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- [Premium Pet Food Processing: Meeting Demand for Quality, Transparency and Performance](https://marlen.com/premium-pet-food-processing-meeting-demand-for-quality-transparency-and-performance/): Pet owners today expect more from the products they feed their dogs and cats. As pets have become increasingly integrated into the family, purchasing decisions are often influenced by the same factors consumers consider when selecting food for themselves: ingredient quality, nutritional value, transparency and food safety. According to the American Pet Products Association (APPA) as reported by PetFood Industry, U.S. pet ownership has grown to 94 million households, while total pet industry expenditures reached $152 billion in 2024, reflecting continued growth and strong consumer investment in pet health and wellness.
- [Best Practices for Industrial Dehydrating Pet Treats](https://marlen.com/best-practices-for-industrial-dehydrating-pet-treats/): As the demand for clean-label, minimally processed pet treats continues to grow, industrial dehydration has become a cornerstone process for creating safe, nutritious, and shelf-stable products. Pet parents increasingly look for transparency, whole ingredients, and healthier alternatives — making it more important than ever for processors to follow best practices that ensure both product quality and safety.
- [Marlen Introduces Opti 70 Pump: Compact Twin-Piston Pump For Maximum Efficiency](https://marlen.com/marlen-introduces-opti-70-pump-compact-twin-piston-pump-for-maximum-efficiency/): Marlen, a leader in food processing equipment, proudly announces the launch of the Opti 70, the newest addition to its trusted Opti Series of twin-piston stuffing and pumping systems. Engineered for simplicity, efficiency, and reliability, the Opti 70 delivers a throughput of 7,000 lbs/hr, making it the smallest and most agile model in the Opti lineup.
- [When Good is Not Enough](https://marlen.com/when-good-is-not-enough/): For many pumping and stuffing applications, across just about every food processing segment, processors can usually do well with one of the many pump systems offered by several food equipment manufacturers.
- [Podcast: Made Here/Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://marlen.com/podcast-made-here/): Marlen had the pleasure of working with Chris Luecke at Manufacturing Happy Hour and the Industrial Solutions Network on their Made Here series. The series spotlights diverse manufacturing processes in U.S. cities, including Kansas City.
- [Making the Switch from Small Batch Cooking to a Continuous System.](https://marlen.com/making-the-switch-from-small-batch-cooking-to-a-continuous-system/): In addition to allowing your plant to process at much higher production levels – while combining the marking, cooking and chilling into one seamless process – a continuous system delivers even more advantages.
- [Navigating the Challenges of Food Processing and Packaging for Global Markets](https://marlen.com/navigating-the-challenges-of-food-processing-and-packaging-for-global-markets/): Global food processing and packaging face many challenges, not least of which are the ever-evolving taste of consumers and finding the right balance between sustainability and a healthy bottom line. Embracing innovation and being resilient are the key strengths for continued success. More than reacting to consumer demand is required; companies must find ways to stand out in this competitive market. Implementing the latest technology and efficient food processing equipment can give you an edge in ensuring food safety and quality.
- [Equipment Considerations for Plant-Based Food Processing](https://marlen.com/equipment-considerations-for-plant-based-food-processing/): The popularity of plant-based diets has been steadily rising in recent years. In 2020, the global plant-based food market was valued at $29.4 billion and is expected to reach $162 billion by 2030. This growth is being driven by a number of factors, such as increasing consumer awareness of the environmental and health benefits of plant-based diets. As the demand for plant-based food products continues to grow, plant-based food processors must carefully consider the type of equipment they need to produce high-quality, consistent products. This article will explore the key factors to consider when acquiring equipment for plant-based food processing.
- [Everything You Need to Know About Choosing the Right Industrial Confectionery Processing Machines](https://marlen.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-choosing-the-right-industrial-confectionery-processing-machines/): Pumping and extrusion systems allow products with particulates such as cake frosting and fillings to be transferred and portioned with gentle handling, resulting in the least amount of product damage.
- [How the Marlen Spiral Oven has evolved](https://marlen.com/how-the-marlen-spiral-oven-has-evolved/): Over the years, food processing equipment either gets retired or adjusts based on customer feedback and industry needs. At Marlen, we’ve seen our pumps grow up and continue to evolve through the years. And the same can be said for our continuous thermal line of products – especially our Spiral Ovens.
- [Marlen Pumps – 70 years young](https://marlen.com/marlen-pumps-70-years-young/): Over the past 70 years, Marlen pumps have been in use both inside and outside the U.S. Below are a few highlights of various applications and products that have used Marlen.
- [Duravant Appoints Einar Einarsson As President Of Marlen](https://marlen.com/duravant-appoints-einar-einarsson-as-president-of-marlen/): Riverside, MO, January 24, 2023 – Marlen International, Inc. , a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the appointment of Einar Einarsson to President where he will be responsible for leading strategies that bring Marlen’s high-performance food processing equipment and world class service to food processors around the world.
