Food machinery encompasses a wide variety of products, covering the entire industry chain from raw material processing to finished product packaging. The following are common food machinery equipment categorized by major processing stages:
I. Raw Material Pre-processing Equipment
* Cleaning and Sorting Equipment: Vibrating screen, gravity separator, magnetic separator, color sorter, photoelectric separator, fruit and vegetable washing machine (bubble type, brush type), fish descaling machine, meat spray washing machine.
* Crushing and Cutting Equipment: Hammer mill/claw mill, meat grinder, chopper, slicer, dicer, fruit and vegetable pulper, nut crusher.
* Separation and Extraction Equipment: Centrifuge, press, leaching equipment, filter, membrane separation equipment, extraction equipment.
II. Core Processing Equipment
* Mixing and Stirring Equipment: Dough mixer, double spiral mixer, V-type mixer, planetary mixer, emulsifying tank.
• Shaping and Molding Equipment: Steamed Bun Machine, Dumpling Machine, Biscuit Shaping Machine, Noodle Machine, Meatball Machine, Tableting Machine, Sausage Filling Machine.
• Cooking and Cooking Equipment
• Hot Processing: Jacketed Kettle/Cooking Pot, Continuous Blanching Machine, Sterilization Kettle (High-Pressure Sterilization Kettle), Tunnel Oven, Frying Line (Continuous Fryer), Stir-frying Machine.
• Cold Processing: Refrigeration Tanks, Quick-Freezing Machines (Spiral Type, Liquid Nitrogen Type), Freezing Tunnels.
• Concentration and Drying Equipment: Vacuum Concentrator, Spray Drying Tower, Freeze Dryer, Belt Dryer, Fluidized Bed Dryer.
• Fermentation and Brewing Equipment: Fermentation Tanks (with Temperature and Pressure Control), Yeast Culture Tanks, Saccharification Kettle, Fermentation Tanks (for Wine and Beer), Distillation Tower.
III. Packaging and Post-Processing Equipment
• Quantitative and Filling Equipment: Liquid Filling Machine, Sauce Filling Machine, Granule Packaging Machine, Weighing Packaging Machine, Vacuum Packaging Machine.
• Packaging Equipment: Sealing machines (heat sealing, embossing), capping machines (screw capping, pressing capping), labeling machines, inkjet printers/coding machines.
• Packaging Form Equipment: Wrapping machines, pillow packaging machines, shrink packaging machines, cartoning machines, case packing machines, palletizing robots.
IV. Specialized Equipment for Specific Industries
• Flour Products and Baking: Proofing boxes, dough sheeting machines, puff pastry lines, toast production lines, mooncake filling machines, wafer production lines.
• Meat Processing: Brine injectors, tumbling machines, smokehouses, maturation and cooling tunnels, meat-bone separators, automatic cutting saws.
• Dairy Processing: Milk purifiers, homogenizers, pasteurizers, yogurt fermentation tanks, ice cream freezing machines, cheese tanks/presses.
• Beverages and Liquid Foods: Water treatment systems, carbonated beverage mixers, can/glass bottle filling lines, PET blow molding machines, ultra-high temperature instantaneous sterilizers.
• Fruit and Vegetable Processing: Peeling machines (mechanical, steam), pitting machines, juicers, pasteurization lines, canning machines.
• Snack Foods: Extruders (single/twin screw), tablet presses (candy and chocolate), coating machines (sugar coating, chocolate), nut and nut roasting machines.
V. Auxiliary and Utility Systems
• Conveying and Connecting Equipment: Belt conveyors, screw conveyors, bucket elevators, pneumatic conveying systems.
• Water Treatment and Refrigeration: Reverse osmosis units, pasteurization chilled water systems, refrigeration compressors, cooling towers.
• CIP Cleaning Systems: In-Place cleaning tanks, pipelines, and spray nozzles for automated cleaning and disinfection of equipment interiors.
Development Trends: Modern food machinery is developing towards automation, intelligence, flexibility (adapting to multi-variety, small-batch production), and green energy conservation, integrating sensors, machine vision, industrial robots, and IoT technologies to improve efficiency, safety, and product consistency.
When selecting equipment, a comprehensive consideration is needed based on the specific characteristics of the raw materials, product processes, production capacity requirements, hygiene standards (such as FDA and EHEDG certifications), and factory space. Hopefully, this systematic overview will help you gain a complete understanding of the scope of food machinery.
Post time: Dec-07-2025