals, wood pulp, plastics, or other bulk materials, it’s essential to mix these ingredients efficiently. With the right equipment and the right design, you can not only reduce costs and improve process speed, but also reduce errors, streamline tasks, extend the lifetime of your equipment, and more. In this guide, we’ll discuss tips and tricks to improve premix processing efficiency from the ingredient dispensing stage, feeding, weighing, batching, and more.

What is in This Guide?

Bulk Bag Unloaders

Using bulk bags in lieu of smaller, individual bags can increase process efficiency significantly. Our design tips can help make sure that your bulk bag unloader is optimized for your ingredients and process.

Powder Feeders

Working with powders can be challenging. Using the right type of feeder and taking advantage of unique design characteristics can make your system more accurate, reduce waste, and extend equipment longevity.

Scale Instruments

Correct weighing and measuring is essential. Use these tips to improve weighing accuracy as well as speed, and prevent errors that can cause product defects.

Microingredient Systems

Automated microingredient systems are much more efficient than hand-adding ingredients, and can improve accuracy, record-keeping, and speed, while reducing errors and product loss.

About APEC

Since 1992, APEC has designed and manufactured premix processing equipment for a wide variety of industries, including snack food, pet food, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, plastics and many more. We meet the needs of all types of industries and solve processing challenges posed by difficult ingredients, tight tolerances, small spaces and more. If you are seeking to optimize your premix processing or another aspect of your facility, we can help.