The new Supplied Air Extruder Hood is a key component of Schenck’s high feature Supplied Air Negative Airlift which conveys extrudate from extruder to dryer with HEPA filtered or treated convey air instead of potentially contaminated air from the extruder room floor. This is important to all food and pet food producers concerned with avoiding finished product bacteria contamination after the extrusion kill step.
Other important features of the SAE Hood include:
- Airflow patterns within the hood are nearly identical to standard updraft hoods
- Production sampling procedure is the same as standard updraft hoods
- Gasket-free, machined mating surfaces for particle tight, low maintenance operation
- Small footprint design allows for close extruder spacing
- Compatible with existing dies and knife drives
- Suitable for heat or chemical sanitation processes
- Internal moving parts protect operators from pinch points
The package of features and benefits offered by the Supplied Air Extruder Hood were a direct result of input from customers in food and pet food manufacturing processes. From those ideas a user friendly and safely designed air flow system for extrusion production processes was realized.
Schenck Process is your complete global source of highly accurate dry bulk solids pneumatic conveying, weighing and feeding systems with additional expertise in dust collection through a wide range of filter media. For over 40 years our commitment to research and development has led to the creation of some of the industry’s most advanced products and technologies. We have been awarded hundreds of patents and been recognized by our customers for providing custom solutions for their specific material handling needs. With sales, service and manufacturing locations throughout the world Schenck Process is able to deliver process solutions to customers on a global basis.