Is your retort recipe well designed?
Sterilizing a food product in a retort is intended to stop microbial growth for a period of time. But as a thermal process, it also cooks the product and this is why the design of the retort recipe [...]
Retort maintenance: key to a successful operation
Retort itself is one of the most reliable equipment within food industry with usual low to nil maintenance costs. However, a lack of preventive maintenance could lead to big headache in a few years[...]
SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR AUTOCLAVES
Autoclaves are high risk equipment. The most serious risks come from uncontrolled release of stored energy, which happen when safety critical parts fail. This can cause violent ejection of[...]
R&D ACTIVITY IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY GROWS BACK
After some years of investment reduction, the canning industry strikes back on R&D activity looking for new food formula and new presentations. The packaging manufacturers are also encouraging the[...]
SURDRY AND FOOD INDUSTRY 4.0
The digital world coming along with Industry 4.0 plays a key role to step up safety in the food production and distribution chain. At SURDRY, we envision a “Quality Food Highway” where all toll gates[...]
SURDRY ROTARY RETORT DRUM LASTING 12 YEARS AT 24/7 HEAVY DUTY
After 12 years of 24/7 heavy duty and 26.000 retort cycles, we are supplying the first spare drum for Surdry Rotary Retort AR-174-E, a giant size model which accommodates 4 baskets or stacks of[...]
What is an autoclave? What and in which industries is it used for?
What is an autoclave? In Surdry, we will answer to 'What is an autoclave or a retort?' It is a hermetic metallic vessel, cylindrical, vertical or horizontal, prepared to work under internal pressure.[...]