Educational Posts
Posts in the Educational category
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Selecting Magnets For Meat & Bone Meal Applications
- May 26, 2020
- Educational
The flow properties of meat and bone meal presents a serious challenge to most conventional magnets found in a rendering facility. This is due to the harsh environments of these facilities, inc... -
Achieving Effective Magnetic Separation Without Affecting Line Pressure
- April 17, 2020
- Educational
In accordance with HACCP International Food Safety Standard 0909MAGSEP 1-2010 and our own criteria, Magnattack® RE80® Magnetic Separators are designed to achieve maximum product stream coverage. Thi... -
4 Sanitary Magnetic Separators Designed For Pharmaceutical Companies
- April 3, 2020
- Educational
If you’re in the pharmaceutical industry, you know the importance of sanitary processing equipment...and that includes magnetic separators. In an age where many and varied magnet designs are easil... -
3 Reasons You Should Frequently Monitor & Clean Your Magnets
- November 21, 2019
- Educational
It's all well and good to install magnetic separators to help protect your product from metal contamination...but failing to frequently monitor & clean your magnets can have some less-th... -
100% Magnetic Separation Guarantee Should Never Be Promised...And This Is Why
- November 14, 2019
- Educational
A client recently asked us if we could 100% guarantee that our magnets would pick up every metal fragment in their processing lines. Rather than over-promise and lead the client down a false path of s... -
Achieving Efficient & Hygienic Magnetic Separation in Sensitive Dairy Powders
- May 6, 2019
- Educational
It is essential that magnets installed in sensitive dry product lines, such as dairy powders and infant formulas, are not only high-strength and efficient but are also of sanitary design. Poorly de... -
5 Sanitary Advantages of The Mag-Ram Self-Cleaning Grate Magnet
- May 6, 2019
- Educational
With an increased focus on food safety and product purity in the industry, and with regulations such as FSMA becoming more stringent, it is essential that your processing equipment and magnetic separa... -
What Will Impact The Strength Of A Magnet?
- April 4, 2019
- Educational
The strength of a magnet, usually measured in gauss or pull, is one factor that determines the effectiveness of a magnetic separator. In the food industry, equipment is exposed to a variety of diff... -
Improving Food Safety And Profitability With Metal Fragment Control
- April 3, 2019
- Educational
The introduction of the new FSMA Act and the tightening of industry standards is forcing food manufacturers to be more proactive (rather than 'reactive') in reducing their food safety risks. ... -
What Is 'Shorting Out'?
- March 12, 2019
- Educational
In basic terms, 'shorting-out' is used in food industry magnetics to describe when the surface strength is 'used up' by the build-up of contaminants collected on the surface of the magnet. This ty... -
'Dead-Zones' Explained
- February 8, 2019
- Educational
What are 'dead-zones'? Dead-zone is a term often used when discussing the design of magnetic separation systems, particularly those for liquid/wet food applications. Put simply, a dead... -
Metal In Your Hot Dog?
- January 2, 2019
- Educational
We have a solution... The RE80HT Emulsion & Slurry Pipeline Separator has proven successful in numerous meat emulsion and slurry applications around the world, due to its hydrodynamic design an...
