Processing Plants
OEM Equipment Manufacturers
Your lines often run 24/7, always under pressure, and never with enough time for maintenance. Washdown schedules, audits and product goals to be met, you need components that won't quit.
We can help by supplying the industrial parts that keep your production running, can withstand the brutal conditions and keep your maintenance team from calling at 3 a.m.
Building equipment for the food and beverage plants means designing for the worst case. This includes harsh chemical cleaners, high pressure washdowns and customers who expect 99.9% uptime.
You need components that genuinely washdown-rated, not water resistant. You need products that are actually food-grade compliant. You also need items that are in stock and available when you need them.
Food & Beverage Applications
Batch Mixing & Ingredient Dosing
Get the recipe right, batch after batch. Automation helps ingredient dosing, pumps, mixers, and process conditions maintain consistent recipes and repeatable production.
Conveyor & Packaging Line Control
Keep products moving from process to package. Controls coordinate conveyor speed, product movement, positioning, and packaging equipment throughout the line.
Tank Level Monitoring & Pump Control
Know what's in the tank, and keep it moving. Sensors monitor ingredients and liquids while pumps and controls move product between storage, processing, and cleaning systems.
Filling & Bottling Systems
Fill it accurately and keep the line moving. Automation assists with container detection, filling, positioning, capping, and movement to support fast, repeatable production.
Oven, Freezer & Process Temperature Control
Because a few degrees can change everything. Temperature sensors and controls help maintain the conditions required for cooking, baking, cooling, freezing, pasteurizing, and other processes.
CIP (Clean-in-Place) System Automation
Clean. Run. Repeat. Automation coordinates pumps, valves, temperature, chemicals, and cleaning sequences to make sanitation cycles more consistent and repeatable.
Meet the Oven Controller That Knows What Time It Is!
Looking to make that perfect pizza? It's all about precise conveyor timing. The Dart MD10P digital conveyor drive controller delivers.
The MD10P actually speaks in time (MM:SS), not just RPM. This means operators can dial in exactly long products spend in the heat sound, no guessing.
Find out why the food and beverage pros love this controller.
The MD10P is perfect for shrink wrap tunnels, pizza ovens, UV cure lines, drying ovens and basically any conveyor where timing equals quality.
Stop letting your conveyor wing it!
Blogs For You
Putting Plastic Bags Over Your Stack Lights is Not the Solution
In food and beverage your stack lights need to be washdown-ready. The Patlite LR6+FB295 offers genuine IP69K protection for your high-pressure, high-temperature washdowns.
Learn how to get your stack light to survive a washdown.
Featured model: LR6-302WCBW-RYG+FB295 (60mm, 3 stack, flashing and buzzer)
Additional IP69K Patlite options:
All LR6+FB295 options
NE-M1ACNN-M+FB295 - 7-in-1 multicolor beacon
Stop improvising and start protecting!
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Harsh Conditions? This VFD Was Built For It.
Whether you are stirring small batches of beverages or mixing industrial-scale ingredients, you need equipment that can handle your harsh conditions.
The Invertek OptiDrive E3 NEMA 4X/IP66 can solve three common headaches:
- Messy Washdowns - Solved with NEMA 4X ratings
- Mounting Issues - No Cabinet Needed
- Complicated Setups - Not here, use out of the box
Simple control with serious performance, this purple enclosure means business!
One Degree Changes Everything
Overcooked brisket? Undercooked pizza? Temperature control isn't just important, it's everything.
That's where NOVUS controllers come in.
The N1030 PID Controller and N321 Digital Thermostat replace analog guesswork with digital precision, delivering repeatable, stable, and efficient control across demanding applications:
✓ Meat Smokers & Dehydrators – Consistent heat = consistent flavor
✓ Brewery & Keg Washing – Precise thermal control for quality and safety
✓ Pizza Ovens & Baking Equipment – Even temps, no burnt crusts
✓ Honey Extraction & Cannabis Oil – Delicate balance without loss
✓ Humidified Food Heaters – Perfect holding temps for hours
Efficiency that pays off: Tight temperature tolerances mean less overshoot, fewer restarts, and up to 20% energy savings vs. analog systems.
Read the full blog on the N1030 PID Controller and N321 Digital Thermostat.
How Our Products Help Food & Beverage Applications
| Product | How It Helps Food & Beverage |
|---|---|
| VFDs |
Control conveyor, mixer, pump, fan, and other motor speeds to match production and process demands. |
| Motors & Gearmotors |
Provide the muscle behind conveyors, mixers, pumps, filling equipment, and other production machinery. |
| PLCs & Smart Relays |
Coordinate recipes, equipment sequences, filling, conveying, cleaning cycles, and other automated processes. |
| HMI & Operator Interfaces |
Give operators access to machine status, recipes, setpoints, alarms, and diagnostics. |
| Temperature & Process Controls |
Maintain the conditions required for cooking, cooling, freezing, pasteurizing, fermentation, storage, and cleaning. |
| Temperature & Infrared Sensors |
Monitor product and process temperatures, including non-contact measurement of moving, hot, or difficult-to-reach products. |
| Photoelectric & Proximity Sensors |
Detect products, containers, packages, labels, and machine position throughout processing and packaging lines. |
| Ultrasonic & Level Sensors |
Monitor liquids, ingredients, grains, powders, and other materials in tanks, vessels, and hoppers. |
| Pressure Sensors & Transmitters |
Monitor pumps, piping, tanks, process equipment, and CIP systems. |
| Encoders |
Track conveyor movement, speed, position, and distance for precise machine and packaging control. |
| Motor Controls |
Start, stop, switch, and protect conveyors, pumps, mixers, fans, and other motor-driven equipment. |
| Safety Products |
Help protect employees around conveyors, mixers, packaging equipment, and other moving machinery. |
| Audible & Visual Signaling |
Communicate machine status, faults, changeovers, and production problems, even in demanding washdown environments. |
Blogs For You
The Secret (Sensor) Sauce of Food Processing
The Autonics UTR series Ultrasonic Sensors
This series can measure water, oils, syrups and sauce levels all without contact! It's not limited to liquids either, the UTR can handle bulk solids like grains, powders and pellets as well.
What else does Autonics Offer Food & Bev?
Once ingredients are measured, they usually need to be heated. This is where the Autonics TN series of temperature controllers come in. Their 2-degree-of-freedom PID and 50ms sampling speed keep your food oven running consistently.
Read now: The Secret Sauce of Food Processing
