Solutions for the Food & Beverage Industry

Solutions for the Food & Beverage Industry

Gentle and Sanitary Transport of Sensitive Product

The production of food and beverage products is subject to strict legal regulations. Cleanliness and sanitation are the most important requirements. At the same time, modern products need to have unique packaging to make them stand apart from the crowd.

mk has extensive expertise working with sectors with stringent sanitation requirements and offers specially developed conveyor technology and interlink systems for a range of packaged and unpackaged food and beverage products.

For applications in the food and beverage industry, this means:

  • Automation and interlinking solutions for gentle handling and transport of packaged and unpackaged food products
  • Strict cleanliness and sanitation standards according to the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA (no toxic substances, no allergens, no contamination, no nickel, easy and intensive cleaning, etc.)
  • Consistently high product quality with high cycle rates, maximum reliability of processes and maximum system availability

Solutions from mk

Special products need special solutions. We at mk use only certified components that allow our customers to work as safely, efficiently and hygienically as possible. Aluminium machines are used for handling packaged food and beverage products, whereas unpackaged food requires stainless INOX steel.

Blue and white wear strips and belts help you detect foreign particles caused by wear and abrasion. These are easy to install and replace. We have special belts for products with volatile oils, solvents, etc. To prevent contamination, the drives are not situated above the main transport line. Conveyors can also be designed with metal-free sections to allow for quality assurance tests involving metal detection.

mk’s portfolio includes profile technology that can reliably withstand the powerful water jets used in cleaning. Furthermore, all components are designed to eliminate obstructed spaces and corners where dirt can accumulate, making the system easy to clean.

mk’s references include, among others, solutions for vegetables, liquids, chocolate, nut granules, fruit gums, baked goods and tobacco products.

Inox Tabak 01

In the manufacture of tobacco goods, tobacco containers should be furnished with an additional label. A belt conveyor is required, that serves as a separator from the filling system and can be integrated with the customer's labelling machine.

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Röntgen Gurtförderer 03

Task
A manufacturer of X-ray systems for the food and aviation industries is developing a new system which requires a conveyor that can accommodate X-ray plates. The material to be conveyed, in this case large fish, must be X-rayed on the conveyor as it passes through the system and then conveyed…

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Wendeförderer

Definition of the task
The customer produces wine gums. The transport packaging – that is, the boxes for the wine gums – are to be printed in the system so that they can then be stacked on pallets. The boxes each weigh a maximum of 9 kg. They need to be conveyed and rotated by 90°, from lengthwise…

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Versaflex Flaschenpacktisch

Task
Bottles need to be discharged in a bottling line for consumer goods. They must be briefly buffered on the conveyor before they are manually processed. Work surfaces directly on the conveyor were required to allow workers to pack the bottles into boxes.

mk solution
The solution features the…

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Andruckkrollen 02

Problem definition
During the production of chocolate bars, the bars are to be transported from the packaging machine to a downstream conveyor. There is only very limited space available. A height difference of around 480 mm and a 90° curve must be circumnavigated. During the vertical ascent, the…

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Mobile Zuführung und Vereinzelung von Pralinen 01

Problem definition
In a confectionery production department, packaged chocolates need to be separated upon exiting the individual packaging unit and conveyed to the repackaging process. The conveyor unit needs to be mobile in design so that it can be used on different production lines. In addition,…

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Belt Conveyor for Granules 01

Problem definition
Unpackaged granules need to be transported in a food production application. The conveyor technology needs to provide constant transport in a straight line; there are no requirements regarding the position or orientation of the product being conveyed. The system is part of the…

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Verkettungen für  die Lebensmittelproduktion 01

Problem definition
Food production application requires automated interlinking of multiple production steps and circulation of pallets. Multiple pallets with relatively high loads need to be transported. The conveyor systems need to be able to buffer the pallets. Pass-through clearances need to be…

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Puffern von Paletten 01

Problem definition
Stacked pallets need to be dynamically buffered in a food production application. A storage capacity of about 500 pallets is required, which corresponds to about 30,000 products.

mk Solution
Buffer consisting of ZRF-P 2040.02 timing belt conveyors on two levels. The timing belt…

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Lifts for Packaged Food Products 01

Problem definition

Stacked pallets in a food production application need to be lifted so that they can be buffered on multiple levels. Pallet stacks weighing 50 kg each need to be transported. The stroke length is approximately 3300 mm. The machine needs to lift and lower but also convey in order…

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