ME FOOD SOLUTIONS: A NEW AMBITIOUS PROJECT IN OMAN
ME Food Solutions has recently taken on an ambitious project for the Omani company Salalah Mills Co. SAOG, which operates internationally in the field of grain milling and distribution. It is a demanding challenge that requires all the know-how that the company has acquired through years of experience in the field, also thanks to the synergic relationship with customers who demand increasingly high-performance and safe plants.
The plant, is designed to guarantee a production of 4500kg/hour of bakery products (including: round buns, elongated buns, kaiser, ciabatta, baguette, pizza, croissants, loaf bread etc.) and consists of a complex and articulated network of five production lines comprising dozens of machines including: freezing, cooling and leavening spirals, transfer belts, conveyors, evaporators etc.
In the design and construction of the plant for Salalah Mills Co. SAOG, ME Food Solutions made use of the highest level of components provided by market leaders in the production of deep-freezing components and operating in countries where average annual temperatures are very high. All this, with a view to continuous innovation, has allowed to use an avant-garde technology capable of operating with a transcritical CO2 system, guaranteeing the results of a deep-freezing plant that overall develops a maximum cooling capacity of 720Kw.
The operation of the entire plant, scheduled for August 2024, requires an intensive design and production planning effort by ME Food Solutions’ engineers. It also requires constant supervision of the assembly work and any adjustments during the work, also in relation to all the operators on the site.
To this end, ME Food Solutions has high-level designers and a team of skilled fitters who pay attention to every single detail. An up-to-date web portal also allows real-time monitoring of every single system installed, guaranteeing remote assistance seven days a week.
Another feature of this plant is that it is completely oil-free. This is of crucial importance at a time when attention to food quality, both during production and transportation, has assumed very high levels whit the aim to guarantee the health of the end consumer.
In addition, the complete elimination of areas of accumulation and stagnation of contaminating residues, enabling ME Food Solution to comply with the very high legal standards imposed by the strict regulations issued by the European Union and other international institutions (e.g. FDA certification), thus advancing the so-called hygiene philosophy, a cardinal point of the company’s entire vision.
Finally, ME Food Solutions has chosen to assembly and test the entire plant directly in its own premises. In this way, the customer can monitor each stage of the order’s evolution and the day-to-day progress of the entire job. This method avoids misunderstandings, unforeseen events and rough modifications. It also allows the drastic reduction of installation times and the immediate start-up of the plant, with the consequent start of production activities without delays and related economic losses on the part of the customer.