- [Avoid Piecemeal Automation & Process Bottlenecks with Marlen](https://marlen.com/avoid-piecemeal-automation-process-bottlenecks-with-marlen/): The food industry has long struggled with barriers to automation. This equipment needs to be easy to use, especially with the growing need for workers in food processing facilities. The food processing equipment also needs to be easy to maintain and repair. Automation equipment is a significant investment, so it should also be washdown ready to prevent unintended damage during sanitation. With Marlen as a process partner, food processors can automate their processing lines with state-of-the-art food processing equipment.
- [Industrial Dehydration: Consistent Process with Permanent Air Balance](https://marlen.com/industrial-dehydration-consistent-process-with-permanent-air-balance/): An Industrial Food Dehydrator with Permanent Air Balance
- [Why Marlen’s Custom Food Processing Equipment is the Best Fit for Your Fruit & Vegetable Products](https://marlen.com/why-marlens-custom-food-processing-equipment-is-the-best-fit-for-your-fruit-vegetable-products/): Slice and Dice Your Fruit and Vegetable Products Continuously
- [Foodservice Companies Produce Pre-Cooked Foods to Reduce Restaurant Prep Time](https://marlen.com/foodservice-companies-produce-pre-cooked-foods-to-reduce-restaurant-prep-time/): As employees are returning to work in the office, there has been a rise in demand for restaurants, workplace cafeterias, and business catering. While some employees continue working remotely, those who are returning to the office are looking for quick and easy products to satisfy lunchtime and snack cravings. Thus, restaurants, catering companies, and quick foodservice providers will benefit from understanding how Marlen’s industrial food production equipment produces pre-cooked foods which reduces meal preparation times. Marlen’s selection of continuous flame grills, ovens, and chillers, as well as their sous vide cooking lines and batch smokehouses, offer streamlined, reliable solutions to pre-cook food products, which reduces at-location food preparation time.
- [Why Marlen’s Custom Food Processing Equipment is the Best Fit for Your Poultry Products](https://marlen.com/why-marlens-custom-food-processing-equipment-is-the-best-fit-for-your-poultry-products/): The vacuum stuffing equipment food processors use for meat and poultry products plays a vital role in finished product quality. Marlen’s twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping systems have advantages for pumping and stuffing whole muscle, ground, and comminuted products. The twin-piston design results in superior air removal in meat and poultry products, which results in overall material savings by using less casing, netting, and bags to produce the same amount of product. Superior air removal also results in less entrapped oxygenated air in the product, which can extend shelf life and give a more desirable, firm product texture, as well as improved appearance. The large sleeve size (8 9/16” diameter by 14” long) achieves loads up to 24 pounds of product at a time, which results in large, whole muscle pieces with minimal cut points. Other stuffing and pumping systems, such as auger and vane style pumping designs, cannot maintain whole muscle quality. These advantages allow food processors to produce poultry products more efficiently than with other pumping and stuffing designs.
- [Aseptic Processing: What it is and Why You Need It](https://marlen.com/aseptic-processing-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-it/): One means by which food processors can save on operating costs is to adopt aseptic processing systems to maintain their product safety and streamline their operating procedures. This processing system is so important that a panel of food technologists and scientists at the Institute of Food Technologists stated, “Aseptic processing is the most significant food science development in the last 50 years.” This means food processors will benefit from understanding what Aseptic Processing is and how it can benefit them.
- [How Accurate Volumetric Filling Redeploys Labor](https://marlen.com/how-accurate-volumetric-filling-redeploys-labor/): Whether you are filling moist precooked and chilled shredded or cubed chicken, beef, or pork, naturally fermented veggies (e.g., kimchi or sauerkraut), real or imitation smokeless tobacco, flaked fish or shredded surimi, the Marlen line of volumetric fillers will provide consistent laborsaving results. The Marlen industrial filling process is known for handling hard-to-fill product applications that are often referred to as “hand fill only.” Food processors can eliminate product giveaway by maintaining a fill weight accuracy as low as one standard deviation being equal to ±2% of the target fill weight. These fill weights are easily adjusted “on the fly” either manually, or via the optional servo motor.
- [How to Choose Between Hydraulic and Servo-Driven Vacuum Stuffers and Pumps](https://marlen.com/how-to-choose-between-hydraulic-and-servo-driven-vacuum-stuffers-and-pumps/): Vice President of Sustainability for The North American Meat Institute Eric Mittenthal stated in 2021, “Very clearly, deli meats have been helping Americans navigate this new world since March 2020. This IRI data verifies two things – how much people rely on the convenience and nutrition of deli meats, and how effective deli departments have been at meeting consumers' needs for pre-sliced and grab-&-go options.”
