Food Production Accessory Machine

A pulverizer reducing dry material to a fine powder by impact grinding, used for spices, pulses, grain, sugar, seasoning bases, dried vegetable and feed ingredients.

Particle size is the specification here, and it is set by screen selection rather than by the machine alone, so one pulverizer covers a range of finenesses with a screen change. Heat is the practical limitation: grinding generates it, and heat damages volatile aromatics in spices and softens anything with fat or sugar in it. Materials that suffer are run with cooling or in shorter passes. Contact EMC Machines Manufactures with your material and target mesh and we will advise on the machine size and screen.

An oven for baking, drying or toasting food products in a continuous or batch arrangement, used in snack, bakery, pet food and nut processing lines wherever controlled heat is applied without oil.

Baking instead of frying changes the product and the cost base: no oil to buy, filter and replace, a lower fat claim on the pack, and a different texture that some markets prefer and others do not. Where the oven sits in a line also varies, as it may be a cooking stage, a drying stage after coating, or a toasting stage for colour. Contact us with the product and the duty you need it for and we will specify heating type, zones and belt arrangement.

A flavoring line applying oil and powder seasoning to fried or extruded snacks in a continuous flow, typically a spray section followed by a rotating drum that tumbles the product with dosed powder.

Dosing in proportion to product flow is the whole point of a line rather than hand seasoning. Seasoning is one of the more expensive ingredients in a snack, so over-dosing costs money on every bag while under-dosing costs you the customer. Proportional dosing keeps both in check and makes the flavour repeat from batch to batch. Drum angle and speed are adjusted to the product's fragility. Contact EMC Machines Manufactures with your line speed and flavour range and we will configure the line.

A powder mixer for blending dry ingredients to a uniform mixture before extrusion, baking or packing, used for snack pre-mixes, seasoning blends, flour and additive mixes and feed formulations.

Mixing is invisible until it fails. A minor ingredient that is not evenly distributed shows up as inconsistent flavour, colour or nutrition across a batch, and in fortified products it can put you outside your own label declaration. Mixing time, fill level and blade design decide the result; overmixing is also possible and can separate or degrade some ingredients. Contact us with your formulation, batch size and the smallest inclusion rate in the recipe and we will specify a suitable mixer.

A continuous fryer carrying product through hot oil on a belt at a set speed, so every piece receives the same time and temperature instead of the varying treatment a batch fryer gives.

Continuous frying is what makes snack output consistent at volume, and the oil management built around it is what makes the economics work. Oil is circulated, filtered and topped up, so it turns over rather than degrading in place, which protects flavour and extends shelf life. Belt speed and oil temperature are the two settings that define the product. Submerger belts are fitted for products that float. Contact us with your product and line speed and we will size the fryer and the filtration.

A packing machine for weighing and bagging finished food product, closing the line between production and dispatch so output does not stall at the last step.

Packing is where under-investment shows most clearly, because a production line that outruns its bagger simply builds up product on the floor. Matching bagger speed to line output is therefore the sizing decision, along with the bag format your market expects: pillow bags for snacks, gusseted bags for bulk, stand-up pouches for retail premium. Film type and weight range follow from that. Contact EMC Machines Manufactures with your bag size, weight range and required bags per minute and we will recommend the machine.