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Machinery for every processing stage.

Browse a broad functional classification spanning preparation, processing, finishing and supporting systems.

Equipment navigation by function

Functional navigation groups existing records below. An equipment category is not a supplier model, and a directory relationship is not a guarantee of application suitability.

Receiving, sorting & preparation — 23 records
Mixing, vessels, forming & extrusion — 34 records
Cooking, drying, thermal & separation — 48 records
Coating, seasoning & confectionery — 8 records
Weighing, filling, packaging & inspection — 21 records
Conveying, cold chain, hygiene & fluid transfer — 22 records

Bakery equipment categories

Meat & prepared meats equipment categories

Fruit & vegetables equipment categories

Detailed routes now available

Preparation & size reduction

Washers, peelers, cutters, grinders and mills.

Category scope. Detailed records will be published as supporting sources are checked.

Mixing & material handling

Mixers, kneaders, blenders and ingredient dosing.

Category scope. Detailed records will be published as supporting sources are checked.

Forming & portioning

Dividers, depositors, extruders and forming machines.

Category scope. Detailed records will be published as supporting sources are checked.

Heating & cooling

Ovens, cookers, steamers and cooling equipment.

Category scope. Detailed records will be published as supporting sources are checked.

Separation, filtration & concentration

Equipment overview

Compare recovered fractions and concentration duties.

Food decanter centrifuges

Continuous decanter family for defined food and beverage separation duties.

Food three-phase centrifuges

Continuous three-phase centrifuge family for solids and two immiscible liquids.

Food membrane filtration systems

Engineered cross-flow membrane systems selected for the actual food stream.

Food falling-film evaporators

Falling-film evaporation family for a defined liquid concentration duty.

Dairy separators

Explore the existing milk separation and bacteria-removal equipment duty.

Edible-oil separators

Explore an application-specific oil separation duty.

Liquid-egg filters

Compare a product-specific filtration duty separately from membrane separation.

Fermentation & process vessels

Process tanks, fermentation vessels and associated systems.

Category scope. Detailed records will be published as supporting sources are checked.

Drying & dehydration

Drying overview

Compare drying families and trial requirements.

Food spray dryers

Configurable spray-drying family for liquid food-ingredient feeds.

Food freeze dryers

Batch freeze-drying family for a specified frozen food load.

Food fluid-bed dryers

Fluidized-bed drying family for an agreed food-particle duty.

Food belt dryers

Zoned conveyor-belt drying family for a specified product layer.

Egg spray dryers

Follow the liquid-egg-to-powder application.

Pasta dryers

Compare a product-specific shaped-pasta drying duty.

Produce surface-water removal

Mechanical removal of free surface water is a separate duty.

Filling & packaging

Packaging overview

Bottle, bag, carton and shipping-case duties.

PET beverage fillers

Match the beverage, bottle, closure and offered filling configuration.

Vertical bagmakers

Match product dosing and film sealing to the actual snack and bag.

Food cartoners

Specify product grouping, carton blanks, loading and closing duties.

Bag case packers

Define shipping-case packing for already sealed bags.

Weighing & product inspection

Inspection overview

Dosing, checkweighing, metal detection and X-ray duties.

Multihead weighers

Portion dosing before the food-contact package is formed or filled.

Dynamic checkweighers

Check moving packs using the agreed mass and conveyor conditions.

Food metal detectors

Define metal-detection duty and the physical inspection location.

Food X-ray inspection systems

Match the imaging system to actual food, package and foreign material.

Conveying & product handling

Conveying overview

Match the food form, route and receiving duty.

Food belt elevators

Vertical belt conveyor family for elevating bulk products.

Flexible screw conveyors

Enclosed screw-and-tube conveying family for bulk solids.

Food vacuum conveyors

Configurable vacuum conveying family for food-grade powders and granules.

Horizontal motion conveyors

Horizontal-motion conveying family, with a documented 4.0 (100) weigher-feeding configuration.

Published selection guide

Dumpling machines →

Dairy equipment categories

Beverage processing

Juice presses

Separate extraction performance from bottled-product throughput when comparing presses.

Tea extraction systems

Define leaf-based extraction separately from blending purchased tea concentrate.

Plant beverage extraction

Choose the ingredient-base route before comparing a plant beverage extraction system.

Beverage mixers

Compare ingredient preparation and mixing duty, not just the size of a tank.

