WestFarm Foods Serac Line

Nestled on 10.6 acres in Portland, Oregon, the WestFarm Food’s (WFF) plant is an Extended Shelf Life (ESL) processing facility. A producer of national high profile products such as Darigold, Coffeemate® and Nesquik® for Nestlé®, and Silk Soymilk, WestFarm Foods experienced low efficiencies on their sophisticated ultra-pasteurized SERAC filler line.

CEI responsibilities in this project included Process, Project Management 
Support, Product Handling and Ammonia Load Study. 		 WestFarm Foods  

In WestFarm Foods commitment to lower costs and increase efficiencies, Covert Engineers along with WFF staff, developed a plan to meet the increased 
capacity demand of their consumer products by reducing the downtime on the SERAC line and increasing the overall line efficiency to meet or exceed 80% efficiency.

Key areas for this project:

  • Upgrade/modifications to the Bevco depallitizer unit

  • Installation of a high speed bottle delivery system

  • Upgrade of existing packaging systems to accommodate improved efficiencies

  • Identify and Incorporate future packaging requirements/needs

  • Analysis of product processing

  • Equipment floor layout

  • Improve line efficiency from 40% to 80%

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