Equipment & Services for Processing Performance

Liquid Coating APEC Mistcoater Liquid Applicator The Mistcoater is used to apply liquids to dry solids. The most common applications are to apply fat, flavorings, mold inhibitors or enzymes to pet food, animal feed, and aqua feed. The most common way to apply these liquids to dry products is with spray nozzles inside of a coating drum. In order to get uniform coverage of liquid on to the dry material the liquid needs to be finely atomized. These liquids quite often have suspended solids that can clog a spray nozzle. Since we use spinning disks to atomize the liquid we never have to worry about...

Liquid Handling Liquid Storage Capacities from 150-950 liters (40-250 gallons) in stainless steel or polyethylene construction. Tanks include support stand, inlet ball valve, high and low capacitance type level indicators, temperature gauge and discharge ball valve. Options include heat trace with insulation and temperature control, jacketed with insulation and temperature control, tank agitators, and food grade construction. Pumps - High Flow Metering Positive displacement gear pumps sized for flow rates from 1.8-300 lpm (0.5-89 gpm) in both mild and stainless steel. Pumps have built in pressure...

Process Automation Automation Pro Series Batch System APEC PRO series Batch automation allows formulas to be manually or electronically entered into the system, and the control system will automatically make sure that the proper amount of ingredients are measured into each scale and that the material is transferred to the mixing operation where proper mixing cycle is handled. This includes mix time and transfer of ingredients to packaging or bulk load out. Continuous Blending System APEC PRO series Blend automation allows formulas to be manually or electronically entered into the system, and...

APEC BatchBox With our experience, we have worked and are familiar with most of the control systems that are available on the market. This insight has lead to us to engineer the BatchBox – the first system that is easy to setup, operate AND change in the future. We realize that your business is constantly changing and it is our goal to provide you with a system that keeps pace – now and in the future. This latest APEC innovation is NOT a BlackBox. It is an Industrial, computer-based system with open architecture for easy integration with most brands of scale instruments. Since the system uses...

Weighing & Batching Scales Scales are manufactured to highest quality standards and are available in a variety of finishes from CEMA II welds to sanitary designs. Scales can be configured in a gain in weight or loss in weight mode and can be customized to meet your needs. Load cells are 10,000 div. for the highest available accuracy and are supplied with summing cards for easy calibration. Major Scales Conical and rectangular scale hoppers with capacities from 1-10 cu. meters (35-353 cu. feet) are available with slide gate, butterfly valve or knife gate discharges. Scales include 60 degree angle...

Liquid Scales Cylindrical scale hoppers with capacities from 5-175 liters (1-46 gallons). With ball valve inlet and discharge, load cell mounts, load cells with mounting hardware, and summing box, includes discharge surge with high and low level indication, chemical duty discharge pump. Bulk Super Sack Discharger Bulk super sack dischargers come with adjustable support frame for varying bag height, bag hanging support frame with fork pockets, bag untie opening with discharge isolation and pneumatic bag massage for difficult to discharge materials. Options include discharge feeder, chain hoist...

Continuous Flow Dry Solids Mass Flow Meter Continuous dry flow measurement is accomplished with a patented curved plate sensing element designed to cancel frictional forces so that the resulting reading is unaffected by product elasticity, shape, or friction. Flow ranges are from 1-100 cu. meters per hour (35-3531 cu. feet per hour) with a turn down ratio of 20:1. The accuracy of the meter is +.25% full scale on virtually all free flowing solids with a wide range of densities. Weigh Screw Feeder Continuous dry flow measurement is accomplished with a cantilevered screw feeder that has a pivot...

Material Handling Equipment • Belt Conveyors—Capacity: 7-170 cu. meters per hour (250-6000 cu. feet per hour) • Drag Conveyors—Capacity: 7-170 cu. meters per hour (250-6000 cu. feet per hour) • Bucket Elevators—Capacity: 7-170 cu. meters per hour (250-6000 cu. feet per hour) • Slide Gates—Sizes: .15-1 meter (0.-3.2 feet) Manual, Electric and Pneumatic • Diverter Valves—Sizes: .25-.5 meter (0.8-1.6 feet) Plate/Basket Types • Pneumatic Systems—Capacity: 6-170 cu. meters per hour (210-6000 cubic feet per hour), Engineer designed system. • Bag Dump Stations—Ergonomically designed. Dust pull off, bag...

Support Services Engineering Services APEC’s team of mechanical and electrical engineers can assist in the layout and design of your system. We can provide drawings in AutoCAD and Solid Works formats. Our engineering services include: Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering Software engineering Programming Field Services Commissioning APEC trained technicians and service engineers are available for commissioning of all of our manufactured equipment. They can provide: Installation supervision Startup assistance Operator training Maintenance training Troubleshooting Our technicians will visit...

APEC brings together a support staff of electrical and mechanical engineers, field service technicians, certified welders, and fabricators in a facility that includes modern CNC cutting and forming equipment and state-of-the-art welding equipment. This winning combination allows us to provide our customers with quality products in a timely fashion. These products include something as simple as duct work for air handling systems to one of a kind, highly engineered prototypes. We have extensive experience in building products like stairways and landings, platforms, bins, hoppers, support structures,...