Beverage pasteurizers

Match the beverage and filling route before comparing heat-treatment equipment.

Sauces & seasonings equipment

High-shear food mixers

Disperse ingredients and form the required texture while controlling when shear is applied.

Batch food cookers

Specify vessel cooking and blending as part of a recipe-specific sauce workflow.

Dry powder & seasoning blenders

Match the mixer and transfer route to the ingredient blend and its acceptance criteria.

Sauce depositors & portion fillers

Meter a defined sauce portion into a container or onto a food product.

Fish & seafood equipment

Fish filleting machines

Match filleting equipment to fish species, feed preparation and finished fillet specification.

Fish skinning machines

Compare skin-removal duties using actual fillet condition and the required finished surface.

Shrimp graders & sorters

Define feed form and grade boundaries before comparing shrimp sorting rates.

Shrimp peeling & deveining systems

Select the peeling route for the shrimp species, feed state and finished specification.

Seafood forming machines

Form a prepared seafood recipe into portions with the required shape, weight and structure.

Confectionery & chocolate machinery

Chocolate tempering machines

Match tempering duty to the chocolate formulation and the downstream product format.

Chocolate enrobing machines

Coat a prepared centre using a defined chocolate supply and cooling route.

Confectionery cookers

Specify cooking and concentration around the actual sugar or sugar-free formulation.

Candy depositors

Portion prepared confectionery into the agreed moulds and finished shapes.

Soy & plant-protein equipment

Soybean grinders & separators

Specify grinding and separation around the soybean condition and chosen processing sequence.

Tofu coagulation systems

Define cooked-feed preparation, dosing and mould filling for the required tofu texture.

Tofu presses

Match mould, curd and pressing-cycle requirements to the accepted firm-tofu product.

Yuba / tofu-skin making machines

Form and handle a soy-liquid surface film with a separately defined finishing route.

Plant-protein extruders

Select protein extrusion configuration by raw material, moisture route and required structure.

Edible-oil equipment

Oilseed presses

Compare seed preparation, pressing and recovered-oil measurement.

Edible-oil separators

Match separation to a specific oil-refining step and feed.

Edible-oil refining systems

Choose chemical or physical refining from the actual feed and finished-oil brief.

Oil deodorizers

Select deodorisation configuration and production pattern within the refinery.

Snack & nut equipment

Nut roasters

Define nut condition, roast profile, cooling and accepted output.

Snack & nut seasoning systems

Specify drum handling and ingredient delivery as separate supplied duties.

Snack extruders

Select formulation, die and cut geometry for the intended extruded snack.

Snack co-extrusion & crimping systems

Connect shell extrusion, centre filling and formed pieces.

Snack pellet hot-air toasters

Trial purchased pellets for continuous expansion rather than pellet manufacture.

Prepared-meal equipment

Meal portion depositors

Define the portion and inclusion duty for each supplied meal component.

Meal tray handling & assembly conveyors

Plan tray flow, stations and auxiliary equipment separately.

Meal tray sealers

Match actual tray, film and sealing process to accepted packed meals.

Meal blast chillers

Compare cooling using the actual batch, tray loading and cycle acceptance.

Meal component batch cookers

Specify component cooking and vessel handovers independently of full-meal assembly.

Grain, rice & pasta equipment

Grain cleaners

Define cleaning losses, sieve duty and aspiration before milling.

Rice whiteners

Specify rice whitening as a separate stage after paddy husking.

Rice cooking systems

Define rice batches, manual handling and the cooked-product endpoint.

Pasta presses & forming systems

Match dough preparation and extrusion to the ingredient and die.

Pasta dryers

Select drying equipment for the actual pasta form and quality endpoint.

Egg-product equipment

Egg breakers & separators

Choose whole-egg breaking or dedicated yolk and albumen separation.

Liquid-egg filters

Specify liquid-stream debris removal separately from microbial treatment.

Liquid-egg pasteurizers

Match treatment equipment, monitoring and validation to the actual egg fraction.

Egg spray dryers

Size drying from the feed mass balance and accepted powder quality.

Cleaning & hygiene equipment

Cleaning & hygiene overview

Compare objects, equipment scope and acceptance.

CIP cleaning systems

Automatic cleaning-in-place family for connected process equipment.

Crate & container washers

Tunnel washer family with washing and rinsing zones for compatible reusable items.

Utensil & removable-part washers

Batch utensil washer for compatible trays, bowls and removable items.

