News & Case Studies
Case studies, education, and news on MPE technology so that industry professionals can better understand our systems, grinders, and conveyors.
When other bulk material transfer methods came up short, a leading food manufacturer turned to MPE’s conveyance expertise to bridge the gap between two processing facilities, saving $6 million annually. As a key step in their operations, the global company needed to move 25,000 lb of product every hour from their processing facility to a
MPE will be at the International Baking & Industry Expo 2022 in Las Vegas. Join us in Booth 6852 to learn all about MPE’s Chain-Vey is the industry leading tube conveyor specifically designed for transporting food and bakery ingredients without product degradation or declassification. We know Dry Process and we Deliver! Experience and follow through
Modern Process Equipment, located in Chicago, USA since 1957, serves the coffee and tea industries with innovative solutions in grinding, conveying, and complete process system designs. With products like the Cable-to-Chain Retrofit, 600.MM Mini-Max capsule grinder, and complete systems engineering; MPE truly takes an innovative approach at delivering a better product than exists anywhere else
Context: A leading peanut processor needed to build a new roasting facility to keep up with increasing demand, improve food safety and replace existing capital with better and more efficient equipment. In the strategic planning phase, the search began with looking for the right engineering partner with the following attributes: One with expertise managing a
In the food processing industry, sanitation standards are the biggest factor when it comes to your equipment. When it comes to CIP, there isn’t a “one size fits all” solution. MPE understands this and developed a three-tier approach for their Chain-Vey tubular drag conveyor Clean-In-Place options. Your application and the specific sanitation requirements necessary to
Andrew Willse, Brian Willebrand, Dan EphraimModern Process Equipment Corp. Abstract In this research we examine the tensile strength of Chain-Vey’s round link chain; a leading tubular drag conveyor in numerous applications, against cable from a leading tubular cable conveyor manufacturer. Data confirm that chain yields multiple times higher tensile strength and lower stretching, which suggest
Pet Perfecta* is a major pet food manufacturer and distributor with a wide product offering of dry food for domestic pets worldwide. Objective and Past Equipment Perfecta needed a new way to convey post-dryer kibble to a screener for one of their final processes in kibble production. Bucket elevators were in place, but their bulky
When our friends at Philz Coffee told us their amazing new MPE-designed processing system—with its shiny new green coffee silos, classification system, Chain-Vey tube conveyors, roasters, and packa
Maize Processors* is a full service corn dry milling operation about one and a half hours outside of Des Moines, IA. Maize makes an array of consumer and producer staples such as grits, meals, and flours. The facility is only about 20 years old and is continuously upgraded with the latest in large scale processing
MPE’s Chain-Vey and Systems Group Divisions opened a new Testing Lab located in Chicago, USA. This “state of the art” testing facility houses 7 full-size Chain-Vey systems and a fully functional loss in weight unload, batching, and mixing system. Seeing is believing and what better way to validate a new conveyance solution than to run
