Animal Feed
Necessity of Cleaning Magnetic Separators
When on site, our Technical Sales Engineers often take opportunity to check the installed magnetic separators. At many sites, this results in a conversation about the required cleaning frequency for a permanent magnetic separator such as a Drawer Filter Magnet, Plate Magnet, or Liquid Magnetic Separator. This is when captured ferrous metal is manually removed…
Read MorePneumatic Inline Magnets for Animal Feed
Bunting’s Technical Sales Engineer, Peter Buckley, recently visited the site of an animal feed producer to review installed Pneumatic Inline Magnets and assess a new requirement. The four (4) Pneumatic Inline Magnets (PIMs) operating successfully at the animal feed plant were installed in phases between November 2020 and September 2023. Inline Magnets are versatile and…
Read MoreProtection Against Metal Contamination at Interpack 2023
Magnetic separators, metal detectors and x-ray foreign body detectors to identify and remove metal and other contamination prior to and after packing are the focus for Bunting at Interpack 2023 (4-10 May, Düsseldorf, Germany). On stand D66 in hall 11, Bunting will exhibit working metal separators such as high-strength rare earth Drawer Filters Magnets; conveyor-mounted…
Read MoreGetting Metal Out of Pet Food
Ensuring Pet Food is metal free before it reaches the consumer is critical. However, reports of foods being recalled due to metal contamination occur several times each year. To assist processors and producers, Bunting has developed a series of typical plant flowsheets showing proposed locations for Magnetic Separators and Metal Detectors including a typical Pet Food Processing Plant.…
Read MoreInline Magnets Remove Metal from Potassium Chloride
A UK processor of Potassium Chloride is using two Pneumatic Inline Magnets (PIMS) to capture and remove small tramp ferrous metal. The metal is removed early in the process, as the dry material is being pneumatically conveyed, to prevent damage to processing equipment including the crusher. The two PIMS installed at the Potassium Chloride processing…
Read MoreInline Magnet Pros and Cons
The Inline Magnet is a versatile and popular magnetic separator used widely to capture tramp ferrous metal contamination. The non-obstructive design suits applications in many different applications including food processing and plastics. In this blog, we review the different designs and the Inline Magnet’s key advantages and disadvantages Inline Magnet Models The Inline Magnet is designed…
Read MoreMeasuring Magnetic Separator Power
A Magnetic Separator attracts, captures and holds magnetic particles. The magnetic strength needed to successfully separate such problematic ferrous metal contamination is commonly stated in a magnetic separator supplier’s quotation or specified in the tender. This ‘Magnetic Strength’ is usually referenced in terms of ‘Gauss’, a unit of measurement. However, as it is difficult to accurately measure…
Read MoreEHEDG Membership for Bunting
Bunting has joined the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) following a rise in magnetic separator and metal detector projects for the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) was founded in 1989 as a non-profit consortium of equipment manufacturers, food producers, suppliers to the food industry, research…
Read More8 Metal-in-Food Alerts in 2019
In 2019, the UK Food Standards Agency issued 8 food alerts relating to food contaminated with metal particles. The products included turkey dinosaurs, crispy onions, Quorn sausages, corned beef, halva, an oat drink, and prepared vegetables. Up to the 9th March 2020, there have been three: Co-op recalls Chicken & Stuffing Sandwich because it may…
Read MoreMagnetic Separators and Metal Detectors at VICTAM 2019
Metal contamination is a common problem in the animal feed and grain industries. Practical and proven solutions will feature on stand A029 at the VICTAM International 2019 exhibition (Cologne, Germany June 12 – 14). The range of Master Magnets and Bunting Magnetic Separators and Metal Detectors both identify and capture problematic metal that is potentially…
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