Technical Seminar Agenda 

Innovations in Food Processing

March 11, 2008 - Rosemont, IL
March 13, 2008 - Bloomington, MN
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8:00 - 08:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 General Introduction / Discussion of Day's Activities / Schedule
9:00 - 9:45 FITZPATRICK
"Right-Sizing Your Ingredients"

This presentation will outline and examine a wide variety of both size reduction and agglomeration techniques for the proper sizing of food ingredients
9:45- 10:30 K-TRON FEEDERS
"Improving Food: How to Choose the Proper Feeder Technology for your Mixing, Extrusion, or Size Reduction Process"
This presentation outlines a wide variety of feeding technologies with emphasis on how to choose the best feeder technology for specific food processes
10:30 - 11:15 BREAK
11:15 - 12:00 PREMIER PNEUMATICS
"Pneumatic Conveying Applications in the Food Industry: Options in Design and Technology"
This presentation will focus on both dense and dilute phase pneumatic conveying for ingredient transfer, and outline the requirements for designing and installing a pneumatic conveying system in a variety of food ingredient processes
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 - 1:45 ERIEZ
"Contaminant Removal Technologies"
A complete overview of the contaminant removal technologies available to improve product purity and prevent equipment damage to include Magnetic Separators, Metal Detectors, and X-Ray Inspection Systems
1:45 - 2:00 BREAK
2:00 - 2:45 COPERION WERNER & PFLEIDERER
"Continuous Processing via Twin Screw Extrusion"
This presentation will explain the benefits of the ZSK MegaVolume twin-screw extruder as a cost-effective device to produce food products. Examples of different processes will be shown, as well as discussions on how to improve your production rate
2:45 - 3:15 General Discussion and Wrap-Up

Seminar includes free continental breakfast and lunch, and a detailed course manual.  Registration Form

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