That's right. In the B2B world, there aren't a lot of gift-with-purchase offers, but DSI Process Systems is providing a Free iPad to customers who order a Blenzer. The Blenzer line is designed to maximize yields, have no-dump start ups, and be as user-friendly as possible. Providing an iPad is one more way DSI Process Systems is making our blending system integrate smoothly with your production system.
The iPad will come loaded with training, troubleshooting and critical documents customized for your Blenzer.
- Training videos will refresh a fully trained operator how to get through a process.
- Troubleshooting guides include alarm descriptions with functions and troubleshooting techniques for each.
- Documentation includes the operation manual, recommended spare parts list, process flow diagram and skid mechanical drawings. DSI Process Systems "all-hours" support phone numbers will also be provided.
"The convenience of having all of this information in one place is great," said Greg Collier, project manager for DSI. "Making that information portable gives blender operators answers while working at the blending system's HMI. That's real convenience, and real efficiency."
The iPad will have blender operation manuals pre-loaded.
For an overview of the Blenzer line, check out our continuous blending guide or visit the Blenzer page for details and an application data sheet for your product.
Processing and packaging come together at Process Expo 2010. 
This year's trade show event will be co-located with IFT's annual meeting and food conference. For the latest in food technology, safety and energy efficiency, come to Proccess Expo, July 18-20th at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.
Registration begins in March. Watch for more information from DSI Process Systems about Process Expo.
As 2009 starts to wind down, beverage plants may be thinking about calibration services. DSI Process Systems offers calibration services for all DSI Blenzer Skids including Enhanced/Mineral Water Skids, CSD Blenzer, Non-Carb Blenzer, and Multi-Stream Blenzer. We will also perform calibration services for syrup room meters and CIP systems.
A factory-trained technician will travel to the plant and provide calibration services for key instrumentation as required including:
- Flow meters
- I/P's
- Conductivity sensors
- RTD's
- Pressure transmitters
Flow meters are calibrated using a certified meter in series with the plant meter. Other instruments are calibrated using proper reference instruments and procedures.
Certificates of Calibration are provided for the instruments calibrated. Also, our trip report will alert you to other components or service issue that may need attention.
On-site time for our technician is 2-3 days, depending on the equipment needing calibration. To schedule your calibration service call and for pricing, please contact Lori Collier. 314-679-5341, lori@dsiprocess.com
Many times drum unloading pumps are built to deal with highly viscous ingredients such as frozen fruit concentrates and thick tomato pastes. But what about clear juices, sauces, fragrance and fluid dairy products?
Standard's 8100 Series Ultra Flow Drum Pump is engineered to transfer these low viscosity food products, pharmaceutical ingredients and personal care solutions from drums, kettles, and ToteTanks® . The pumps' wetted surfaces are constructed with FDA complaint materials (stainless steel and Teflon) which provides an ideal solution for sanitary applications. Plus, disassembly is fast and easy--a complete disassembly can be done in less than four minutes.
Learn more about Standard Pump's Ultra Flow Drum Pump in their short video. Contact your DSI Account Manager for your next sanitary pump application.
It's kind of a big deal! One of the largest transfer panels ever fabricated by DSI was completed and shipped to it's new home on Friday. Installed, this panel sits nearly ten feet tall. Over the weekend it took five installers four hours to set the panel in place.
Piping is now underway and soon the panel will be capable of routing product from 25 tanks to five different lines.
The route can be split to various lines simultaneously. The panel is also capable of being cleaned by three separate CIP systems. The complete project will wrap up in late September to early October.
For more information on custom fabrication, beverage equipment or CIP systems, contact DSI at 800-DIAL-DSI.
Tight budget? We'd like to help by offering free registrations to Process Expo! We'll see you in Vegas, October 5th - 7th.
- Click on the registration link above, then continue on to the "Attendee Registration" and fill out all of the appropriate information
- When you arrive to the page entitled "Registration Type", enter in the following attendee code: F163907
- Review your information
- Submit your registration & print a copy of the confirmation. (An email confirmation will follow within 24 hours)
In 2007, the quality systems manager of a major manufacturer of carbonated and non-carbonated drinks knew that changes were desperately needed. "We were at our breaking point in the syrup room." With SKU's high, new flavors being added at a fast pace, all with CIP runs in between, the operation was hitting its limit 10% of the time. Additionally, their ready-to-drink tea products were cloudy and had sediment particles in the bottle.
The company was using a Tri-Blender to mix tea powder and water in their concentrate blending operation. Their 300 gallon tank could only hold two units of a full production run because so much foam was created during blending. After the run, cleaning the equipment took large amounts of water and time to remove the residual foam and rinse excess water from the tank. Batching tea was taking three to four hours.
The company arranged a number of tests using various types of powder mixing equipment. The DSI Mixsys was one of the units tested. A variety of products, including the troublesome tea products, were selected. The DSI Mixsys equipment outperformed all of the other blending equipment tested in speed and product quality. Stability tests showed clear product with no sediment 90 days later.
Improving product quality was just the beginning. The plant realized major time savings and increased flexibility.
Multi-tasker The DSI Mixsys is used for drum unloading, product mixing, and batch transfer. Mixsys is accessible from floor level, eliminating the need for a batch platform and resulting in a safer, cleaner work environment.
Quick-start Drum unloading formerly took up to seven minutes to unload a 30 gallon drum. Now these small drums are unloaded in less than two minutes.
More time for new products Mixing/recirculation time went from 15 to 8 minutes-almost half the original time. A full tea production run went from taking three to four hours down to one and a half to two hours. Production runs for diet carbonated beverages are faster by about 30 minutes, due to the new ability to meter water and batch at the same time.
Nice finish Cleanup after a run used to take 30-45 minutes and consisted of spraying the large amounts of foam--literally beating the foam from the tank walls. Rinsing and repeating followed until the tank was finally clean. Today less foam is created during tea blending using the DSI Mixsys. But the little foam that does remain is quickly and completely removed by the liquid ring pump on Mixsys.
After seeing what the Mixsys could do to improve production efficiency and product quality, the decision to add the second system was an easy one.
"With all the SKU's we make now, this is becoming very important since our warehouses aren't growing," said the quality systems manager.
The payback on the two Mixsys systems comes in the improved efficiency of the entire operation and through new flexibility they didn't used to have.
"The ability to blend on one system and sanitize the other means I don't have to stop blending at all. We can blend more flavors in one day with smaller batch sizes."
Application data sheet - Mixsys