SNACK FOOD

EFFICIENT, GENTLE, AND SANITARY SOLUTIONS THAT RUN ALL DAY

PFI conveyors and product handling equipment integrate your entire snack food processing line – from mixing to packaging. Every system is custom configured to your exact application and layout.

Get sanitary and efficient conveyance solutions that are versatile for your entire snack food product mix, and gentle to avoid product loss and breakage.

Dry pet food on a PFI vibratory screening conveyor

BUILT FOR THE THINGS SNACK FOOD PROCESSORS CARE ABOUT

We have decades of experience working with snack food processors large and small. Our solutions are designed based on:

DAMAGE-FREE HANDLING

Our equipment is designed for gentle handling to avoid fines and breaks, so you have the highest quality snacks possible.

CONSTANT OPERATION

Be confident in maintaining uptime with equipment designed to run for long production cycles. Changeouts and sanitation cycles are quick and thorough.

INTEGRATION-READY

We collaborate with OEMs and engineering firms to seamlessly link your key machines and processes to optimize your application.

SANITARY DESIGN

We put sanitation at the forefront of our designs. Equipment is designed for maximum accessibility, ease of cleaning, and safety.

SNACK FOOD PRODUCTS

Our solutions convey and handle a variety of bulk snacks. Don’t see your products? We’ll use our decades of expertise to find a solution for you.
  • Chips
  • Crackers
  • Nuts
  • Popcorn
  • Pretzels
  • Puffs/Extruded
  • Snack Mixes
  • Tortilla Chips

CONNECT ALL OF YOUR KEY PROCESSES

We design and manufacture conveying and handling systems that integrate the key processes of your snack line. We regularly partner with your other OEMs for blending, baking, frying, seasoning, weighing, and packaging. You get the best line possible configured precisely to your layout and a seamless project from start to finish.

SNACK FOOD APPLICATIONS

Our sanitary conveying and handling equipment performs these key functions on your processing line, from end to end.

Mixing & Blending

Keep mix integrity and accurate portioning with feeders, mix-blend systems, and horizontal motion conveyors.

Bulk Handling

Introduce or move bulk product to the line with bucket elevators, distribution systems, and dumpers.

General Conveying

Move product efficiently from step to step using belt, horizontal motion, and vibratory conveyors.

Elevating

Lift product to the next step of your process gently and without loss using incline belt conveyors, lift systems, and bucket elevators.

Equipment Categories

Our core sanitary conveying and handling equipment falls into the following categories. Visit our full equipment listing for information on other systems.

SANITARY DESIGN

We put sanitation at the forefront of our designs. Equipment is designed for maximum accessibility and ease of cleaning, in line with food processing equipment design standards.
  • All equipment is designed in line with BEMA food processing equipment design standards.

FULL SYSTEM SUPPORT

Trust PFI to design and manufacture the complementary structures you need around your key processes. From stairs to platforms, we put the same craftmanship into integrating and supporting your entire line.

 Food production factory platform built by PFI
 Food production factory platform built by PFI

COLLABORATIVE APPROACH

PFI collaborates with your engineering, operations, safety and maintenance teams, as well as other OEMs, and engineering firms to ensure our conveying solutions fit and operate viably from the word go.

FIND THE RIGHT SNACK FOOD SANITARY CONVEYING & HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOR YOU

PFI equipment has been proven in snacks processing for decades. Our machines are durable, sanitary and enable processors to improve efficiency, maintain product quality and safety, and grow their business. Choose from our full machine catalog below or contact us to configure a system or solution just for you.

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Equipment Category
Equipment Category
  • Belt Conveyors
  • Bucket & Incline Conveyors
  • Dumpers
  • Horizontal Motion Conveyors
  • Vibratory Conveyors & Feeders
Applications
Applications
  • Accumulating
  • Bulk Handling
  • Elevating
  • General Conveying
  • Merging & Sorting
  • Mixing & Blending
  • Positioning

Bucket Elevator

Time-trusted, high volume vertical conveying with OEM buckets.

Curveyor

Convey product around 30-180 degree turns with tight transfers to the next step.

EDF Feeder

Feed, screen, and lane product accurately with this versatile vibratory feeder. Use on its own or with a Hopper Feeder or Mix-Blend System.

Eleveyor

Elevate product to key equipment or platforms on this incline belt conveyor.

Floor Load Dumper

Efficient, high production handling for your bulk raw product containers.

Forklift Dumper

Efficient, high production handling for your bulk product containers.

Hopper Feeder

Store and feed products with a combined hopper and vibratory feeder.

Horizontal Belt Conveyor

Connect your processing line with flat-bed conveyors built for your exact layout with a range of belt options.

MAGNEflex

Get accurate flow control with this electromagnetic vibratory feeder.

Mix-Blend System

The Mix-Blend System, its components and complementary conveyors give you consistently accurate mixed recipes by feeding multiple products together.

PURmotion

Get gentle handling in an optimized sanitary design in this horizontal motion conveyor.

Retractor

Transfer, arrange, deposit and reject up to 150 cycles per minute.

Spreader

Spread or converge product between different width belts and processes.

Storeveyor

Inline bulk storage and discharge with control to avoid line disruptions.

Troughveyor

Transfer loose products without spillage on this trough belt conveyor.

VIBRAflex II

Versatile vibratory conveyor for all value-added applications.

Equipment Category
Equipment Category
  • Belt Conveyors
  • Bucket & Incline Conveyors
  • Dumpers
  • Horizontal Motion Conveyors
  • Vibratory Conveyors & Feeders
Applications
Applications
  • Accumulating
  • Bulk Handling
  • Elevating
  • General Conveying
  • Merging & Sorting
  • Mixing & Blending
  • Positioning

Design, Testing + Installation

Each project is custom configured to a layout and application by engineers with years of experience. Run a full FAT of PFI and other equipment in our Algona, Iowa facility for peace of mind, then trust our skilled technicians to install it accurately and efficiently.

REQUEST A CONFIGURATION

Ready to get started on your configuration? Contact us to customize our snack food sanitary conveying equipment specific to your application, layout, and processes.

Sanitary conveying, delivered.™

Contact us

300 Kofab Drive
Algona, IA 50511


515.295.7265


sales@pficonveyors.com

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