J-TEC FOOD PROCESS SOLUTIONS FOR THE FO O D & BEVER AGE INDUSTR IES
AB O UT J-T EC WHA T W E D O
J-Tec Material Handling provides material handling and process engineering solutions to leading players in the chemical and food industries all over the world. We design, supply, build and maintain processing systems for powders, pellets and liquids. We deliver single process lines as well as complete turnkey installations. PER SONA L A P PRO A C H
Our strength lies in the personal approach we bring to every project. We don’t offer one-size-fits-all, instead we listen to our customers and use our in-house knowledge, expertise and tools to develop a tailor-made solution for every project. J-Tec is a partner during the entire process: from the conceptual design, to the detailed engineering, procurement and manufacturing, up to installation and commissioning, and even training and maintenance if required. NOT S U P P LI ER- B O U N D
One of the main advantages of working with J-Tec is that we are supplier independent.
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J-Tec focuses on niche markets. This helps us to really understand our customers and enables us to provide them with the most optimal solutions and services throughout the entire process. This strategy has many benefits, such as a higher level of expertise, improved problem solving capacities and a better understanding of our customers’ needs. J -T EC IS P A R T O F K A T O E N N AT I E
Katoen Natie develops tailor-made logistic and engineering solutions for its customers’ products. The combination of engineering, technology, logistics and semi-industrial activities result in strong concepts each time. J-Tec Material Handling is one of Katoen Natie’s independent business units. TUR N- K EY P R OJ E C T E N G I N E E RI N G C A P A BI LI T I E S
Katoen Natie has the experience and staff to offer you the best complete concepts. In cooperation with the business unit “Supply Chain Engineering”, we are able to build entire green field projects.
FOOD Product quality is becoming more and more important to consumers worldwide. It’s a no-brainer that good manufacturing practices and avoiding contamination are essential in the food and beverage industries. HACCP expertise, different ways of tracking & tracing ingredients, and close cooperation with EHEDG and 3A: these food industry standards make J-Tec a reliable partner. Our food engineers design and build tailor-made solutions whilst making sure our high standard of hygiene is met, with a high regard for operator safety and OPEX/CAPEX balance, all whilst guaranteeing the expected process performance expected by our customers.
FOOD INGREDIENTS High quality food ingredients, free of any kind of contamination, determine the quality of the final product, such as healthy and reliable baby food or the finest cookies, snacks and sweets. For designing and building installations that produce ingredients, J-Tec combines its expertise in building process installations for A-brand producers in the food industry with its knowhow in handling products such as lactose, starches, yeast, flavours, sugar, spices, flours, oils and fats. We have extensive experience in delivering high-end process installations throughout the entire food chain.
INFANT NUTRITION Adapted nutrition in the first three years of life is critical for lifelong health. To produce the highest quality of infant nutrition, you need a reliable partner with the right expertise and knowhow. Our engineers have a vast experience with designing and building validated process solutions for manipulating, dosing, blending, sieving and sampling different ingredients, whilst their know-how in installation cleanability makes sure any possible kind of contamination is avoided. Thanks to its worldwide references, J-Tec is considered a market leader in building turnkey blending installations for infant nutrition.
SNACKS & BAKED FOOD Producing the highest quality snacks, whether they’re biscuits, crisps, cereal, pizza or bread, always starts by preparing the perfect dough. Every snack or food is made unique by adding one or more creams, flavourings, seasonings or by dipping it in chocolate. Our engineers are experienced in creating concepts for the automation of the storage, sieving, dosing and blending of dry and wet ingredients such as flour, starch, sugar, salt, yeast, oils and fat for producing dough and cream in a lean and clean way and adhering to the highest hygiene food standards.
TE C HNOL O GY Techniques can vary according to industry, product characteristics, and so on. Our customers’ product expertise combined with J-Tec’s knowhow in technology guarantees the leanest and most efficient product handling during every stage of the production process.
RECEPTION, STORAGE & CONDITIONING
As quality control is crucial for production facilities, we include techniques such as sieving, magnet traps, and metal detection in our validation process by sampling the inbound and outbound products. Product loss is reduced by: °
Optimising the storage solutions (silos, containers, tanks)
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Avoiding product degradation during storage by controlling the atmospheric conditions around the product (drying, heating, cooling)
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Defining the optimal extraction system
Furthermore, J-Tec develops devices for filling bags, (F)IBC, octabins and bulk trucks with a high capacity and minimum of dust and waste creation.
CONVEYING
Every production process consists of different steps, most of which are physically separate from each other. Nevertheless, intermediate products need to be transported with minimum degradation. J-Tec has vast experience in common solutions such as pneumatic transport for solids, pumps for liquids and mechanical transports (screws, vibratory trays, conveyor belts, AGVs, etc). We have a well-equipped test centre at our headquarters with capabilities in over and under pressure systems, both in the dense and dilute phases.
DOSING & WEIGHING
Continuous or batch, volumetric or gravimetric, loss-in-weight or gainin-weight… Accurate dosing for recipe preparation or control weighing for stock management all require different weighing systems. J-Tec is able to guarantee optimal design of the weighing and dosing concept, thanks to our specific expertise in dosing and weighing and our test facilities for trials with liquids and solids.
MIXING & BLENDING
Blending powders with powders, mixing liquids with powders, or liquids with liquids are common activities in the solid and liquid business. Batch size, cleanability of the mixer, energy needed to create a homogeneous mix, continuous or batch, are just a few parameters that determine which mixer best suits a particular application. To guarantee the best solution for you, we select the right blender or mixer based on your product expertise combined with our knowhow in the existing technologies and test it extensively in our lab.
AUTOMATION
Important logistic decisions are based on the process control system: timed ordering of raw materials, tracing of a certain batch, and so on. Our team of engineers can provide complete solutions from concept through execution to start-up.
CLEANING
The food industry is met with a higher demand for flexibility and shorter changeover times. A well-selected cleaning methodology such as dry cleaning, washing in place (WIP) or cleaning in place (CIP) has a huge impact on the total operation cost (OPEX). Our years of experience in building installations and analysing the operational cost enables us to create optimal solutions. Accessibility and cleanability of installations are crucial elements we already take into account during the conceptual design phase.
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