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Stay on top of produce with complete preparation systems

Gain access to all the equipment and expertise you need to efficiently transport, wash, peel, slice, and dice root vegetables—raw or cooked.

Deep process expertise

Years of experience with potato and vegetable processing around the world have informed the smart design of our solutions.

High-volume efficiency

Smooth and continuous bulk processing capabilities enable high-volume capacity and a steady flow to downstream equipment, while reducing downtime.

Quality you can count on

Built for decades of operation and low lifecycle costs, our root vegetable product processors consistently maintain high performance production.

Gentle-Flo Bin Storage System for Potatoes and Produce
Gentle-Flo® Storage and Handling System

A modular, programmable, short-term storage solution for fresh produce capable of selective filling, auto-leveling, and variable speed discharge.

FastBack FastLane feeding potatoes to slicers
FastBack
FastLane Slicer Infeed Conveyor

The space-saving FastLane combines the gentle horizontal motion of the FastBack Model 260E-G3 with a multi-lane pan that singulates product for delivery into multiple rotary slicers, reducing slicer overload and improving slice quality.

Washing and blanching potato chips
Potato Slice Washer Conditioner

Versatile design provides controlled washing or blanching of potato slices. Choose from hot water blanching or cold water washing to maintain consistent chip quality when using different grades of potatoes.

Equipment for washing potato slices
Potato Slice Speed Washer

The turbulent water bath with fresh water sprays provides more extensive starch and scrap removal than other models and quickly rinses surface starch and particles from potato slices for uniformly finished chips and cleaner fryer operation. This model can also be modified for banana and plantain slices.

Gentle Wash flume with slicers
Gentle Wash Potato Slice Washer

This 3-stage potato slice washer removes surface starch and fines while cleaning and reusing wash water. Comprised of individual easy-to-install modules, Gentle Wash can be configured to fit into existing lines and uses minimal floor space.

Air Sweep dewatering potato chips
AirSweep® Water Removal System

The system combines vacuum action with our Air Knife’s blow-off forces to quickly remove surface water, starch, and scraps from just-washed potato slices, fruits, vegetables, and other products before frying or freezing.

Vertical Screw Elevator with Crate Dumper and Metering Hopper
Vertical Screw Elevator

This large-diameter variable-speed auger quickly elevates your product to peelers or to other equipment while separating it from rocks and other debris.

Unloading potatoes from truck to transfer equipment
Truck Dumping System

Grade-level hydraulic lift system can tilt 70-foot long truck trailers to empty product for transfer to processing or to storage equipment.

Singulating Auger Feeder
Singulating Auger Feeder

Improve potato slicing quality and reduces scrap and fines generation by feeding potatoes single-file into slicers.

Metering potatoes to Vertical Screw Elevator
Metering Hopper

A rugged and reliable system that meters crated produce such as potatoes and vegetables in a consistent flow to other processing equipment.

Inspection and trim conveyor for potatoes and vegetables
Inspection-Trim Conveyor

Manual inspection, defect removal and trimming of potatoes and other vegetables is easy with this inspection conveyor.

Crate Dumper unloading potatoes
Crate Dumper

Safely tilt crates of potatoes, onions, and other produce into a metering hopper. This rugged, reliable system will help provide a consistent flow to processing equipment.

Air Knife water removal system for potato chips
Air Knife Water Removal System

Remove excess surface water from wet, just-washed products. Producing two high velocity air curtains across the width of your conveyor or washer discharge, the Air Knife lifts and separates product to remove surface water, starch, and particles.

Sliced potato
Slicer Feeder

Consistent potato chip frying, seasoning, and packaging all depend on how evenly potatoes enter your system. The Slicer Feeder provides a continuous and uniform flow of potatoes to the slicer for maximum slicing efficiency and less waste.

Grading and cutting potatoes in potato chip line
Grader-Halver

A cost-effective solution designed to consistently grade potatoes according to size then halve any that are larger than the predetermined size. Operators can easily adjust the grading size at any time during the production process and can also adjust the minimal size before rejecting very small potatoes, as well as foreign objects.

Peeled and washed potatoes
Continuous Peeler-Washer

Quickly peel and wash a continuous high-capacity flow of potatoes and other root crops. Abrasive rollers quickly remove peel while a water spray rinses away loose peel and debris, preventing build-ups in the peeler and downstream equipment.

Batch peeling potatoes
Batch Peeler

Get excellent peeling control and high yields of potatoes with this compact peeler. Use two batch peelers in tandem to deliver polished peeled potatoes to reduce peel loss and cleaning requirements of your fryer.

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Heat and Control Testimonial from UTZ Quality Foods
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Executive VP Of Engineering, UTZ Quality Foods

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President And COO, Better Made Snack Foods, Inc.

Heat and Control provided tremendous support throughout the purchase, installation, and commissioning of our new line. They were the only vendor that was on schedule… in fact they were ahead of schedule. Heat and Control were the only ones who kept their promises and completed everything they said they would.

Heat and Control Testimonial from Festida Foods
Kyle Curtiss
President, Festida Foods

Each piece of the puzzle fit perfectly, and we completed the installation days early - unprecedented for the size and scope of the project! The equipment met all of our expectations, and continues to perform exceptionally well, 17 hours per day and six days per week.

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Plant Manager, Lopez Foods
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