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Equipment list

Hot/wet processing

  • 10 gal electric jacketed kettle
  • 75 gal steam kettle with agitator
  • 150 gal steam kettle
  • Dixie canning retort
  • Waukesha food pump
  • 40 quart VCM food processor
  • 18 inch Waring immersion blenders

Dry blending/baking

  • 60 quart Hobart mixer
  • 20 quart Univex mixer
  • Baking racks (multiple)
  • Two – Commercial convection ovens
  • Butcher boy ribbon blender

Bottling and packaging

  • Simplex filler (wet product)
  • All-Fill auger filler (dry product)
  • Shrink tunnel plus handhelds
  • Label applicator (round containers)
  • Heat sealers (multiple styles)

Miscellaneous

  • Scales (0.5g to 300 lbs)
  • Hobart commercial dishwasher/sanitizer
  • Forklifts, hand trucks & carts
  • Walk-in cooler & freezer

Brewing/fermenting

  • Bladder press
  • Grape crusher destemmer
  • Ss Brewtech fermenters
  • Glycol chiller
  • Hydrometers
  • Carboys

Canning

  • Dixie can sealer
  • American pressure cooker

Hot/wet processing

  • Steam jacketed kettles 35 - 150 L
  • 35 L swept surface steam kettle
  • Cleveland range steam cabinet
  • Robot Coup — 45 quart food processor
  • Suntech fruit press with hammermill
  • Bladder Press
  • K & K Steam peeler
  • Hobart scrubber or abrasive peeler
  • Langenskamp pulper finisher
  • LanElec slicer
  • Zummo juice extractor
  • 7.5 L vacuum evaporator
  • French fry cutter
  • Weston meat grinder
  • Deep fat fryer

Dryers

  • Harvest Saver tray dryer
  • Laboratory bin dryer
  • Overton single drum dryer — 19”

Centrifuges/separators

  • IEC centrifuge
  • Sorvall Lynx 6000 centrifuge
  • Cream separators
  • Sweco sifter and screens
  • Rimac mini husker
  • Grainman rice mill
  • Tyler sieve shaker
  • Vacuum pumps
  • Oil Press Company oil expeller

Miscellaneous

  • Scales (0.002g to 300 lbs)
  • Electric stove
  • Table-top blenders, mixers and slicers
  • Vacuum and impulse sealers
  • Walk-in cooler and freezer

  • pH meters
  • Refractometers
  • Moisture balances
  • Water activity meter
  • Digital tachometer
  • Digital calipers
  • Hydrometers
  • Hygrometers
  • Thermometers
  • Temperature/data loggers

Contact

Mailing Address:
University of Idaho
1908 E. Chicago Street
Caldwell, ID 83605

Phone: 208-795-5331

Email: ftc@uidaho.edu

Web: uidaho.edu/cals/food-technology

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