Corn Masa Maker System

Sheeting

Toasting

Conditioning

Frying

Fryer Support Module

Oil Filtration

Oil Heating

Oil Cooling

Oil Storage

Product Cooling

Energy Saving

Pollution Control

Seasoning

Conveying

Weighing

Packaging

Inspection

Support Structures

Controls & Information

Corn Masa Maker System for making Tortilla Chips

Corn Masa Maker System

The Masa Maker is the world’s first corn masa making system that creates fresh, high quality masa in a fraction of the time compared to traditional systems. From dry corn to fresh masa in minutes not hours, Masa Maker applies a patent pending technology to varying corn types to make a variety of corn masas that do not require cooking, simmering, or soaking.

Corn Masa Maker System
Masa Maker™
Heat and Control Tortilla Chips Sheeter

Sheeting

Sheeting systems to create any manner of corn product including uniform chips, tortillas, tostadas, and taco shells.

Paragon Sheeters
Paragon™ Sheeters
Tortilla chip toasting oven

Toasting

Control moisture and customize toast points for unique flavor, texture, and appearance of corn products such as tortilla chips, taco and tostada shells, and tortillas.

Tortilla Toaster Oven
Tortilla Toaster Oven
Tortilla chip conditioner

Conditioning

Prevent blistering and oil pockets in corn products such as tortilla chips and taco/tostada shells by equalizing chip moisture.

Corn Products Conditioner
Corn Products Conditioner
Food processing equipment for frying tortilla chips

Frying

We provide more choices when it comes to selecting a new fryer. Choose from natural gas, oil, steam, thermal fluid or electric heating. Optimal product handling, uniform oil heating and flow control, efficient fines removal, fast oil turnover, and clean-in-place sanitation are all part of the fryer package that produces the highest quality product with a long shelf life.

Corn Products Fryer
Corn Products Fryer
Dynamic Action Fryer
Dynamic Action Fryer®
Mastermatic Snack Food Fryer
Mastermatic Snack Food Fryer
MasterTherm Snack Food Fryer
MasterTherm Snack Food Fryer
Fryer support module for corn tortilla chips frying system

Fryer Support Module

Significantly reduce the time and cost of fryer system installation by centralizing oil pumps, filters, valves, piping, and other components on a Fryer Support Module.

Fryer Support Module
Fryer Support Module
Filtering frying oil for tortilla chips line

Oil Filtration

Remove particulate material from the frying oil to preserve oil quality and to help prevent spoiling of the end-product.

OilSaver Filtration System
OilSaver Filtration System
Mastermatic Continuous Paper Filter
Mastermatic Continuous Paper Filter
Continuous Paper Filter
Continuous Paper Filter
Drum Pre-Filter
Drum Pre-Filter
Mastermatic Canister Filter
Mastermatic Canister Filter
Motorized Catch Box Oil Filtration
Motorized Catch Box
Oil heating system for continuous fryers

Oil Heating

Our cooking oil heating and energy recovery systems are designed to provide high energy efficiency, preserve the quality of the cooking oil, and maintain accurate temperature control for uniform cooking.

Booster Heater
Booster Heater
Coil-Type Heat Exchanger
Coil-Type Heat Exchanger
Energy Recovery Heat Exchanger
Energy Recovery Heat Exchanger
Horizontal Heat Exchanger
Horizontal Heat Exchanger
KleenHeat Heat Exchanger
KleenHeat® Heat Exchanger
Food processing oil cooling systems

Oil Cooling

Save time by managing the cooking oil cooling process as you prepare the fryer for shut-down or sanitation. This also helps preserve cooking oil quality.

Oil Cooling Module
Oil Cooling Module
Oil storage and holding tanks for fryers

Oil Storage

Safely transfer and store cooking oil during system cleaning or maintenance while preventing spoilage or solidification.

Oil Holding Tanks
Oil Holding Tanks
Oil Make Up, Transfer Pumps
Oil Make Up & Transfer Pumps
Product cooling machine for tortilla chip line

Product Cooling

Control the end of the cooking cycle by effectively managing the temperature of your cooked product. This ensures high quality as well as prepares it for the next stage of your process, such as seasoning or packaging.

Ambient Air Cooler
Ambient Air Cooler
Energy saving systems for food processing and fryers

Energy Saving

Choose from a variety of heat management solutions that maximize energy-efficiency and reduce energy costs. Sustainable efficiency and environmentally safe operation are key design elements.

Booster Heater
Booster Heater
Energy Recovery Heat Exchanger
Energy Recovery Heat Exchanger
Pollution and emissions control for tortilla chip frying lines

Pollution Control

Reduce pollution such as oil mist, particulates, and odors from fryer exhaust emissions.

KleenHeat Heat Exchanger
KleenHeat® Heat Exchanger
Oil Mist Eliminator
Oil Mist Eliminator
Salt and seasoning application systems

Seasoning

Our unbeatable seasoning showcase includes a variety of systems that provide consistent and uniform seasoning coverage for all kinds of corn products such as tortilla chips, taco and tostada shells, and tortillas.