Personnel hygiene stations

Dual-lane hygiene station connecting footwear treatment, hand dosing and controlled passage.

Refrigeration & cold chain

Refrigeration overview

Compare product cooling and storage duties.

Batch blast chillers

Existing batch cooling/freezing coverage.

Food spiral freezers

Self-stacking belt spiral freezer with configuration-dependent process options.

Fluidized-bed IQF freezers

Linear fluidized-bed IQF freezer family for individual food pieces.

Modular cold & freezer rooms

Modular room family for a specified low-temperature storage installation.

Cold-room refrigeration units

Wall-mounted refrigeration family for an offered cold-room duty.

Food liquid transfer, pumps & valves

Pumps & valves overview

Connect the actual food, piping and receiving duty.

Food centrifugal pumps

Centrifugal pump family for a specified hygienic liquid-transfer duty.

Food positive-displacement pumps

Positive-displacement pump family for an agreed food-material transfer duty.

Food single-seat valves

Pneumatic single-seat valve family for defined shut-off or change-over duties.

Food double-seat mixproof valves

Double-seat mixproof valve family for separately defined fluid routes.

Food mixing, homogenization & vessels

Mixing & vessel overview

Connect food endpoints, equipment and vessel interfaces.

Food in-line rotor/stator mixers

Configurable in-line high-shear mixer family with interchangeable workheads.

Food high-pressure homogenizers

Named industrial high-pressure homogenizer with configuration-specific pressure and flow selections.

Food powder/liquid mixers

Batch powder dissolution and mixing system with Big Bag Liquefier and receiving tank.

Food agitated process vessels

Engineered tank and vessel portfolio with project-selected agitation and heat-transfer arrangements.

Food heating, cooling & heat exchange

Heating & cooling overview

Connect product, thermal and receiving duties.

Food plate heat exchangers

Configurable hygienic gasketed plate heat-exchanger family for liquid-food heating and cooling.

Food tubular heat exchangers

Tubular heat-transfer equipment with distinct C, S and SA configurations.

Food scraped-surface heat exchangers

Scraped-surface equipment presented for heating and cooling viscous and particulate foods.

Food indirect UHT systems

Engineered indirect UHT system using tubular heat-transfer and regeneration duties.

Packaged-food retorts & batch processing

Retort equipment overview

Connect food, package, load and process evidence.

Food static water-spray retorts

Configurable static overpressure spray-retort family for packaged-food batch duties.

Food rotary water-immersion retorts

Water-immersion retort equipment with selected rotary agitation and basket restraint.

Food steam-air retorts

Steam-Air retort technology reference for a selected packaged-food application.

Food pilot & multimode retorts

Named R&D and small-production retort series with multiple thermal-process modes.

Frying, steaming & continuous cooking

Food cooking equipment

Connect method, product and line acceptance.

Food continuous fryers

Compare oil-frying equipment on the same product, coating and oil-management basis.

Food steam & combination cookers

Define steam-led and combined cooking duties without confusing them with retorts.

Food linear impingement ovens

Compare conveyor cooking, airflow and real product loading.

Food spiral cooking ovens

Define spiral cooking duty, configuration, layout and downstream handover.

Coating, battering & surface treatment

Food coating equipment

Connect layers, surface finish and cooking handover.

Food pre-dust & flour applicators

Define initial dry-layer addition and excess-material handling.

Food batter applicators

Specify the actual wet-coating duty and selected application mode.

Food flour & crumb breaders

Compare flour beds, crumb coating and homestyle drum breading as separate routes.

Food surface searers & branders

Define browning or marking as a separate surface-finishing branch.

Food cutting & portioning

Cutting equipment overview

Compare the actual cutting objective.

Food slicing machines

Compare slice thickness, product guidance and the actual slicing tool.

Food dicing machines

Specify all cut dimensions, tool arrangement and acceptable fines.

Food strip-cutting machines

Define strip cross-section, length and the agreed cutting arrangement.

Food fixed-weight portion cutters

Distinguish target portion mass from dimension-only or cut-count control.

China supplier routes: produce preparation

Source-backed washing, brush peeling and fruit weight-grading references. Equipment-family and line records are not invented model numbers. Manual inspection and measured-weight grading remain distinct; no optical inspection capability is asserted.

