Food Plant Engineering Systems

This book addresses the ancillary equipment that allows processing lines in food production to operate. With clear, easy-to-understand language, the text details the bits and pieces that keep systems running and explains how they fit within the bigger picture. Peripherals and services are discussed with a focus on the optimization of subsystems crucial for plant operation. This new edition covers the systems approach to Lean manufacturing, introducing Lean principles to the food industry. It also addresses sustainability and environmental issues, which were not covered in the first edition.