INTRODUCTION Flint Hills Resources is a refinery and pipeline operator headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. They manufacture and refine a wide range of petroleum products, such as jet fuel, gasoline, … [Read more...]
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6 Advantages of Pasteurization of Foods and Semi-Solids
Pasteurization has become an industry standard for numerous food companies, most notably anyone dealing in milk products. However, pasteurization can also be used for foods and semi-solid products to … [Read more...]
How Smart Machine Technologies Helped a Chemical Manufacturer Overcome An Explosion Door Challenge
Smart Machine Technologies recently completed a custom explosion relief door project on a spray cooler for a global chemical manufacturer. The project faced several unique challenges that required … [Read more...]
Common Questions About the Pasteurization Process
Smart Machine Technologies builds industrial pasteurization equipment, including tunnel pasteurizers and steam boxes, for use in a wide range of food manufacturing applications. Below we answer some … [Read more...]
What to Consider When Selecting an Industrial Pasteurizer
The pasteurization process plays a critical role in ensuring the safety of various food and beverage products. Choosing the right pasteurization machine will significantly impact production … [Read more...]
Steam Box Vs. Tunnel Industrial Pasteurizers – Which One is Better?
Industrial steam box and tunnel pasteurizers are two popular methods to improve the taste, safety, freshness, and shelf life of food and beverage products. The choice between the two methods will … [Read more...]
What to Consider When Replacing an Explosion Door
If you have older equipment with explosion relief doors it may be time they are replaced. And if your processes, or surrounding environment, have changed in any way since the door was installed — that … [Read more...]
7 Things to Look for When Buying Explosion Relief Vents & Doors
Many types of industrial and agricultural equipment can experience explosions or deflagration events. Explosion relief vents and doors lessen their impact by releasing the sudden pressure increase in … [Read more...]
Understanding NFPA 68: Standard on Explosion Protection
If you have operations that generate dust or you build dust-handling equipment, and especially if that dust is held in confined spaces, you should know and understand the explosion risk. Many types of … [Read more...]
SPRAY DRYER EXPLOSION RISKS [+ SAFETY PRACTICES]
When dust, in the right concentration, meets an ignition source in an enclosed space, it tends to explode. The obvious answer is to eliminate dust from processing operations, but that’s not always … [Read more...]
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