Reducing Cycle Time in Frozen Gel-Bag Production
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2017-12-01
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Thompson, Christian
Reichert, Dustin
Paris, Dylan
Lu, Guangyu
Winch, Mathew
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Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Abstract
PurFoods, estimates they will use two million gel-bags in the fiscal year to place in their meal packages. Currently the cycle time to freeze gel-bags in a -10℉ freezer is about 24 hours, causing issues with time needed for production.