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Handling the Headache of Spent Grain Removal

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BY Cyberoptik | April 20, 2020 | Article , Chain-Vey Food, Chemical, & Mineral

Let’s be honest, spent grain removal is often an afterthought when designing and starting up your brewhouse. From spec’ing out tanks and sourcing ingredients to dialing infiltrations systems and carbonation, spent grain disposal is the last thing on everyone’s mind…until it’s time to remove it. For smaller operations, manually loading and storing BSG in drums

How Chain-Vey Conveyors & Plant Sanitation Lead to a Clean SOP Plan

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BY Cyberoptik | April 16, 2020 | Article , Chain-Vey

As regulations surrounding processing equipment sanitation and cleanliness become more commonplace; plant managers, process engineers, and operators must pay closer attention to the cleanliness of product contact surfaces and the mitigation of cross-contamination. Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of a cure”, which holds true in sanitary conveyance. Developing

The Pursuit of a Low Energy Drag Conveyor System

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BY Cyberoptik | March 31, 2020 | Article , Process System Chain-Vey

The conveying of ingredients, foods, and bulk solids all require energy. However, the loss of energy through excess motion of air, noise, and heat varies greatly among conveying options. Usually, plant engineers have a litany of requirements that, when taken into consideration collectively, tilt the scales toward one type of conveyor over another. But when

Gentleness of Tubular Drag Conveyors in Food Production

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BY Cyberoptik | March 27, 2020 | Article , Process System Chain-Vey Food, Chemical, & Mineral

The topic of gentle conveyance in the production of finished foods, and any application where degradation is a high-value loss for plant managers, is fraught with misinformation and unsubstantiated claims. Tubular drag conveyors are a type of enclosed, dust-tight, space-saving and fully customizable conveyor system popular among many of the world’s leading finished food processors.

Coffee Processing Plant Build of the Year

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BY Edmund Sinnott | March 16, 2020 | Case Study , Process System Coffee Chain-Vey

A large coffee import and processing company wanted to grow its green coffee cleaning, processing, and handling capacity. The company relied on MPE’s Systems Engineering Group to design the majority of its process system with key features such as tubular drag conveyance, custom-designed mezzanine funnels, automated batching, and dust collection, among others. “We wanted to provide the customer with

MPE Added New Line of Coffee Grinding Equipment – Capsule Granulizer

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BY Edmund Sinnott | February 21, 2020 | News , Coffee

Modern Process Equipment Corporation (MPE) is unveiling their new 600.IS.3.0 Capsule Granulizer. This state of the art coffee grinder is the newest addition to the MPE product line, and addresses the customer need of optimal quality and consistency for coffee grind and density. Designed for single serve coffee packaging equipment. Specifically designed for installation atop

December 20, 2019

Precision Manufacturing is Essential to Capsule Success

Portion packs are the new normal for high-volume roasters. Revenue from capsule coffee exceeded sales of traditionally packaged ground roast in the U.S. for the first time last year. In 2015 Americans will consume more than 1.8 billion cups of single-serve a month. European roasters will produce nearly as many espresso capsules and tea blenders

MPE Answers the Question: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice?”

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BY Cyberoptik | November 14, 2019 | News , Coffee

Modern Process Equipment Corporation puts its customers at the centre of its operations, along with its values of innovation, precision, and support.

Findings from Pack Expo/IBIE 2019

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BY Cyberoptik | October 22, 2019 | News , Process System Coffee Chain-Vey Food, Chemical, & Mineral

This is part of a series of Q&As with MPE Sales Engineers on what takeaways and trends they learned at trade shows.

Spice Company Uses GPX to Produce Highest Quality Ground Spices

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BY Edmund Sinnott | October 22, 2019 | Case Study , Food, Chemical, & Mineral

Epices de Cru is a tea and spice company based in Montreal with the mission to seek and curate spices and teas from the world’s greatest terro