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Attitude in engineering

from K. J. Sujan, CEO... Fruits and vegetables preservation assumes extreme importance, more so in India, Asia in general and Africa. India is the largest producer in the world with the low of barely 10 percent of farm produce preserved, conserved and packaged for subsequent use. MAZDA caters to this need with expertise and equipment

Vegetables growing farms

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Greenhouse planting

IQF projects

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Typical equipment

Individual Quick Freezer

No two process plants are alike. No two packaging applications are the same. When a project is envisioned, the following considerations present themselves: The starting product/s The finished product/s The by-product/s The packaging style/s The process plant capacity The product mix The location The surmountable sensitivity factors The factors that will remain as sensitivity factors, viz. availability of raw materials, local government policies, taxation laws, human resources, market trends........ The process requirements such as water, environment, etc

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Unless a process route is designed by experts taking all these considerations into account, it is virtually impossible to arrive at a schedule of equipment required and hence the project outlay in terms of cost. Spending time and a small part of the 'pre-operative costs' goes a long way in ensuring that project planning is on the right track. This is the reason why our PROJECT PLANNING DIVISION is the most sought after business cell within our group of companies. And our PPD continues its association with a project till its successful conclusion. Some of our on-going projects...

Environment control within plant building

Fruits Packing House

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IQF – INDIVIDUALLY QUICK FREEZE SYSTEM 

 

 

 

                      

 

 

 

 

 

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FREEZING PROCESSES‐  A COMPARISON 

COLD STORE FREEZING (Blast Freezing) Cold Store freezing is widely used and big volumes of foods are frozen with this method. The reason is the relatively low investment costs. Power consumption is also low. This method, combined with forced directed air and separation is still a good solution for packed big products like whole chicken, packed meat and other protected products. Fruits and vegetables are normally frozen spread out on trays. Freezing time is however long. For big products there is really no commercially available method that can do freezing faster as the product itself acts as insulation and it takes long time for the heat to be removed from the product. INDIVIDUAL QUICK FREEZING (IQF) The trend in food freezing is from Cold Store freezing to in-line IQF freezing. There are a number of product quality reasons for this. Here we will only comment on quick freezing ofnaked small products that normally are frozen in an IQF freezer. COMPARISON SLOW FREEZING TO IQF FREEZING Slow freezing The expansion of water during freezing leads to bigger ice crystals that stresses the delicate structures, membranes etc, which do not relax back on thawing. Quick freezing Expansion of ice crystals are limited and structures and membranes are not destroyed. Negative effect of freezing is strongly reduced. Slow freezing with big ice crystals Quick freezing with small ice crystals

 

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Potato Cubes

Onions, cuts

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Ginger

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At MAZDA we have the ability to understand your needs in entirety. There are no short-cuts to success. Plant size, orientation, plans for expansions and diversifications, synergy, are only some of the issues to be addressed. The technical feasibility and economic viability are necessarily influenced by factors which if ignored will result in less than perfect process plants. Offering machinery - ours, or selected equipment from our collaborators, if not supported by our expertise, know-how, technology, is not the same as taking a coordinated approach to setting up a process plant which necessarily must include several of these invisible inputs. Our vast experience of over two decades has resulted in our package of services, including the PDD, via our PROJECT PLANNING DIVISION. THESE ARE EVENTUALLY CONTAINED IN A PLANT DESIGN DOSSIER (PDD) WHICH PROVIDES THE FINAL PLANS FOR SETTING UP A PLANT. Preparation of BUSINESS PLANS in respect of projects is a consequential activity.

MAZDA SPECIALITY MACHINE SYSTEMS Mumbai India  

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