DSI™ Upgrade Kits

We are committed to keeping your portioning systems operating at peak efficiency.  Our DSI upgrade kits extend equipment service life, reduce maintenance cost or effort, or improve system performance. Upgrade kits are available to address component obsolescence or convert a machine to a different mode of operation.

For more information, complete the Sales Questions form, or call us at +1 800 408 7788 (+1 419 624 3242).

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DSI 800 Series Upgrade Kits

DSI™ Full Service Operating Lease

If you are new to portioning, conserving capital, or contemplating a contract of unknown duration, the DSI full service operating lease may be right for you. Improve UpTime®, yield or weight accuracy via regularly scheduled service and applications visits. The duration of the full service operating lease and the frequency of regularly scheduled sites visits can be tailored to meet your needs and is available on all DSI equipment.

JBT provides (for a monthly fee):

  • DSI equipment
  • Routine expert service support
  • Software and hardware upgrades
  • Applications support
  • Wear parts
  • Optional uptime guarantee

DSI™ Portioning Systems Training

Our DSI equipment is a valuable investment which merits skillful maintenance to ensure optimum performance and long life. Proper training is one of the best ways to ensure the highest quality results. We offer training sessions designed for the people who will actually operate the machinery and perform the maintenance. Certified DSI Technicians provide instruction at our training facilities in Sandusky, Ohio or Alpharetta, Georgia which offers uninterrupted sessions in a non-production environment.


Training Content and Benefits:

  • Basic DSI Portioner Applications training extends the student’s understanding of the DSI Portioning systems and related support equipment – students will use real life examples to understand cut program variables
  • Basic DSI Waterjet Portioner Maintenance training includes the pump and intensifier
  • Intense hands on sessions allow the students the opportunity to learn the details of all the major subsystems – includes servo/cutting system, computer software system and scanning system
  • Participants will improve their skills in:
    • Proper portioner setup
    • Maintenance and troubleshooting to maximize portioning efficiency and minimize costly downtime
  • For experienced operators who would like more in-depth and technical instruction, we offer Advanced Training classes customized for your specific needs.
  • For those customers unable to send staff to our facility, our team can provide onsite training.


Training classes for:

  • New machines
  • Existing equipment (Including DSI™ 600, 700 and 800 Series Portioning systems)
  • Onsite refresher training

Pasteurizers & Sterilizers

JBT has a long history and record of accomplishment for consistent, high-quality pasteurization and in-container sterilization of packaged foods. Our solutions are renowned for their outstanding temperature distribution and low utility consumption. Our global Research & Technology Centers assist you in developing the most efficient thermal processes to ensure consistent product quality, food safety and extended shelf life.

A&B Pasteurizers/HTST Systems

If you need a reliable machine to sterilize your dairy goods, check out our custom High Temperature Short Time (HTST) pasteurization systems. These pasteurizers are designed using current 3-A sanitary standards, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) standards and other accepted practices. Additionally, we offer process automation and control systems created to accommodate heat transfer via plate and frame. 

Features & Benefits

  • Insulated and/or shrouded assemblies available on request
  • Engineering services available for Clean-In-Place (CIP) integration and pre-fabricated modular systems
  • Designed to accommodate heat transfer via plate and frame, triple tube, direct steam injection, and batch pasteurization
  • Process automation and control systems compliant with current 3-A and/or pasteurization milk ordinance standards and acceptable practices

Details

  • Our A&B HTST systems apply to dairy, beverage and juice, fluid egg, and other pasteurized products

Batch Retort Machines & Sterile Processing

Advanced sterilization systems that reduce processing time while ensuring precise temperature and pressure control

What if you could save time and energy but still guarantee the pressure and temperature needed to ensure sterilization? Imagine achieving your target food safety and shelf-stability objectives with lower costs and greater productivity. That’d be a welcome adjustment to your production line.

We think so, too. JBT’s ready to help you streamline your food and pharmaceutical manufacturing with retort machines designed for:

  • Automated hardware integration
  • Energy efficiency
  • Steaming, cooling, canning
  • Container flexibility
  • Sanitation and sterilization

Plus, our specialists work with you to determine the ideal batch retort solution for your processing needs. It’s what makes JBT batch retort processing equipment so successful in so many markets, like:

JBT offers the total retort processing package you’re looking for. Together, we can improve your operations and your outputs in the best possible way.

