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Welcome to ECKERT Machines. We supply a full range of machinery for food processing, from handling raw produce through to processing the finished product. Whether your product is destined for the canned, frozen, fresh-cut, pickled, or snack food markets, ECKERT Machines has something to offer you.

Behind the Scenes at Eckert Machines

Customer Service!

To sell specialized machinery, we must focus on the needs of both customers and suppliers. Our customers and our suppliers sell their products worldwide. ECKERT Machines connects the needs of Canadian processors to the products and abilities of our worldwide machinery manufacturers. We have to understand our customers’ needs in order to provide the optimal machinery solution. This can be a big challenge. Many of our customers’ products are perishable or time-sensitive: continuous operations are very critical to their success, and to ours.

In fact, uptime is the only time that counts in production!

Team ECKERT continues to evolve to improve performance and serve market needs. Some machines are more technically involved than others, but even the simplest require attention to detail, and a working knowledge of processes and applications. With this in mind, Team ECKERT works to stay current with news and developments. When training opportunities are available, we take them and encourage our customers to do the same.

David Eckert joined the team in October/07, for Sales and Technical Support. He was immediately immersed in intensive service training, mainly on optical sorting equipment. David passed an intensive training program, and gained direct hands-on experience at BEST plants in Belgium and Holland. While there, he participated in service calls, start-ups, and product demonstrations. He also visited FAM and SPIROMATIC, learning the basics of their machines and systems before returning home. Prior to joining Team ECKERT, David completed a technical program at Niagara College. And before that, David spent a few summers with his Dad on food plant visits. Many customers have been pleased to have the opportunity to welcome David back to the team as a full-time member.

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Community Service:

In August/08, ECKERT Machines continued its sponsorship of Team MS to raise awareness of, and funds for, Multiple Sclerosis, and the quest for a cure. Our 12 cyclists raised $13,000.00. Captain Stephen was recognized by the Niagara chapter of MS Canada for his leadership skills. All-in-all, it was a very successful effort, for which we owe great thanks to our many generous sponsors, customers, suppliers, friends, family, volunteers, and, of course, to our riders! Without such great support, the team could not possibly achieve these goals.

It’s Show Time:

Sandra, Stephen and David recently hosted the ECKERT Machines booth at the Ontario Food Industry Expo in Toronto. They had Dorner conveyors and a Paxton Power Dry on display, along with video and other information on our full range of equipment. They report a pretty good turnout. Soon, they take their show on the road again for PACKex/IPA Canada, May 5-7/09. Visit them in booth 2752, at the International Centre, Airport Rd, Toronto. Contact Sandra in advance for discounted entry passes.

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Equipment News:

DORNER Manufacturing is a belt-conveyor specialist, providing a broad range of conveying solutions to move, gather, distribute, elevate or lower all kinds of products. Dorner can convey straight ahead, around corners, virtually wherever needed. Products can be loose or packaged, wet or dry, hot or cold, food or non-food: Dorner has a materials handling solution for you.

Dorner’s manufacturing plant in Hartland WI is set up for fast delivery response time. With your uptime in mind, Dorner can custom build most conveyors in days.

Have you ever worked on a project, and discovered a last minute elevation or distance issue that needed an immediate conveyor solution? ECKERT & Dorner can help.

No matter what you need: industrial or food grade (FDA, USDA, BISSC); straight or curved; aluminum or stainless steel: contact us for conveyors to suit your materials handling needs: quickly and reliably. Some of Dorner’s newest lines are:

AquaGard conveyors provide flexibility and easy adaptability to changing needs in a stainless steel framework. Ideal for packaged and some processed goods.

AquaPruf conveyors have heavy-duty stainless construction and a range of belting and other options to suit the needs. Ideal for processed or raw foods; all wash-down duty applications.

AquaPruf ULTIMATE conveyors take sanitation to the highest level, providing easy access for thorough sanitation; rugged reliability. Ideal for all food, dairy, meat, pharmaceutical and other high-sanitation grade product safety applications.

Series 5200 is a unique modular-design conveying system that can change with your plant needs. Accessorize; change length, direction, elevation: endless possibilities, done simply.

Available in many shapes, sizes and materials: Dorner has a conveyor for you.

DORNER: Performance in Motion!

Contact ECKERT Machines for all of your conveying applications.

Dorner 7600 Aqua-Pruf conveyor, fully equipped

...and in its quick easy-access cleaning position.

Paxton PowerDry System:

PAXTON Products offers the PowerDry™ system to lower energy costs through reduced compressed air usage. The affordable and compact system was designed as an easy-to-install replacement for plastic comb or fan nozzles, air jets, disk nozzles, drilled pipe, and other common pneumatic blow-off devices. The versatile stand-alone system generates high velocity airflows for effective debris and moisture removal. Its washdown-capable design is perfectly suited for food, beverage and packaging operations, such as container drying prior to date coding, sealing, labeling, packaging, etc. As a blower-driven alternative to compressed air, the patent pending PowerDry system eliminates potential contamination from oils and scale in the compressed air supply.

The compact PowerDry system incorporates a high performance Paxton centrifugal blower that develops maximum air flow and pressure from only 3 HP. An FDA-compliant hose carries the airflow to a unique 6-nozzle air tube that delivers successive hits of high impact air. A fully adjustable, stainless steel, mounting arm holds the manifold securely in place.

Field tests have shown the PowerDry system generates an average 80+% savings in energy costs, while providing comparable or improved drying in every application, and with less noise and maintenance cost. Depending on operating hours, the return on investment from energy savings is often less than a year.

Contact ECKERT Machines for all of your drying/blow-off applications.

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