Thermal Process Modeling

JBT’s experienced food scientists continually develop new and innovative processing techniques to support global food processors and packaging manufacturers. Our thermal process modeling expertise is acknowledged by leading health organizations for the reliability and predictability of thermal control.

Thermal Process Modeling

LOG-TEC®

Our proven FDA and USDA accepted LOG-TEC thermal process control system monitors the retort system, consisting of one or more batch retorts, on a central […]

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Thermal Process Consulting

Having sold over 40,000 machines worldwide, JBT engineers and technicians have solved some of the toughest food processing problems. Today, more than 50% of the […]

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LOG-TEC®

Our proven FDA and USDA accepted LOG-TEC thermal process control system monitors the retort system, consisting of one or more batch retorts, on a central host PC. It executes self-tests and checks all field devices and sensors prior to start-up. LOG-TEC also centrally controls and automatically records temperature deviations without operator intervention.

Optional online lethality tracking software allows process deviation correction on the basis of online Fo calculations.

Features & Benefits

  • Central Host PC
  • Easy supervision of the retort installation
  • Editing and managing of process recipes
  • Process data is safely stored in encrypted format
  • Access is password-protected
  • Ensures exact repetition of programmed sterilization profiles
  • Process records meet HACCP requirements
  • Accepted by the FDA and USDA

Options & Models

  • LOG-TEC Momentum
  • LOG-TEC-E

Thermal Process Consulting

Having sold over 40,000 machines worldwide, JBT engineers and technicians have solved some of the toughest food processing problems. Today, more than 50% of the world’s shelf-stable foods are filled, seamed or sterilized on JBT equipment. 

 

Our food scientists are continually developing new processing techniques, while also supporting food processors with ongoing thermal process needs. Our Research & Technology Centers (RTC) are working behind the scenes to make the food and beverages you process even better.

 

Our RTCs are located around the world and all services are provided on a strictly confidential basis.

Features & Benefits

  • Heat Penetration Studies
  • Temperature Distribution Studies
  • Heat Transfer distribution Studies
  • Process Deviation evaluation
  • Process Development and Optimization
  • Process Validation
  • Container Performance Testing
  • Regulatory Assistance
  • Training and audits
  • Support on water- treatment and water-analysis
  • Studies on filling accuracy

Details

  • Process Simulation Capabilities: Our pilot plants and laboratory facilities are equipped with the most modern processing and simulation equipment in the industry.
  • Broad Container Processing Capabilities: We provide process solutions for all types of rigid and semi-rigid containers.
  • Pilot Sterilizer Rental

Options & Models

  • RTC locations for thermal processing:
  • Madera, California (US)
  • Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
  • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Ningbo, China

Tenderizers, Macerators, & Presses

Cutting-edge industrial meat-processing equipment to improve the taste, texture, and tenderness of your meat, poultry, and seafood products

JBT’s innovative line of commercial meat tenderizers, macerators, and presses are designed with flexibility and convenience in mind. With a range of user settings and configurations, our meat-processing equipment gives you maximum control over your product without sacrificing efficiency or output.

From blade-style tenderization systems like the Wolf-tec T-MAX, which breaks down and softens connective tissues to improve texture, to versatile curing presses like the Schröder PSM 650, which easily adjusts to accommodate batches of mixed muscles, JBT’s meat processing equipment is designed to integrate seamlessly into your existing production lines. 

Our exemplary collection of machinery allows you to optimize the efficiency of your processes and the quality of your products simultaneously; this enables you to cut costs and boost profits while building trust and confidence with your customers.

JBT Schroeder HAMAX 800

JBT Schröder HAMAX – Whole Muscle Stuffer

The main area of use of the HAMAX 800 whole muscle stuffer is automatic filling of fresh (for example, as restructured meat) or cured meat […]

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JBT Schroeder MacMAX 500 roller tenderizer

JBT Schröder MacMax 500 – Roller Tenderizer

For the production of high-quality cooked ham, massaging the muscles is an important part of the process. Protein is activated which ensures optimum bonding. This process […]

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JBT Schroeder T MAX 600 needle tenderizer

JBT Schröder T-MAX 620 – Needle Tenderizer

The different fibre structures within a muscle absorb the injected brine in different ways. Brine pockets and inhomogeneous brine distribution must be prevented for high quality requirements.The Schröder […]

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JBT Schroeder PSM 650 curing press

JBT Schröder PSM 650 – Curing Press

Processing muscles with a hard structure needs special attention in the production of high-quality ham. The lack of flexibility makes the forming and filling process […]

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Wolf-tec Polar Flex Carve Macerator

Wolf-tec Polar Flex Carve Macerator

We developed our Wolf-tec Polar Flexcarve Macerator to put multiple surface treatment options for meat and poultry sub primals and portions at your fingertips.

