As beverage processing companies look to achieve sustainability goals, experts note that high-quality lubricants can be instrumental in optimizing production factors like waste reduction, energy efficiency and water consumption.
Food-grade lubricants are helping beverage-makers protect their products’ integrity, efficacy and safety. Additionally, as demands rise for certifications and allergen-free products, suppliers are actively working to meet those needs.
As food grade lubricants are used to protect food and beverage processing machinery that is at risk of wear, these lubricants must meet safety standards specific to their application.
In beverage warehouses, operations have a broad checklist to ensure safe beverage production, but today’s lubricant manufacturers are doing their part to take worry off their minds.
To help keep operations on task, beverage manufacturers and distributors are seeing an increased need to have accumulation systems support their conveying solutions.
InTrek Keg Carousel increases keg capacity by 20 percent
July 14, 2017
InTrek Logistics LLC announced that it has increased the keg capacity of its patented InTrek Keg Carousel by 20 percent, going from 10 sixth barrels in each carrier to 12 barrels in each carrier with a maximum height of 25 feet.
The idiom “greasing the skids” commonly is used when describing a mechanism to help matters run smoothly. It is especially apropos for beverage plants that literally have to “grease the skids” with lubricants like oils, greases, pastes and sprays in order to keep multiple pieces of equipment in the supply chain operating at peak efficiency.