Application Engineering Approach Mepaco provides an application approach to system solutions. Our team listens to your operations, engineering, maintenance and purchasing team members to understand existing challenges and operational goals for a new solution. Through site visits and conferences, our application experts discover parameters for the new system, tie-ins, and plant specifications to deliver a customized application-specific, high-performance solution. Design & Workmanship Total Customer Experience Your Strategic Partner In addition to performance, Mepaco engineers focus on reliability...

Reliability is the cornerstone that transcends our products and services. Great strides are taken to exceed expectations in production, quality, workmanship, longevity, safety, sanitary design, and overall value. Reliability must be realized by all who come in contact with our products and services, • Food Safety • Least Cost Formulation • Personnel Safety • Sanitation Performance • Space Optimization • Dairy & Cheese • Fruits / Vegetables • Meat / Poultry • Plant-Based Foods • Prepared Foods

Dual Cook System APPLICATION A multi-recipe prepared foods manufacturer sought to increase cooking production and the flexibility to add varieties of soups and sauces to their product offerings. The application required cooking and blending of viscous food products with limitations in available floor space. SOLUTION Mepaco’s solution was a side-by-side ThermaBlend® cooking system, sharing a maintenance and sanitation platform. Column dumpers add ingredients to the ThermaBlend® cookers. The Mepaco Column Dumper offers a robust design and is engineered for ease of maintenance. The side-by-side...

Featured Equipment: In the system, the food processor required a versatile cooking solution to efficiently blend and cook various soups and sauces, all with different process recipes and controls. The ThermaBlend® was specified for the “Dual Cook System” because of its ability to blend and cook the processor’s viscous products with superior efficiency. In the application, soups and sauces were mixed, blended, and cooked all in one piece of equipment, the ThermaBlend® Cooker. The mixing and blending action and speeds were determined for each different recipe. The loading temperatures, cooking...

Bin Batching System APPLICATION A pet food processor with multiple SKUs required significant efficiency and scale for a formulation processing line to satisfy market demand and a competitive cost position. A Bin Batching System was developed for a pet food manufacturer that required expanded production with significant efficiencies for a protein and ingredient formulation line. Pre-broken frozen food product (meat, fish, chicken, vegetables) are delivered to a designated Metering Screw Conveyor on a traversing belt which locates the exact drop position. Once the recipe is established and the...

Featured Equipment: Metering Screw Conveyor w/Clean-Sweep Hopper Integral to the Bin Batching System are the Metering Screw Conveyors, designed with a Clean- Sweep hopper. The Clean-Sweep hopper offers a solution that mechanically clears food product between batches on metering or surge loading applications. The ribbon agitator gently and continually pushes product into the feed screw. The Clean-Sweep hopper has a spin ridge design that keeps product from barreling, maintaining positive conveyance until the food product is completely unloaded. The Clean-Sweep feature reduces food waste and eliminates...

APPLICATION A red meat processor required a scale formulation solution with greater efficiencies for lean / fat analysis to eliminate food waste from lean give-away. SOLUTION The Pre-Blend System is a seamless, accurate solution for effective fat/ lean formulation. It addresses the customer’s production goals for speed, flexibility, and accuracy with attention to safety and sanitation requirements. In addition, the system provides efficient transfers that reduce transport time and eliminates transfer issues that result in lost yields. In this layout, the dumper transfers product into a Metering...

Featured Equipment: Mepaco’s overlapping paddle Mixer-Blenders provide a quick and accurate blend with minimal temperature rise. The Mixer-Blenders in the Pre-Blend System are both equipped with vacuum sampling (image upper right) capability to confirm the actual lean-point for accurate formulation. Customizable options include: Application specific agitator options Mixer-Blenders are designed for rugged versatility to meet a wide range of application challenges. Designed for the application, Mepaco’s Mixer-Blenders reduce cycle times and provide accurate and efficient blending to maximize productivity...

Field Services & Control Engineering Field Services The Mepaco Team understands how valuable production uptime is to your company’s bottom line. We are evolving our service team to provide quick-response commissioning, ramp-up, maintenance, repair and emergency breakdown support. To help end-users stay informed about our equipment, we provide experienced and proficient industry technicians and engineering support to perform services. Control Engineering Mepaco has in-house controls capabilities that provide the latest in software and device technology to bring the best results in your process...

Why Mepaco Equipment Mepaco works to develop long-term relationships with processors and partners by providing applicationspecific solutions that solve operational and production goals. Our services and resources are designed around our customers and their industry challenges. Mepaco is part of Apache Stainless Equipment Corporation, specializing in capital heavy-duty process equipment for food and hygienic industries all over the world. www.mepaco.net 920-356-9900 200 W Industrial Drive Beaver Dam, WI 53916