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From the kitchen of dried fruit processing: machine technology, process approaches and the developments shaping the industry.
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- Processing Line8
- Stainless Steel8
- Dried Fruit7
- Raisin Processing7
- Dried Apricot5
- Dried Fruit Line4
- Food Processing4
- Screening4
- AISI 3163
- Dicing3
- Hygienic Design3
- Raisins3
- Sizing3
- AISI 3042
- Brush Washing2
- Chopping2
- Conveyors2
- Cutting2
- Date Processing2
- Dates2
- Dried Fruit Processing2
- Drying2
- food processing equipment2
- Food Safety2
- Foreign Matter2
- Fumigation2
- Packing Line2
- Sieving2
- Washing2
- Washing Line2
- Agitated Dosing Hopper1
- Aspiration1
- Automation1
- Block Breaking1
- Block Opening Conveyor1
- Box Closing Table1
- Box Filling1
- Box Taping1
- Brine1
- Capacity Planning1
- CE conformity1
- Clumped Product Separating Machine1
- Conveying1
- Date Line1
- date processing line1
- date washing1
- Debris Removal1
- Debris Separation1
- destemming machine1
- Dosing1
- Dried Fig Washing1
- Dried Figs1
- Dried Fruit Washing1
- Dust Control1
- Dust Filter1
- Elevators1
- Export1
- export machinery1
- Feeding1
- filling1
- food contact materials1
- food contact surfaces1
- Food Line1
- Food Processing Line1
- Foreign Objects1
- hygienic equipment design1
- Illuminated Sorting Conveyor1
- Impurity Removal1
- Julienne1
- Level Difference1
- Lump Breaking1
- Manual Box Filling Hopper1
- Manual Sorting1
- metal detection1
- Modular Belt1
- Moisture Gain1
- Multi-Purpose Liquid Tank1
- Occupational Safety1
- Packaging1
- pit removal1
- Pitting1
- Pre-Cleaning1
- Pre-Storage Treatment1
- Process1
- Project Planning1
- Prunes1
- Raisin Processing Line1
- Rehydration1
- Salt Dissolving Tank1
- Screw Conveyor1
- Semi-Automatic Box Filling Scale1
- Shaker Machine1
- Sizing and Sorting1
- Sorting1
- Sorting and Washing1
- Stone and Sand Separation Cascade1
- Sultana1
- Sun-Dried Tomato1
- Tanks1
- Turnkey Plant1
- Vacuum Fumigation Chamber1
- Vibrating Screen1
- Weighing and Filling1
- Weight Tolerance1
- Wet Product Transfer Pump1
- X-Ray1
- Z-Type Conveyor1
01TOPIC
Stainless Steel
8 articles carry this topic.
- 01
14 October 2026
Box closing table: how to set up the station between filling and taping
What a box closing table does, why the step before the taping machine deserves its own station, and what to settle about size, material and layout before requesting an offer.
Box Closing TableBox TapingPacking LineStainless Steel
- 02
13 October 2026
Manual box filling hopper: how to organize product flow when boxes are filled by hand
How a lever-operated hopper fits between the end of a processing line and the box closing station, what to define before ordering, and where manual filling stops being the right choice.
Manual Box Filling HopperBox FillingPacking LineStainless Steel
- 03
11 October 2026
Multi-purpose liquid tank: which solutions does it hold on a dried fruit line?
A multi-purpose liquid tank stores liquids such as oil, water and acid beside a processing line. What it can hold, how 304 and 316 stainless steel are chosen and what to prepare before requesting a quote.
Multi-Purpose Liquid TankTanksStainless SteelDried Fruit Line
- 04
1 October 2026
Industrial conveyor systems: stainless steel conveyors, food elevators and conveyor automation
Stainless and modular conveyors, the modular Z elevator, food elevators, screw conveyors, feeding conveyors, belt types and conveyor automation: which system suits which product and plant layout, and what to check when choosing one.
ConveyorsElevatorsStainless SteelAutomation
- 05
6 September 2026
Stainless steel conveyors on dried fruit lines: feeding, sorting, Z-type
Where feeding conveyors, light sorting conveyors and Z-type modular conveyors sit on a raisin processing line, what each one is built to do, and how they are cleaned.
ConveyorsRaisin ProcessingStainless Steel
- 06
29 August 2026
Stainless steel screw conveyors in food processing: where they fit
When a screw conveyor is the right choice over a belt conveyor, where it typically sits on a food line, and stainless surface selection.
Screw ConveyorStainless SteelFood Processing
- 07
28 August 2026
Stainless steel shaker machines: screening, sizing and dewatering duties
How debris removal, sizing and dewatering shaker machines differ, where each sits on a dried fruit line, and stainless surface selection.
Shaker MachineStainless SteelFood Processing
- 08
23 August 2026
AISI 304 or AISI 316: When the Difference Matters on Food Contact Surfaces
Product-contact surfaces on a dried fruit line are specified in AISI 304; AISI 316 is applied where salt, brine, or chloride exposure demands it. Here is how the two grades are actually assigned, zone by zone.
AISI 304AISI 316stainless steelfood contact surfaceshygienic equipment design
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