China supplier routes: fruit optical inspection

Reemoon publishes fruit vision and near-infrared inspection systems. Keep external defects, internal-quality indicators and weight grading separate; FRUSCAN H10/S10 designation differences remain explicit and neither reference establishes a complete configured sorter model.

China supplier routes: feeding and packaged-product transfer

Connect loose-product feeding, weighing and sealed-pack discharge as separate duties. Supplier names and catalogue references do not establish a complete configured line.

China supplier routes: weighing and ingredient dosing

Match fine-granule combination weighing, screw-controlled feeding and linear ingredient dosing to the actual food. Feeding, weighing, blending, filling and sealed-pack checking remain distinct duties.

China supplier routes: freezing and natural cooling

Select the actual temperature-change duty before comparing supplier configurations. Single-spiral freezing, fluidized freezing and bakery natural cooling have different product and acceptance boundaries.

China supplier routes: vacuum packaging and bag sealing

Compare the specified pack and sealing task. Chamber vacuum packaging, ordinary continuous bag sealing and tray packaging require different materials and handling. Confirm the offered model with representative food and pack trials.

China supplier routes: thermoforming vacuum and MAP

Compare rollstock forming and the offered vacuum or MAP/gas-flushing configuration with the actual food, film and tooling. Catalogue cycle rates are not accepted pack output. Bag and preformed-tray packaging remain separate routes.

China supplier routes: preformed tray MAP and skin

Match the preformed tray, closing film and actual offered MAP or skin configuration. Keep related model specifications and packaging-mode options distinct; catalogue claims do not establish accepted output or shelf life.

China supplier routes: weighing and foreign-body inspection

Compare weight checking, metal detection and X-ray as separate duties. Match the real food and packaging to the supplied configuration, then agree representative trials, reject handling and records. Catalogue sensitivity and accuracy are conditional, not production guarantees.

Food pack identification: labels, codes and batch records

Choose label printing, application and packaging coding separately. Connect approved batch data to readable pack information, readback checks, changeovers and retained records.

Automatic label application, code reading and visual checks

Compare top-label application, barcode decoding and label presence or position checks. Select exact hardware variants and agree the physical reject path, line interfaces and retained batch records.

Food transport cases: closing and palletizing

Connect filled-case closure to the agreed pallet pattern, load securing and dispatch records. Specify the sealer, robot, gripper and complete cell separately, with representative package trials.

Pallet load securing, transfer and dispatch

Connect food-case palletizing to film wrapping or PP strapping, the separately specified loaded-pallet transfer and dispatch records. Two named Youngsun equipment records are linked below; dedicated pallet-conveyor model selection remains subject to a configuration-specific offer.

Bagged ingredient receiving, unloading and feed

Connect incoming sacks or FIBCs to the offered unloading station, material transfer and recipe weighing. Confirm the actual food-contact and cleaning configuration; manual bag opening, bulk-bag discharge and dosing are separately specified duties.

Dry-ingredient screening equipment

Match the actual dry ingredient to oversize screening or particle grading, then specify transfer and weighing separately. Offered food-contact parts, aperture, cleaning and output require a configuration-specific proposal and material trials.

Food granule sizing equipment

Separate screening, agglomerate breaking and controlled granule sizing. The Yutong KZL series model 100 is a source-attributed sizing candidate; the exact food configuration and material trial remain open.

Food powder lump-breaking equipment

The food examples belong to the LB series and blade-type description. A named LB-150x150 food trial has not been verified. Confirm the supplied blade or pin arrangement, sieve, speed, product-contact steel and seals, cleaning method and dust handling for the actual ingredient. Catalogue values are not an accepted food configuration or throughput.

Vacuum tumbling and massaging

An additional planning reference for a defined food and offered configuration; inclusion does not prove recipe suitability, option delivery or accepted output.

Additional Handan supplier records

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Free independent-website supplement; original records and coverage limits are retained. This is not a completed regional census.

Additional Xingtai supplier records

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Free independent-website supplement; original records and coverage limits are retained. This is not a completed regional census.

Additional Longyan supplier records

Reviewed 2026-10-28. Free independent-website supplement; original records and coverage limits are retained. This is not a completed regional census.

Additional Pingxiang supplier records

Reviewed 2026-10-29. Free independent-website supplement; original records and coverage limits are retained. This is not a completed regional census.

Food production equipment topics

Prepare dough and fillings, form portions, cook, freeze and pack: select the duty before comparing machinery.