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Automated Batch Retort Systems (ABRS)

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SuperAgi™ – Agitating Batch Retort

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SuperCRss Batch Retort

SuperCRss™ – Batch Retort

A fully automated retort that processes cans of all sizes and volumes from large foodservice cans to small retail cans. The SuperCRss sterilizes foods such […]

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Static Retort – Steam Water Spray™ (SWS)

Steam is directly injected in the bottom of the retort for fast and uniform come-up. Water sprays running over the entire shell length intensely mix […]

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JBT SuperStatic Retort

SuperStatic Retort

Increase your bottom line by saving process time, floorspace and energy. Sterilize foods such as beans, fruits, vegetables, meat, soups, and pet food.

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Hybrid Layer Pad

A technology break-through for Super-Agi™ agitating retorts, the Hybrid Layer Pad is specifically designed to securely hold irregularly shaped bottles or containers during rocking or […]

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Low Energy Suction System

A technology break-through for static Steam Water Spray (SWS) retorts, our Low Energy Suction System (LESS) provides food processors more energy savings by employing a new, bolt-on system […]

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Efficient Agitation

Efficient Agitation System

EA provides recipe-driven linear motion within the retort to add product agitation which leads to faster product heating and cooling.

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Contact our team today with any questions about these products or how they benefit your operations.

JBT Retort Food Processing, Always a Smart Choice

Sanitizing food with JBT’s processing equipment makes good sense for a bunch (or batch!) of reasons. In fact, we’ve earned an admirable reputation in the industrial food manufacturing machinery space precisely because we bring so much value to the factory floor.

In addition to lower ownership costs and best-in-market resale value, there are plenty of other driving factors for this. Our food processing equipment – much more than mere autoclaves, industrial coolers, and industrial cookers – is packed with truly intelligent and useful features and options. 

  • Options for fully automated integration of all hardware (including the retorts)
  • Models with high holding capacity accommodate a large range of container types
  • Fast and uniform processing
  • Homogeneous temperature distribution
  • Indirect, sterile cooling via a plate heat exchanger
  • Saves water and eliminates the need for water treatment chemicals
  • Significantly decreases heating and cooling costs per process
  • Can securely hold irregularly shaped containers during rocking or agitating
  • LOG-TEC thermal process control monitors the retort system
  • Basket Tracking System (BTS) coordinates and tracks basket movements 
  • Advanced technology

Can you imagine JBT’s sterile food processing machinery plugging away in your facility? With all of these capabilities, you can be confident that your food production is consistently as productive, accurate, and safe as possible.

Why Choose JBT

Your job is complex enough. Work with JBT – we can make it simpler and generate better results. That’s a great deal!

JBT’s extensive portfolio includes an assortment of products, services, and support to address the never-ending challenges of running a business. We’ve got the solutions an industrial food processor like you could possibly require.

There’s no need to look farther afield than JBT for seamless and efficient food production operations. We’ve got more than just machines to support your operation.

Best Selection of FoodTech

That JBT steam retort machine you have in the production line is a stellar piece of food processing equipment. We can’t argue there. However, it does not form the complete set-up needed to make your product.

Anticipating your broader needs, we have a wide product lineup that includes other high-performance JBT FoodTech for tasks such as:

With the breadth of heavy-duty food manufacturing machines that JBT offers (not to mention our upgrade kitspartsdetergents, and lubricants), it’s no wonder you’ll be able to:

  • Conveniently shop for equipment with one supplier
  • Tailor your production line to suit your needs
  • Mix and match brands to get exactly what you want
  • Replace single components of your current set-up or assemble a full production line
  • Agilely respond to product, process, or regulatory changes
  • Smoothly scale operations

JBT hardware is deployed at companies around the globe. Why? Industrial food processors trust JBT because we deliver – over and over again. 

Excellent Software & Services

Top-shelf machinery isn’t all JBT’s able to offer you. We also take customer care seriously. We’re happy to offer:

  • Software, like iOPS® and ProSIGHT™, to better manage your operations
  • Training in areas such as operation/maintenance, control systems, and food safety
  • PRoCARE® to make preventive and maintenance care for your equipment easy

Software or services are often the key to getting discrete supplies and equipment, operations, and personnel to gel into a cohesive, high-functioning system.

