EQUIPMENT:

Equipment, with major component parts are listed for each pilot plant:

A. Parker Hall Pilot Plant

Centrifugal pump: pump head, impeller, back plate, shaft and shaft seal, motor

Rotary lobe positive displacement pump: pump head with face plate, suction (inlet) and discharge (outlet) ports, impellers, shafts, shaft seals, motor.

Cream separator: regulating cover with float, cream outlet cover, skim milk outlet cover, bowl assembly with inlet, cream outlet, skim outlet, spindle, disc stack and cream disc with cream adjusting screw, skim milk outlet, motor.

HTST (high temperature, short time) pasteurizer: balance tank, booster pump, cold side of regenerator, positive timing pump, heating section, holding tube, flow diversion valve, hot side of regenerator, cooling section, controls.

Homogenizer: Manifold, plungers and cylinders; discharge pressure gauge, 1^st and 2^nd stage homogenizing valves, plunger seals.

Batch ice cream freezer: freezer cylinder, dasher assembly with scraper blades, mix inlet, ice cream outlet gate, motor.

Continuous ice cream freezer: Mix inlet, air injector assembly, freezer cylinder, dasher assemble with scraper blades, outlet pressure gauge, back pressure regulating valve, refrigeration unit inside cabinet.

Cheese vat: jacketed vat, water inlet, steam inlet, water circulating pump, water spray rings, whey outlet valve, cheese knife, stirring paddle, agitator, control panel.

Colloid mill: Mill body, product inlet, product outlet, valve assembly, adjusting screw, feed pump.

Ultrafiltration unit: feed tank, circulating pump, membrane housing, membranes, product inlet, permeate outlet, retentate outlet, controls.

Microthermics UHT and filler: Product inlet, controls, progressing  cavity (Moyno) pump, product outlet, laminar flow hood.

Liquifier: Tank, water jacket, product outlet, motor, stator.

Hobart mixer: Bowl, motor, bowl raising handle, paddle, whisk, controls (on/off, speed)

B. Howlett Hall Pilot Plant

Extruder: extruder cylinder and sections, steam and water inlets, product inlet, extruder screw, outlet with die, cutter, motor drive, controls

Tomato processing line: lye tank, lye application chamber, conveyor belt, water sprayers, peel removing disks, chopper, heater, pasteurizing unit

Proofing oven: temperature controls, humidity controls, oven body, water chamber and heater

Potato peeler: Product inlet, rinse water, abrasive disk, product outlet, motor.

Slicer: Product inlet, slicing blade

Electric kettle: Steam jacket, pressure relief valve, scraper blade, pressure gauge, speed control, heater control.

Pizza or Deck oven: Deck, door handle, temperature gauge, controls (load switch, temperature setting), timer.

Convection oven: Cabinet, fan, controls (load switch, temperature)

Proofing oven: Humidified chamber, water inlet, controls ( temperature, humidity)

Steam injection oven: Chamber, water inlet, controls (temperature, humidity).

Sheeter: Dough inlet, upper rollers, lower rollers, conveyor belt, controls ( upper thickness, lower thickness, on/off switch)

Hobart Mixer: Bowl, motor, bowl raising handle, paddle, whisk, controls (on/off, speed)

Fryer:  fryer body, conveyor, oil heater, flipper, cooling section

Coating and Frying line: Coating drum, batter applicator, vibrating shaker, fryer (product inlet, product outlet, heat exchanger, oil reservoir), controls

Rotary retort: retort body, retort chamber, rotating basket, steam inlet, pressure gauge, motor, temperature gauge

Still retort: retort body, product basket, steam inlet, water inlet, pressure gauge, pressure relief valve, controls and recorders

Donut maker: oil reservoir, ingredient supply hopper, inlet, belt assembly, outlet.

Vacuum evaporator: product inlet, product outlet, steam inlet, vacuum pump, condenser, controls.

Spray dryer:(Diagram only) air inlet, air heater, drying chamber, product inlet and atomizer, cyclone chamber, cyclone separator, dry product collection vessel, hot air inlet and outlet, controls

Note: Other equipment to note (but not to include in report) includes form fill and seal filler, popcorn popper, tubular evaporator, freeze drier, can sealer, electrostatic coater

C. Meat Pilot Plant (Animal Sciences Building)

Grinder: motor, product hopper, grinder screw or auger, die or plate

Meat slicer: product holder, cutting blade or knife, conveyor belt, slicer arm

Piston sausage stuffer: inlet or hopper, stuffer body, stuffer drive assembly, product feeder , product outlet, stuffing horn

Bowl chopper: bowl, cutting blade or knife, motor, cover

Smokehouse/Oven: oven cabinet, heating element, water sprayer, smoke inlet, smoke generator, controls, doors, rack

Curing solution injector: injector needles, solution supply lines, cabinet, chain conveyer

Tumbler: body, drive motor, lid or cover, vanes or baffles

D.  Food analysis instruments (Parker_

pH meter (234 Parker):  electrode, electrode fill hole, control unit, calibration standards

Colorimeter (234 Parker):  Light source, button to initiate reading, control unit, calibration plate

Texture analyzer (234 Parker):  probes, probe arm, sample corers, platform for sample, computer control unit

Particle size analyzer (334 Parker):  pump head, computer control unit,

Water activity meter (334 Parker):  sample cup, sample drawer

Moisture analyzer (360A Parker):  control panel, balance air shield, balance pan and stem, glass fiber pads

Viscometer (340C Parker):  control panel, leveling screws, spindles, immersion groove on spindle shaft