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alco Tenderizer ASC

alco Tenderizer – ASC

The most user friendly needle tenderizer on the market, providing excellent hygienic design and sanitation ease.

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Modern Features for Convenience & Superior Quality

Our comprehensive range of tenderizers, macerators, and presses are designed to maximize user control, facilitate increased precision, and improve product quality, yield, and uniformity. Our machinery is designed to integrate into diverse production-line setups and adapt to a variety of needs and objectives.

  • Improved muscle tenderness and texture — Different fiber structures within a muscle absorb brine in different ways; our tenderizers are designed to penetrate the entire muscle without disrupting the surface, optimizing brine distribution and balancing out different muscle textures.
  • Reduced massage times — Our products improve yield and product quality while simultaneously improving efficiency and limiting time requirements.
  • User-friendly, flexible controls Multiple settings allow you to individually adjust factors like pressure, rolling distance, and number and type of blade, improving user control and oversight.
  • Increased precision — Innovative technologies combined with rigorous testing mean our equipment stands above the competition in terms of precision, efficiency, and process and product uniformity.

Comprehensive Support From Industry Experts

JBTs world-renowned collection of tenderizers, macerators, presses, and other food-processing equipment is backed up by our holistic, top-of-the-line customer service and support. We stand by our innovative solutions and are committed to helping you reach new heights in your specific markets. We offer on-site service and maintenance as well as workforce training and preventative equipment support and improved financial predictability through PRoCARE®.

Built-In Intelligence for Ease of Operation

Our equipment is designed to maximize user control and process flexibility with built-in intelligence. For example, the Wolf-tec Polar Flex Carve Macerator can communicate via Polar Link with any IMAX injector to ensure total control of your entire process. JBT’s equipment is customizable and built to integrate into your existing production lines with ease.

Tried & True Leadership with JBT

We opened our doors over a century ago. Since then, the food processing industry has undergone tremendous change. Throughout our history, JBT has become the gold standard for FoodTech solutions. Our job is to provide you with the support and technology you need to rise above your competition and carve out a unique space in your industry. With extensive experience in dozens of diverse markets around the globe, JBT has the knowledge, expertise, and tenacity to help you achieve your business dreams. 

We can assist you in overhauling your entire operation, or offer you integrated solutions and support to fit in perfectly with your existing line. No matter your goal, JBT is here to help you optimize your production system, yield superior results, and increase your bottom line.

Excellence & Innovation in Technology

JBT is known around the world for our ability to constantly revolutionize food-processing technology. That’s because we take the time to learn what consumers and providers are looking for. You know your industry better than anyone. That’s why our business model is based on prioritizing user safety, customization, craftsmanship, and real-world performance. We also pride ourselves on providing the best in customer support, allowing our partners access to all of our services. With JBT you’ll be able to:

  • Peruse our extensive collection of world-class equipment
  • Customize your production line to optimize performance and efficiency
  • Test our machines and integrate equipment from multiple brands to ensure peak operations
  • Get substitutions for individual components to keep your production line running smoothly
  • Take advantage of individualized services, including upgrade kits, parts, service and maintenance, and training

Expertise in Multiple Industries

JBT has spent years working and innovating in numerous sectors all over the world. By working with clients from various industries with unique needs and goals, we have been able to gain knowledge, experience, and trusted partnerships across markets, including:

Prioritizing Community & Partnership

At JBT, our mission is to continue to break down barriers and blaze trails in the world of FoodTech. But we know that we can’t do it alone. That’s why collaboration has always been at the heart of our approach. We don’t just have customers; we invest in long-term relationships with our clients. Our success is predicated on our ability to help you reach your goals. Therefore, we remain committed to building a strong partnership and prioritizing your specific goals and challenges.

