The World ofFood Processing

The Periodic Table of Food Machines

Every machine in a food plant, arranged by where it sits in the line. Six stations run left to right, from receiving to packing; within each station, tiles follow the order the product meets them.

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How to read a tile

  • Top left, 1.1: the station number, then the position within the station.
  • Centre, Pe: the symbol for the machine type.
  • Bottom, peeler: the name of the machine.
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