Cutting-edge technology and in-depth process

From May 4 to 9 at IFFA, Frank­furt (Ger­many) Gea will present their process exper­tise, tech­nol­o­gy lead­er­ship and cus­tomer-cen­tric ser­vices for the meat indus­try under the mot­to ‘Excel­lence at Every Stage’. The tech­nol­o­gy leader will be exhibit­ing at booth D06 in hall 8 and focus on four main appli­ca­tion areas that link back to this year’s theme, specif­i­cal­ly: tem­pu­ra-coat­ed and home­style coat­ed prod­ucts, the art of bacon mak­ing and sausage. Key pro­cess­ing and pack­ag­ing exhibits will be linked to the four appli­ca­tion areas, demon­strat­ing the ben­e­fits of automa­tion; opti­mal process con­trol; as well as the effi­cient use of resources, ener­gy and labor in meat man­u­fac­tur­ing. Excel­lence at every stage is more than just a theme; it is a promise found at the core of Gea’s food pro­cess­ing and pack­ag­ing busi­ness, which encom­pass­es our tech­nol­o­gy, ser­vice and our peo­ple, who strive to deliv­er max­i­mum per­for­mance at each stage of the jour­ney from ingre­di­ents to a deli­cious food product.

Technology in focus

Key inno­va­tions from the equip­ment side include the new Mul­ti­Jec­tor 2mm, the new mul­ti-pur­pose brine injec­tor with flex­i­ble nee­dles; the new ther­mo­form­ing pack­ag­ing machine Pow­er­Pak Plus, the first inline smok­ing appli­ca­tion Super­HeatSmoke on Gea Cook­Star and the Cut­Mas­ter Duo, a pow­er­ful raw sausage cut­ter with two inde­pen­dent dri­ves, each with vari­able speed con­trol. Addi­tion­al­ly, atten­dees will get to see the new decanter series, Gea eco­force for pro­cess­ing high qual­i­ty ani­mal by-prod­ucts and Gea’s inline freez­er con­trol sys­tem Callifreeze.

IFFA atten­dees vis­it­ing the Gea booth will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage with the company’s tech­nol­o­gy at vary­ing lev­els via live demon­stra­tions of inno­v­a­tive food prod­ucts made on Gea equip­ment, through VR tours and inter­ac­tive presentations.

Uniform injection thanks to unique 2mm OptiFlex needles

The new brine injec­tion sys­tem in the Gea Mul­ti­Jec­tor 2mm is specif­i­cal­ly ded­i­cat­ed to pre­cise bacon and poul­try pro­cess­ing, for 700 mm wide lines. The sys­tem fea­tures two mil­lime­ter Opti­Flex nee­dles, to date only avail­able from Gea, which deliv­er a tight injec­tion pat­tern, allow­ing for excep­tion­al injec­tion accu­ra­cy, prod­uct qual­i­ty and con­sis­ten­cy. The new equip­ment is seam­less­ly inte­grat­ed with­in the Gea Super­Chill brine chiller and the Gea Mul­ti­Shak­er, which removes excess brine, clos­es nee­dle marks and acti­vates pro­teins, ulti­mate­ly result­ing in low stan­dard devi­a­tion dur­ing pro­duc­tion and thus increas­ing qual­i­ty, yield and profit.

Gea at the IFFA 2019: Hall 8, Stand D06