Committing to a collaborative and communication-based partnership is the best way to not only foster new ideas, but to reshape the way we think about what’s possible in FoodTech. When we work together, anything is achievable.

JBT’s Centers for Research & Development

We’re so much more than a FoodTech equipment manufacturer. In addition to our innovative machinery, we support and actively participate in the advancement of research around the world. We offer our partners exclusive, coveted access to our global Research & Technology Centers, which act as hubs of innovation, education, and collaboration for leaders in the food-processing industry.

When you visit our R&T centers, you gain access to the most advanced equipment, technologies, data, and expertise in the food-processing industry today. You’ll have the opportunity to test machinery, trial production-line setups, hone recipes and processes, and validate product and user safety.

Your Trusted Partner in FoodTech

Our extensive collection of FoodTech solutions enables us to provide targeted, customizable fixes and optimizations for the toughest challenges in the food-processing industry. We’re more than a supplier. We don’t just manufacture cutting-edge equipment; we’re truly invested in your company’s future and success. 

As we continue to innovate new and better machinery and solutions, we also offer high-level ongoing support and devote ourselves to understanding your unique goals, challenges, and needs so we’re able to make a real, measurable difference in your supply chain. Contact us to learn more about our offerings and let us know how we can help.

JBT Schröder HAMAX – Whole Muscle Stuffer

The main area of use of the HAMAX 800 whole muscle stuffer is automatic filling of fresh (for example, as restructured meat) or cured meat parts/pieces of meat (for example, as raw and cooked cured meat) in artificial casings. The fundamental principle of the machine is based on a hydraulically driven piston that presses the meat into the casings. The HAMAX 800 whole muscle stuffer forms the technical requirement for increasing the efficiency in the production of sliced goods which are calibrated in length and thickness. In combination with an automated double clipping-machine, swift and efficient processing can be reached, which was previously very time-consuming for these products. The combination of the whole muscle stuffer and the integrated cutting system is the innovative factor. This affects the exact portioning of pork loins with tendon.

Features & Benefits

  • Production capacity of up to 1.2 t/h
  • The duration of the work interval is 6 – 8 seconds (that is, product entry, product pressing and product output)
  • Only one operator required
  • Exact caliber filling with defined filling lengths
  • Prepared for connection to a double-clipping machine
  • Cut losses reduced by up to 50%
  • Casing consumption reduced by up to 30%
  • Infinitely variable speed
  • Use of artificial casings 
  • Different magazines and filling pipe diameter for more product flexibility

Details

  • Technical Data
  • Machine width with clipper approx. 2620 mm
  • Machine depth approx. 1180 mm
  • Machine height approx. 1680 mm
  • Filling weight/working cycle approx. 2.0 kg
  • Working cycle/minute max. 10
  • Weight approx. 1000 kg
  • Electrical connection 3Ph/PE; 400/440V; 50/60 Hz

JBT Schröder MacMax 500 – Roller Tenderizer

For the production of high-quality cooked ham, massaging the muscles is an important part of the process. Protein is activated which ensures optimum bonding. This process supports the Schröder macerator. The blade rollers cut the surface, enlarging it, and increasing the release of protein and improving the absorption of brine. Large tendons, for poultry products as well, are also cut by the MacMAX, reducing muscle contraction during cooking and increasing binding. 

Features & Benefits

  • Improved bond between the parts
  • Increased yields
  • Reduced massaging time
  • Increased slice cohesion
  • Increased brine intake
  • Reduced brine pockets

Details

  • Machine length: approx. 3470 mm (with infeed and outlet conveyor)
  • Machine width:  approx. 1340 mm
  • Machine height: approx. 1340 mm (without crane), approx. 2260 mm (with crane)
  • Height adjustment infeed conveyor: 1045 mm – 1215 mm
  • Conveyor width: approx. 500 mm
  • Number of blades per blade roller: optionally 79 (1,5 mm) or 84 pieces (1 mm)
  • Compressed air: min. 6 bar
  • Blade roller adjustment: depending on the product 0 bis 50 mm
  • Weight: approx. 950 kg
  • Electrical connection: 3Ph/PE; 400/440V; 50/60 Hz

JBT Schröder T-MAX 620 – Needle Tenderizer

The different fibre structures within a muscle absorb the injected brine in different ways. Brine pockets and inhomogeneous brine distribution must be prevented for high quality requirements.The Schröder TMAX needle tenderizer penetrates the entire muscle. Its blade-like sharpened tips cut through the fibers of the muscle and shorten them in the process. Replacing the injected brine during the fiber process is then possible, the distribution is optimized and the muscle is also perfectly prepared for absorbing the protein during massaging. Depending on the product, the tenderizer can be equipped with single- or double-head and single- or double-blades.