Innovation & Testing Hubs

JBT’s Research & Technology Centers are one customer perk that sets us apart. These unique and remarkable facilities are available to you so you can try out machines, explore production line set-ups, perfect your recipes and techniques, and access to technical expertise and data. They are truly so much more than just test kitchens or labs!

Your Partner in Food Processing

In today’s complex manufacturing and marketing environments, the logistics and decisions involved in running a food business can seem overwhelming. With JBT at your side, you aren’t facing the chaos alone. We’re a team whose combined force can make your operation more manageable and prosperous.

At JBT, we take the long view – one that looks beyond a single sales agreement. Our aim is to establish a lasting, collaborative relationship with you. It’s the best way we know of to:

  • Help you get the most out of your investment
  • Let us show you the attention and respect you’re due
  • Strengthen your business and ours

You can count on us to be here for you before, during, and after your purchase. Our experts are on hand to assist you anytime.

The Comprehensive Solutions You Need

JBT is the smart solution for your end-to-end FoodTech needs. We offer all the equipment, services, and support you require and are ready to help you. Contact us today to see how we can improve your food manufacturing operations.

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Automated Batch Retort Systems (ABRS)

When you need fully automated integration of all hardware (including the retorts), our ABRS is the answer.The ABRS is designed for the transportation of baskets from loader station to sterilization retorts and from there on to an unload station and packaging area.

Features & Benefits

  • Semi-Automatic or Fully Automatic
  • Sweep-On/Off System for rigid containers
  • Robotic system for flexible containers
  • Transport by fixed conveyor, shuttle (single or double) or Automated Guided Vehicle

Details

  • Rigid containers (bottles, cans, etc)
  • Semi-rigid (tubs, etc.)
  • Flexible (pouches, etc.)

SuperAgi™ – Agitating Batch Retort

In our SuperAgi sterilizer the light perforated plate structured drum closely links to the basket – with spray pipes integrated in the drum. The vessel measures 1,500 mm. The narrow fitted drum enables top clamping of the basket, ensuring high holding capacity for a large range of container types.The smaller diameter of the vessel and the narrower void between drum and shell generate savings in steam, compressed air and cooling/process water with minimal F0 differences.

Features & Benefits

  • Patented Rotary Water Coupling
  • Spray-pipes integrated in light-weight drum
  • Reduced process time
  • Most efficient heat distribution
  • Absolute flow meter and level probe
  • High quality design and construction
  • Micro cooling
  • Precise temperature and pressure control
  • Precise, reproducible execution of pre-programmed recipes
  • Ultimate container flexibility: rigid containers (bottles, cans, etc.); semi-rigid (tubs, etc.) and flexible (pouches, etc.)

Details

  • Retorts are at the heart of many shelf-stable food processing lines such as:
  • Ready-meals
  • Baby food, pet food, soups, sauces
  • Mushrooms, vegetables, beans, and more
  • Milk (plain, chocolate, milkshakes, cream, etc.)
  • Fruits juices, non-carbonated beverages, tea, coffee, etc.

Options & Models

  • SA151
  • SA154
  • SA155
  • SA156

SuperCRss™ – Batch Retort

A fully automated retort that processes cans of all sizes and volumes from large foodservice cans to small retail cans.

The SuperCRss sterilizes foods such as beans, fruits, vegetables, meat, soups, and pet food. This retort equipped with a LOGTEC Process Controller coupled with an automatic loading & unloading system provides the customer with food safety, basket tracking, equipment reliability, and labor savings.

Features & Benefits

  • Mild Steel: Long life thanks to the use of mild steel that enables direct cooling without the possibility of stress corrosion cracking.
  • Saturated Steam Cook: Superior heat transfer to product
  • Direct Cool: No pumps or heat exchangers
  • Static Processing: No damage to sensitive products
  • Flexibility: All rigid container sizes and shapes
  • Up to 12 Basket Capacity: High Throughput
  • Automated Conveyor and Doors: Personnel safety and reduced labor
  • Insulated Shell: Reduced steam consumption
  • Clog Resistant Nozzles: Reduced maintenance

Details

SuperCRss Details

Available Options

  • Fully automated or manually operated
  • Integrated with Material Handling System
  • Holding capacity from 6 to 12 baskets
  • Global Pressure Vessel Certification
  • LOG-TEC Momentum or Model E Control Platform
  • Industry 4.0 with iOPS
  • Double Door
  • Internal Conveyor