British Ingenuity Made in the USA


Apple Food Systems is a newly formed partnership established to market, sell, manufacture and service Apple International Food Processing Machinery in the United States. This joint venture embraces the engineering expertise of Apple International Ltd., headquartered in Sutton Fields Industrial Estate, Hull, England, and the manufacturing expertise of pco manufacturing®, headquartered in Clarksville, Indiana.

The US based company will provide a complete range of food processing machinery and food processing systems which can be utilized by the processing segment of the Food Industry. Apple Food Systems offers as many as seven different size ranges of volumetric depositors, including the ability of filling machines to deposit to tolerances of less than 1 gram. The MR900 series depositor is pneumatically operated and can be supplied with four sizes of product cylinder, providing an accurate weight range of 20 - 1250g, up to 60 cycles per minute. The machine is extremely robust and is designed to withstand the most demanding conditions with minimum maintenance. 'Lubrication free' pneumatic components can be fitted as an option. Apple International is recognized as a leader in the industry. In addition to developing and manufacturing full turnkey systems, Apple Food Systems offers high speed, multi-head, top or side injections systems; multi-head, electro/pneumatic volumetric depositors with auto product calibration and menu selection facilities; and multi-pitch, multi-functional indexing systems for all product types with menu selection facilities. The TP1750 transfer pump is designed to transfer a wide variety of thin or viscous food product materials with temperatures ranging from 5° - 100° Celsius safely and easily.

Apple Food Systems currently offers a multitude of food processing systems such as the fully automated Dropping, De-Nesting and Placing system, in which containers are magazine fed and offer the quickest changeover times possible; the herb and powder applicator, which is specifically designed to apply a range of herb and spice mixes onto meat in P.E.T. trays; the new Bucket Filling System, specifically designed to dispense a variety of tubs and buckets (with handles) onto an all stainless steel indexing conveyor with tool less container changeovers; the world's first successful "Border Free" Pizza Sauce Depositing and Spreading System, which offers the versatility of depositing particulated sauce as well as smooth sauces onto uneven and flat pizza bases; the Multi Functional Compact Cassette Pump System, which is designed and engineered to offer the customer the ultimate in flexibility for product decoration depositing and injection; the Automatic Cherry Placement System, which feeds in whole cherries, halves them, and accurately places the cherries onto the center of any type of confectionery or dessert requiring a decorative finish; the Ultra Sonic Cake & Pizza Cutter, which is designed to transport / centralize and cut round cakes into segments on an integrated linear conveyor; and the Gateaux Assembly Line, which provides the maximum level of versatility, with minimum change-over time, for the production of a wide range of Gateaux products.

Apple International Ltd was established in 1985, bringing together 40 years of combined engineering and food process machinery experience. It moved its headquarters to a larger premise in 1990, to its prestigious site on the Sutton Fields Industrial Estate in Hull, England. For over twenty years, Apple International Ltd. has been designing, developing and manufacturing fully automated systems and turnkey operations for the food industry in the UK and abroad. Through Apple Food Systems LLC, Apple International will expand its manufacturing operations to North America, as it teams up with 55 years of machinery manufacturing expertise, quality and service provided by pco manufacturing®. Since 1953, pco manufacturing® has been a key player with OEM's, the Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Medical Products, Consumer Products and Building Products Industries in the United States, specializing in complete machine building, offering engineering assistance from prototype to production, and quality manufacturing from highly trained machinists, fabricators, mechanics, electricians, controls experts, and assemblers. Both companies impart years of experience and traditions of providing high quality automation systems and controls to improve productivity in customer's product handling processes.

For more information about Apple Food Systems' volumetric depositor machines, injection systems, or automated food processing systems, contact us at 1.888.283.7963 or visit our website at www.applefoodsystems.com

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