For food processing companies with high-value product susceptible to damage such as nuts, cereal, coffee, snacks, and dry pet food, material breakage and loss is a very costly problem that can harm the bottom line. Even a difference between 1 percent waste and 5 percent can mean the difference between profit or loss.
To convey such delicate food product, processors should avoid conveyors that may force the fragile material through stressful phases during transport that could impact its integrity, while still meeting high throughput requirements. Given this need, some food processors are reconsidering conveying fragile, high value products using high velocity air power through tubes, bends, or sweeps before it is unceremoniously dumped into bins or containers.