Features & Benefits

  • Faster diffusion of additives
  • Reducing pickle pockets
  • Homogeneous reddening
  • Increased tenderness
  • Shorter massaging and tumbling times

Details

  • Machine length: approx. 2160 mm
  • Machine width: approx. 1400 mm
  • Machine height: approx. 2240 mm 
  • Chanal width: 620 mm
  • Walking beam height: approx. 1200 mm
  • Product infeed height: up to 210 mm
  • Number of needles: Depends on the configuration – from 300 to 600
  • Advance: 50/100 mm
  • Cycles per minute: 15 – 60
  • Transported area: 223 m2/h
  • Compressed air: min. 6 bar
  • Weight: approx. 1450 kg
  • Electrical connection: 3Ph/PE; 400/440V; 50/60 Hz

JBT Schröder PSM 650 – Curing Press

Processing muscles with a hard structure needs special attention in the production of high-quality ham. The lack of flexibility makes the forming and filling process more difficult. When different muscles (silverside/topside) are mixed together, different cooking losses, diffusion and massage times occur.In order to balance out the different muscle textures, the PSM 650 is used. The roller pairs break down the internal structures without destroying the surface.By individually adjusting the pressure and rolling distance, the different products can be taken into account.

Features & Benefits

  • Optimized forming
  • Uniform massaging processes
  • Faster massaging results
  • Improved slicing
  • Diffusion process in batches of mixed muscles is more quickly and evenly
  • Same muscle size in the cut/slice
  • Better absorption of the brine during massaging/tumbling

Details

  • Machine length: approx. 2100 mm
  • Machine width: approx. 1250 mm
  • Machine height: approx. 1500 mm
  • Conveyor width: approx. 600 mm
  • Compressed air: min. 6 bar
  • Gap width: 10 to 50 mm
  • Roller type (tooth roller): Depending on the product
  • Weight: approx. 860 kg
  • Electrical connection: 3Ph/PE; 400/440V; 50/60 Hz

Wolf-tec Polar Flex Carve Macerator

We developed our Wolf-tec Polar Flex Carve Macerator to put multiple surface treatment options for meat and poultry sub primals and portions at your fingertips.The patent pending Flex Carve features two pairs of independently controlled knife rollers. Each roller pair can be set to provide single or double maceration. With the push of a button, the roller clearance and blade penetration can be automatically adjusted, removing any manual adjustments and the mistakes that follow. With variety of blade choices available, there is simply no other macerator equipped to provide this level of control and flexibility.  Improve your process and profitability with the Polar Flex Carve.

Features & Benefits

  • Features:
  • Consistently delivers a uniformly macerated product that provides:
  • Improved and uniform protein extraction
  • Better product bind
  • Consistent product quality
  • Sustained or improved cooking and slicing yields

Details

  • Touch screen PLC controller to stores all of your maceration recipes, allowing easy recall of all settings and virtually eliminating costly operator errors
  • It can handle all types of meat and poultry products, from thin chicken breasts to thick pork and beef muscles. Proven Polar Flex Carve Macerator from Wolf-tec increases yields by as much as 5%
  • The Flex Carve features built-in intelligence – it is able to communicate via Polar Link with any IMAX Injector to ensure total control of your entire process
  • The Flex Carve is designed and constructed using only the latest hygienic and food safety technology. Its hygienic design allows the unit to be washed inside and out. All critical components are housed in Nema 4X enclosures
  • Gearboxes and motors are constructed entirely of stainless steel
  • The Flex Carve is designed and constructed to greatly reduce spare parts and maintenance costs. Its stainless steel direct-drive motors completely eliminate the hassle of changing chains and sprockets and keeping them clean

Options & Models

  • Options:
  • Floor or rail mounted
  • Single or double maceration
  • Razor, castellated or star blade types