Coating lines buck trend

Flexibility is secret ingredient to cost-efficient coating lines IN THE PAST decade, fryers, ovens and freezers have undergone significant technological upgrades. However, coating and breading equipment has remained relatively unchanged. Now, two coating systems designed for processors that need greater versatility without extended downtime buck that trend. The Ultra V Coating System is part of a versatile family of coating machines that was launched in January 2009, which includes the Ultra V Breader, Ultra V Batter Applicator and Ultra V Mixer. The Ultra V Coating System, in particular, can handle different types of dry coating materials with simple changeover. The 5-STAR Home Style Breader was introduced last year as a separate solution to the product damage that can occur in a rotary drum breader. The linear breading application system features full-belt-width product loading, which eliminates the need to correct problems such as product orientation on a drum breader. These coating solutions from JBT FoodTech were developed to address specific processor needs-from improving product condition to increasing efficiency-to meet the increasing demand for breaded products in the foodservice and retail markets. Less is more Processors running multiple products typically use machines dedicated to flour or more free-flowing coatings, such as breadcrumbs. Flour is difficult to move through the coating process because it is heavy, dense and sticks to the machine surface. Alternatively, coarse breading is dry and light, allowing it to flow more easily through a coating application. Converting the coating line to run a different type of coating requires the processor to switch many parts of the breader (if not the entire breader), which causes a minimum of an hour for the changeover, depending on the resources available. The Ultra V Coating System offers processors versatility in coating options with the ability to run breadcrumbs and flour with a simple changeover. With this system, conversion can be completed in 5 to 10 minutes, mainly because there are very few parts to be changed. The hopper stays in place and other components that are smaller and easier to move are changed instead. This development gives processors the versatility to use the same coating machine for pre-dusting and the final coat, or to run different recipes on the same line. In the past, processors would achieve this by running one recipe per day, but the Ultra V can run Japanese breadcrumbs in the morning and flour in the early afternoon. Less downtime to change coating materials results in higher throughput. Breader decreases damage Coating applications run the risk of product damage, mainly because of the fragility of the products being coated, such as formed meat nuggets, fish fillets and sliced vegetables. Even processors coating dense, whole-muscle products such as chicken tenders or chicken wings must take precautions against wasted product. Rotary drum breaders have long been the simplest solution to achieving the hand-breaded look and taste that make products such as fried chicken popular. But the rotary drum has a high risk of product damage due to the tumbling effect of the drum, and it requires manual sorting because of the bottleneck created at its narrow loading and discharge areas. The 5-STAR Home Style Breader was developed to offer processors an alternative to the rotary drum breader. Its full-belt-width product-loading feature allows products to maintain a linear orientation as they receive a top and bottom layer of breading. Products then gently descend through the system抯 five star wheels, which simulate the manual breading process without the high risk of product damage. An adjustable discharge belt flip conveyor allows for perfect alignment with the next transfer conveyor, eliminating the nКроссовки Lifestyle