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The Dr. Matthew Highlands Pilot Plant has state of the art equipment to meet the many demands of the Food Industry. 
 

Cheese Making     Freezing/Drying    Meat Processing
 

Other Specialty Equipment

 
Good Nature Juice Pasteurizer - The Micro Flash Pasteurizer (MFP) uses the High Temperature Short Residence Time (HTST) principle.

 

Juice Pasteurizer

 
Ozone Water-Wash System - along with the ozone monitor, this is a pump and conveyor belt with nozzles capable of washing products with aqueous ozone, chlorinated water, and treating with UV light. This is useful for microbial reduction and decreasing pesticide residue.

Ozone monitor and waterwash system
Twin Screw Extruder - Coperion Werner Pfleiderer ZSK-25 (Ramsey, NJ) twin screw extruder is equipped with a K-Tron loss in weight feeder for solid material, an American Lewa  liquid pumping system and a pelletizer.  A secondary Zenith liquid pumping system is available to inject directly into ports located along the extruder barrel. (The extruder and associated equipment is located in a separate building adjacent to the Matthew Highlands pilot plant.)

 

 

Vac-Pac 550 by Koch - this two chamber vacuum packager has double seam sealing, 15-25 seconds pr/cycle and has a gas flush capability.

Abrasive Peeler - can process 15-20 lbs of potatoes or apples in 1-3 minutes.

 

 

twin screw extruder

Coperion Werner Pfleiderer ZSK-25 Twin Screw Extruder

 

 

Koch double chamber vacuum packager

Vac-Pac 550 & Abrasive Peeler

Stability Chamber with variable temperature, humidity and three photostability options.

 

 

Stability chamber

 
Convection Oven - Blodgett Combi  has the ability to use hot air, steam or both.  It is commonly used for steaming seafood and making baked goods.

man using convection oven

 

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Last modified: 03/20/08