Spray Dynamics Two-Stage Coating System
Two-Stage Coating System
Spray Dynamics Mix-Use Twin Tank Skid System
Mix-Use Twin Tank Skid System
Spray Dynamics MSIII "Fan" Oil Spray Applicator
MSIII "Fan" Oil Spray Applicator
Spray Dynamics MSIII-S "Cone" Oil Spray Applicator
MSIII-S "Cone" Oil Spray Applicator
Slurry Encoater Spray Applicator
Slurry Encoater® Spray Applicator
Slurry On Demand Continuous Mixer
Slurry On Demand® Continuous Mixer
Spray Dynamics MS-I Pulse Oil Spray Applicator
MS-I Pulse Oil Spray Applicator
Spray Dynamics Uni-Spense Dry Ingredient Distributor
Uni-Spense® Dry Ingredient Feeder
Scarf Plate Vibratory Dry Ingredient Distributor
Scarf Plate Vibratory Dry Ingredient Distributor
Spray Dynamics Soft Flight Coating Drum
Soft Flight® Coating Drum
Revolution Seasoning System
Revolution® Seasoning System
Belt-Type Flavor Dispenser
Belt-Type Flavor Dispenser
Mastermatic Roll Salter
Roll Salter
Conveying systems for tortilla chips industry

Conveying

Our conveying and product handling systems include product transfer systems, horizontal motion conveyors, and accumulation systems that provide a gentle, smart, and dependable product transfer solution.

Lift & Tip Vertical Conveyor System
Lift & Tip Vertical Conveyor System
FastBack 4.0 Horizontal Motion Conveyor
FastBack 4.0 Horizontal Motion Conveyor
FastBack Horizontal Motion Conveyor 90E/260E-G3
Horizontal Motion Conveyor 90E/260E-G3
Incline Transfer Conveyors
Incline Transfer Conveyors
Varilift Bucket Conveyor
Varilift® Bucket Conveyor
FastBack Left Right Center Diverting Weigher Infeed Solution
Left Right Center Diverting Weigher Infeed
FastBack Revolution Proportional Gate 3.0
Revolution® Proportional Gate 3.0
WeighBack Weigh Conveyor
WeighBack Weigh Conveyor
MinuteMan Accumulation Conveyor
MinuteMan Accumulation Conveyor
FastBack SwitchBack Accumulation Conveyor
SwitchBack™ Accumulation Conveyor
Accurately weigh tortilla chips and cut giveaway

Weighing

Ishida has a long history in weighing innovation and revolutionized the industry with the invention of computer combination weighers that reduce product giveaway. Weigh at the highest speeds and lowest lifecycle costs, and interface with any packaging equipment to maximize weighing productivity.

Ishida CCW-AS Series Multihead Weigher
CCW-AS Series Multihead Weigher
Ishida CCW-RV Series Multihead Weigher
CCW-RV Series Multihead Weigher
CCW-RVE Series Multihead Weigher
CCW-RVE Series Multihead Weigher
Snacks and tortilla chip packaging solutions

Packaging

Complete packaging room solutions from in-feed to bagmaker to the case packer, and everything in-between. Our single-source snack food packaging systems provide leveraged and predictive automation with seamless integration.

Inspira Snack Food Bagging Machine
Inspira Series Snack Food Bagmaker
Ishida Atlas Series Snack Food Bagmaker
Atlas Series Snack Food Bagmaker
Ishida Automated Snack Food Case Packer ACP-700 Series
Automated Snack Food Case Packer ACP-700 Series
Astro Series Snack Food Bagmaker
Astro Series Snack Food Bagmaker
Flexible Strip-Pack Applicator
Flexible Strip-Pack Applicator
iTPS Ishida Total Packaging System
Ishida Total Packaging System (iTPS)
Food safety and quality control systems

Inspection

Anywhere along the line, protect your consumer and your equipment. Efficient detection of foreign objects is critical to consumer safety, brand survival, and will also protect machinery and prevent downtime. Package seal integrity and correct weight ensures the consumer gets what they expect. We offer a complete line of metal detectors, checkweighers, seal checkers, and X-ray inspection systems from the leading manufacturers: Ishida and CEIA.

IX-PD Series Photon Counting Dual Energy X-ray Inspection System
IX-PD Series X-ray Inspection System
CEIA THS/21-THS/MS21 Series Metal Detection
THS/21-THS/MS21 Series Metal Detection
Ishida DACS-G/GN Series Checkweigher with arm rejection system
DACS-G/GN Series Checkweigher
IX-GN Series X-ray Inspection System
IX-GN Series X-ray Inspection System
Ishida IX-EN Series X-ray Inspection System
IX-EN Series X-ray Inspection System
Ishida IX-G2 Series X-ray Inspection System
IX-G2 Series X-ray Inspection System
CEIA THS/G21 Series Free-falling Products Metal Detection
THS/G21 Series Free-falling Products Metal Detection
CEIA THS/MN21 Ferrous-in-foil Metal Detection
THS/MN21 Ferrous-in-foil Metal Detection
CEIA THS/FFV21 Free-fall Metal Detection
THS/FFV21 Free-fall with Ejection Valve Metal Detection
CEIA Conveyor Belt Metal Detection
Conveyor Belt Metal Detection
Metal Detection Combination Checkweigher
Metal Detection Combination Checkweigher
CEIA THS/21E Series Metal Detection
THS/21E Series Metal Detection
Ishida TSC-RVS In-line Seal Checker
TSC-RVS In-line Seal Checker
Support structures and platforms for food processing and packaging

Support Structures

We design customized modular platforms and support structures that dramatically reduce time and cost of equipment installation. All support structures are designed with hygiene and safety in mind.

Cartridge Precision Support Systems
Cartridge Precision Support Systems
Operator control panels and systems

Controls & Information

Rely on the same company that designs and builds the processing line to also supply operating and data management controls and information tools. We provide user-friendly controls systems that focus on achieving automation efficiency.

Packaging Machines Data Concentrator (PMDC)
Packaging Machines Data Concentrator (PMDC)
New Horizon Controls System
New Horizon Controls System
PLC Controls Systems
PLC Systems
Fiesta Charras Success Story
CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

Changing the way the industry thinks about the masa making process

Festida Foods Customer Success Story
CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

Smart proportional conveying keeps the packaging room running

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