Allpax offers canneries the Allpax orbital door retorts that replace swing-open door retorts to increase capacity from 8% to 33%, depending on the current basket capacity of the retort room. Production increases can approximate or exceed the equivalent basket capacity of installing an additional retort.
Allpax orbital door retorts rotate up, thereby using floor space more efficiently than retorts with the swing-open configuration.
In other recent initiatives, Allpax helps to improve the environmental footprint of the cannery with energy and water savings
Under the new initiative, the Allpax cannery auditor will also examine energy and water usage and prepare a cost/benefit analysis of incorporating Allpax energy and water savings technology introduced in 2015.
The Allpax water saver system reduces the cost of water disposal and usage by up to 50%, while making free hot water available for plant operations.
This cooling water recovery technology gives canneries the ability to use the hot water from a standard water spray retort cycle during the first stages of cooling to capture hot water, and then in the second stages of cooling to contain the warm water and use it in the next cycle instead of disposing of it.
The Allpax waste-heat recovery technology captures steam in a vented tank where it condenses into hot water.
This water can be used to supplement hot water in lavatories and cleaning stations or it can be run through heat exchangers for heating food or other processes at the plant.
