Increase Production, Quality, and Profitability in Meat Processing and Sausage Drying
Do you want to eliminate condensation and microbial growth while increasing throughput and product quality? The key to more profitable meat processing and sausage drying is Munters desiccant dehumidifiers.The Benefits of Munters Desiccant Dehumidifiers
Eliminate Condensation
Meat processing requires large amounts of water for cleaning, but condensation can stop production and create regulatory issues. Personnel must manually wipe, clean, and disinfect all impacted surfaces, which is time consuming and labor intensive. Munters dehumidifiers can eliminate the need for “wipe down” crews, and speed up sanitation cycles — so you can get back to processing faster.
Prevent Bacteria and Mold Growth
Mold and bacteria thrive in the wet conditions found in meat processing plants and sausage drying rooms. The higher the relative humidity, the more aggressively these microbes grow — compromising product quality and safety. Munters dehumidifiers can maintain the low humidity levels that prevent the growth of harmful microbes. This lowers scrap, increases safety, and eliminates manual product wipe downs and “mold scrapping”.
Increase Throughput and Profitability
In sausage drying and meat curing, many facilities still use the inefficient room cool reheat processes. And in both meat processing and curing operations, humidity and temperature control are often combined, leading to poor results for both. With Munters dehumidifiers, you’ll have precise control of humidity levels at any temperature. This means you can reduce drying cycles by up to 1-3 days, lower utility costs, and produce more product.
They Key to More Profitable Sausage and Cured Meats
Drying, curing, and smoking meats presents unique challenges for meat producers, and one of the biggest is humidity. Uncontrolled moisture can compromise product quality, slow production, and have a major impact on your bottom line.
Desiccant dehumidification can provide precise humidity control and a strong boost to your bottom line. Dehumidification provides a controlled and efficient drying process, which means lower utility costs, shorter drying times, and higher throughput. It also eliminates mold during drying cycles, increasing food safety and cutting the need for manual mold removal.
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See Munters Desiccant Dehumidification in Action
Meat processing, drying, and curing facilities are required by USDA regulations to ensure no condensation forms in production and non-production areas. But due to large amounts of water used for sanitation in these cold environments, condensation control is a major challenge.
The traditional solution is to use plastic sheets to redirect water, and “wipe down” crews to manually dry condensation. But this is extremely time-consuming and labor intensive.
Desiccant dehumidification can eliminate condensation, and the need for wipe downs by pulling moisture directly out of the air. Dehumidification protects product, increases throughput, improves working condition, and inhibits microbial growth.
Tyson Foods Finds Success with Munters Dehumidifiers
Two hundred thousand birds are processed every day at Tyson’s Nashville, Arkansas plant. Production staff at the plant were spending a significant amount of time removing condensation that was forming on overhead pipes and ceilings in the evisceration area near the bird chiller.
To solve the problem, Munters installed an ICA desiccant dehumidification system. Condensation began to disappear within hours of starting the Munters system.
“Since installing the dehumidification equipment, we have not had to hang plastic or have the usual two people per shift to control condensation. We don´t need to dry the ceilings in the morning following sanitation“
-Mike Hanson, Complex Manager at Tyson Foods.