Food
Hygienic process solutions
Gentle bulk material handling for the demanding requirements of modern food production
HECHT Food applications
Bakery
Typical examples include flour, sugar, baking mixes, enzymes and premixes. What matters here is precise dosing, gentle handling of the product, hygienic design and a stable supply of raw materials to ensure reproducible baking and dough-making processes.
Spices & Flavours
Spices, flavourings and functional powders place high demands on residual emptying, product changeovers and cleaning. Products with a strong odour or flavour, in particular, require a solution that effectively reduces cross-contamination.
Instant Foods
Instant products typically consist of dry mixes, powdered ingredients and functional additives. It is important to ensure homogeneous mixing processes, consistent dosing and the safe handling of fine or dusty ingredients at high throughput rates.
Confectionery
Confectionery processes frequently involve the processing of sugar, cocoa, powdered ingredients and functional additives. Key factors include gentle material handling, precise ingredient dosing and hygienic process stability.
Dairy
Milk powder, protein powder and dry milk components require hygienic process solutions, safe conveying and a design that supports consistent product quality.
Beverages
Powder components for beverage production processes must be metered precisely and incorporated reliably. This requires a reliable supply of raw materials and consistent mixing ratios during operation.
Pasta & Dough
In pasta and dough production processes, flours, starches, premixes and functional ingredients play a key role. Controlled dosing, reliable material handling and a consistent process feed are essential.
Additives & Functional Ingredients
The focus here is on high-quality ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, emulsifiers and functional additives. The challenge lies in precise dosing, safe handling and the reproducible incorporation of small or sensitive components.
Baby Food
Baby food is one of the most sensitive food applications. Hygiene, safe material handling, consistent quality and a design that meets high standards for product protection and cleaning are crucial.
Pet Food
Pet food applications require robust and cost-effective processes for dry ingredients, functional additives and flexible formulations. The key priorities are availability, reliable dosing and a resilient day-to-day production process.
HECHT Systems and plant designs for consistent product quality in food production
The food industry covers a broad spectrum, ranging from baked goods made with flours, sugar and premixes, through to spices and flavourings with intense sensory properties, right through to instant products, confectionery, and dairy and beverage applications involving complex dry mixes. Added to this are pasta, additives and functional ingredients with the highest demands on dosing precision, as well as particularly sensitive areas such as baby food and cost-sensitive applications such as pet food. This results in demanding requirements for precise dosing, gentle product handling, safe product changeovers, minimal residual quantities and hygienic cleaning.
Our process solutions for the food industry
Filling
Filling heads and big bag and small container filling stations.
Emptying
Emptying stations for big bags, drums and sacks.
Convey
For conveying powders and granulates: Pneumatic vacuum conveyors and suction shoes.
Dosing
Precise dosing and weighing components: Dosing sluices, dosing screw and more.
Sampling
Samplers for every requirement: screw, slide, vacuum samplers and more.
Solutions for hygienic food processing
In food production, hygiene, ease of cleaning, recipe quality and cost-effectiveness must all work together seamlessly. At the same time, product build-up, difficult discharge, dusty raw materials, allergen applications, residual quantities and cleaning requirements place high demands on processes and plant. Solutions are therefore required that handle products gently, are designed to meet hygiene standards and enable cost-effective, reproducible production.
Your advantages at a glance
- Maximum hygiene for demanding food processes
- Precise dosing for consistent quality and changing recipes
- Quick, safe product changeovers thanks to cleaning-optimised designs
- Process reliability even with dusty, fine or free-flowing raw materials
- High flexibility for a wide variety of products and sensitive applications
- Reliable plant availability for cost-effective production
- Engineering from pilot testing through design to the production plant
Your requirement - Our expertise
Dust-free & product protection
Find out everything you need to know about keeping things dust-free and protecting your products.
Cleaning
Verifiable cleaning and product safety for the food industry
Automation
Automation solutions for the most demanding requirements in the food industry
Engineering
Find out more about our engineering services here
From modular solutions to turnkey solutions, we are your reliable partner.
Case studies from the food sector
The manufacture of food supplements places high demands on product purity, hygiene and process safety. HECHT developed a bespoke solution for a Swiss contract manufacturer for the dust-free handling of powders from big bags, drums, containers and sacks.
Production of food supplementsDemand for high-quality pet food is constantly rising – as are the requirements for purity, efficiency and safety in its production. As a Hecht technology provider, we are proud to be able to make a significant contribution to the production of biotechnological components for pet food through our innovative process technology.
Better animal feed through reliable biotechnology processesAs part of a pioneering partnership, the HECHT Technologie GmbH and a leading global biotechnology company have developed a state-of-the-art, customised plant for the efficient and safe production of industrial enzymes - a project that sets new standards in technology, safety and sustainability.
Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbHCheese production in the USA is an industry that continues to grow and evolve. Cheese manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to improve the efficiency of their production processes and ensure the quality of their products.
Improving efficiency in cheese production with ‘ HECHT ’ technology
