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TNA is a leading provider of complete-line solutions for food producers. Its extensive product portfolio covers every stage of food & snack processing and packaging, ensuring minimal downtime and reduced total cost of ownership. TNA’s advanced automation & control systems, integration capabilities and SCADA reporting enable food manufacturers to achieve operational excellence and efficiency. With branch offices, manufacturing offices and sales offices distributed across 30 strategic locations around the world, the company has an installed base of more than 16,000 systems in over 130 countries.
The batch-pro® 12 is a versatile batch frying technology designed to enhance snack production for items like vegetable chips, potatoes, taro, banana and plantain. Its serpentine heat exchanger tube configuration ensures direct-fire heating, delivering energy efficiencies and reducing operating costs. The use of a combustion skid with a high-flow blower offers up to 80% energy efficiency. A three-stage, high-speed oil filtration system extends oil life, removes particles as small as 500 μm and maintains consistent product quality. With a capacity of up to 275 kg/hr (600 lbs/hr), the fryer achieves ideal batch textures through precise control of the frying process. An automatic stirrer prevents racking and eliminates damage to the internal transport system. The batch-pro® 12 combines optimal frying conditions with efficient operation and maintenance, offering snack manufacturers a cost-effective solution for consistently high-quality production.
The tna intelli-flav® OMS 5.1 is a next-generation on-machine seasoning system that provides both powder flavouring and liquid oil in a single drum, to deliver consistent coverage and flavour across various products. Designed to IP65 standards, it meets stringent hygiene and sanitation requirements. The system boasts increased load capacity, supporting from 5kg (11lbs) to 8kg (17.6lbs) per batch, or up to 1600kg/hr (3527 lbs/hr), thanks to its high-density drive. Key features include an optional high-capacity stainless-steel drum and an integrated heated oil circulation system, enabling precise seasoning for a wide range of products, including fried, baked and puffed snacks. Producers can achieve unique flavours, textures and appearances with consistent seasoning performance. Additionally, the intelli-flav® OMS 5.1 minimises seasoning waste and giveaway with its unique responsive variable mass seasoning system, ensuring faster returns on investment and reduced operational costs.
Expertly designed for seamless cohesion with the tna robag® 3e, the tna auto-splice 3 is a solution that splices packaging film automatically, with no interruption to the packaging process due to manual splicing and replacing rolls. For a typical 7-hour shift operation with 3 shifts per day, bagging at the speed of 140 bags per minute, the system can generate an additional 3.5 million bags over one year. This reduces machine downtime by 385 hours per year, corresponding to an overall equipment efficiency gain of 5.1%. Compact, efficient and easily retrofittable to tna robag®, the system adds only 200mm to the existing packaging equipment footprint. The rotary reel-swapping feature makes it easier to access and replace the film roll, maximising throughput. The reel-swapping device provides clear access to spindles for new roll loading and rotates the reel to the upper “running position” when the film is spliced, presenting the exhausted reel for replacement.
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