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Keeping Up with the Increasing Pet Food Manufacturing Demand
Fresh, gourmet, and specialized pet food options require precise quality control and hygiene measures. Meeting these rigorous standards poses significant production challenges for manufacturers.
Specialized conveyance options from PFI deliver the hygienic handling and gentle movement essential for today’s pet food manufacturing.
Read on to learn more about how to capitalize on increasing pet food demands through efficient conveyance solutions.
MAXIMIZE PRODUCTION WITH PFI’S ADVANCED CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
Fresh pet food products require advanced manufacturing capabilities that combine high-volume production with stringent food safety standards. PFI draws upon extensive experience in human food production to engineer systems that meet USDA and FDA sanitation requirements.
Our conveyors integrate specialized sanitary design features while maintaining the speed and flexibility needed for efficient production across multiple product lines.
PFI systems deliver:
- Handle high-volume production across multiple product lines
- Ensure product integrity through gentle handling
- Keep fresh ingredients and raw meats safe from contamination
- Switch quickly between different product types
TYPES OF CONVEYOR EQUIPMENT
PFI offers a range of conveyor equipment designed to enhance efficiency, sanitation, and scalability. These solutions help pet food manufacturers capitalize on market trends and demand.
Our custom pet food conveyance solutions include:
Horizontal Motion Conveyors
Horizontal motion conveyors provide gentle and consistent movement of bulk materials. They’re perfect for delicate pet food products that need gentle handling:
- Ideal for fragile treats and kibble and products with seasonings or coatings that need to stay intact
- Offers the ultimate sanitary design with wipe-down pans, IP69k components, an open frame, no hollow tubing, and minimal moving parts
- Instant start/stop capability helps control product flow
- Low maintenance design means more production time
Belt Conveyors
Belt conveyors improve operational flow and efficiency for creating dry and wet pet food:
- Transport wet and dry ingredients safely across long distances
- Connect seamlessly with grinders and blenders throughout the production line
- The PURlift vertical incline conveyor, originally engineered for dough, now brings the same gentle handling capabilities to ground meat and other sticky product conveying
- Incline belt conveyors maximize floor space
Screw Conveyors
Screw auger conveyors offer precision control for granular, powdered, and wet ingredients throughout the production process.
- Transport pet food ingredients safely from initial raw material handling
- Incline design integrates efficiently with dumpers and tall processing equipment like grinders and mixers
- The sanitary stainless steel construction handles raw meat and wet ingredients safely
- Provide reliable conveyance for challenging materials like sticky wet ingredients or fine powders
Bulk Handling Systems
Bulk handling systems move large quantities of pet food ingredients through your facility.
- Dumpers smoothly introduce large crates and totes into manufacturing lines
- RTE design offers the ultimate sanitation
- Keeps materials flowing consistently to maintain production speeds
- OEM stainless steel hydraulic cylinders are designed for hygiene and have shorter lead times
Vibratory Conveyors
The VFII vibratory conveyor performs many value-added applications while moving high volumes of pet food products and keeping product integrity.
- Gently handle coated kibble, fragile bakery treats, raw products, and more with minimal degradation or loss
- Maintain high uptime through sanitary design and minimal maintenance requirements
- Can connect multiple units back-to-back to handle large-footprint operations
- Value-added applications:
- Screen and grade products by size
- Lane products to organize flow effectively
- Mix and blend to precise recipes
- Feeding product flow between bulk handling and processing with control
PET FOOD CONVEYOR BENEFITS
PFI’s systems enhance production efficiency by streamlining flow and reducing downtime through durable operation and faster sanitation. Our quality designs ensure product integrity through gentle handling and minimize contamination risks
PFI’s conveyors add additional value beyond basic material transport. They can perform a range of other tasks, including:
- Stuffing ingredients inside
- Flipping or turning
- Cutting or chunking
- Sizing
- Compressing
- Merging and sorting
- Sprinkling an ingredient on top
- Aligning
- Enrobing/waterfall
- Screening
- Accumulation
The combined functionality eliminates separate equipment needs while saving space and resources. This refined process allows you to optimize operations and respond faster to market demands.
CAPITALIZING ON GROWING DEMAND WITH PFI’S CONVEYANCE SOLUTIONS
PFI’s conveyor systems deliver the precise handling and control needed for high-volume production. Our equipment maintains strict quality standards while meeting the elevated hygiene requirements for fresh and specialty pet foods.
Our team works with manufacturers to understand their production challenges and requirements. We engineer conveyor solutions that maximize current capabilities and support long-term growth needs.
SCALE AND MEET THE GROWING NEED FOR NEW PET FOOD PRODUCTS
The pet food industry faces unprecedented growth and evolving consumer preferences. Efficient and sanitary conveyance equipment plays a crucial role in meeting this increasing demand. PFI’s comprehensive range of solutions addresses the unique challenges of modern pet food manufacturing.
At PFI, we understand the complexities of pet food manufacturing. Our equipment solutions are specially designed to enhance production efficiency and deliver top-notch product quality. This enables your business to scale effectively and thrive in the industry’s changing landscape.
Click below to discover how our tailored conveyance solutions can address your manufacturing needs.