- [Why Marlen’s Custom Food Processing Equipment is the Best Fit for Your Fish & Seafood Products](https://marlen.com/why-marlens-custom-food-processing-equipment-is-the-best-fit-for-your-fish-seafood-products/): Develop the Perfect Surface Effects
- [How Efficient Energy Transfer and Airflow Affects Your Food Products in a Spiral Oven](https://marlen.com/how-efficient-energy-transfer-and-airflow-affects-your-food-products-in-a-spiral-oven/): Sustainability Goals and the Marlen Spiral Oven
- [Benefit from Energy Savings when Moving from Microwaving Bacon to Spiral Cooking Bacon](https://marlen.com/benefit-from-energy-savings-when-moving-from-microwaving-bacon-to-spiral-cooking-bacon/): Bacon: Spiral Cooking vs Microwave Cooking
- [Why Marlen’s Custom Food Processing Equipment is the Best Fit for Your Plant-based Food Products](https://marlen.com/why-marlens-custom-food-processing-equipment-is-the-best-fit-for-your-plant-based-food-products/): A recent environmental impact study shows that the production of plant-based meats uses 72-99 percent less water and 47-99 percent less land than methods of producing traditional meat. These two findings alone have many major food and meat processors developing and selling alternative proteins to continue to feed people while using far fewer of the world’s natural resources. From formed meat alternatives such as the Impossible Burger to BBQ ‘pulled’ alternative meats such as shredded jackfruit, food scientists and chefs all over the globe are going to great lengths to create new ready-to-eat recipes. These products are proving to be popular with consumers: people all over the world are buying, eating, and blogging about the latest plant-based food products. In fact, 77% of consumers said they could be convinced to buy meat alternatives, including 87% of Gen Z consumers.
- [How to Cook the Perfect Meatball at an Industrial Level](https://marlen.com/how-to-cook-the-perfect-meatball-at-an-industrial-level/): Meatballs: A Mixture of Meats or Meat Alternatives?
- [The Science of Impingement: How it can speed up your cook time](https://marlen.com/the-science-of-impingement-how-it-can-speed-up-your-cook-time/): The Science of Impingement
- [No bones about it: Do you know what’s in your whole muscle, trim and ground poultry products?](https://marlen.com/no-bones-about-it-do-you-know-whats-in-your-whole-muscle-trim-and-ground-poultry-products/): Reliable Detection of Bone Fragments and Foreign Matter Inclusions in Meat and Poultry Products
- [How the Chilling Process Works with Meat Products](https://marlen.com/how-the-chilling-process-works-with-meat-products/): After a product is fully cooked (i.e., ham) or partially cooked (i.e., bacon) to lethality, the product must be cooled in a continuous process that is monitored at two stages and given a maximum cooling time depending on pre-cooling options. Fully and partially cooked food products need to be chilled quickly during the first stage to ensure a minimal level of pathogen growth prior to packaging. However, depending on the properties of the product—such as its thickness, water activity, pH, cured or uncured product, etc.—chilling can be quite challenging. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issues guidance on how to properly chill food products to ensure minimal pathogen growth through its “Revised Appendix B” guidance (which was recently revised in December 2021).
- [Local Pitmaster or Industrial Smokehouse? Most Can’t Tell the Difference.](https://marlen.com/local-pitmaster-or-industrial-smokehouse-most-cant-tell-the-difference/): With the knowledge and experience of Marlen’s thermal processing experts, and the custom design of the Marlen Smokehouse, Marlen is the perfect process partner to bring these popular smoke-infused products to market at scale. The local pitmaster may spend years perfecting their technique and a winning recipe so when this technique is replicated in Marlen’s Industrial Smokehouse, consumers will experience the same high quality product that was developed in the smoke pit.
- [Serving Pet Parents’ Desires with Human-Grade Pet Food](https://marlen.com/serving-pet-parents-desires-with-human-grade-pet-food/): Perhaps spurred in part by the global pandemic, many families now have a pet at home. According to the American Pet Products Association, 70% of people in the United States (approximately 90.5 million homes in the U.S.) have at least one pet, with many of those pets being a cat or a dog. In addition, how people view pets at home has also changed in recent years. According to a 2015 Nielsen report, 95% of people with pets at home considered them to be part of the family, and this is a 7% increase from 2007. This has led to a rise in the humanization of pets, as well as people identifying as ‘pet parents’ rather than ‘pet owners.’
- [What’s Involved in Post-Pasteurization of Sauce Pouches and Ready-to-Eat Meals](https://marlen.com/whats-involved-in-post-pasteurization-of-sauce-pouches-and-ready-to-eat-meals/): As consumer trends shift, there has been an increase in demand for high-quality, affordable in-home dining options. Food processors that produce sauce pouches and ready-to-eat (RTE) meals will see an increased need for post-pasteurization to ensure their products are safe, and to promote clean label products with a shelf life that allows the product to be distributed to as many markets as possible. Food processors are seeking the process knowledge and guidance for equipment solutions to meet their product needs by providing validated post-pasteurization solutions.
- [How to Prep & Cook the Perfect Chicken Nugget](https://marlen.com/how-to-prep-cook-the-perfect-chicken-nugget/): Since these products already look precooked and are intended to be reheated at home, it is important that food processors use food safety protocols and food-safe handling processes to reduce the consumer’s risk of contracting a foodborne illness, which means that the nuggets should be fully cooked prior to packaging. Marlen’s Spiral Oven technology is designed to fully cook nuggets fast and safely, which promotes product safety for these popular consumer packaged goods.
- [The Advantages of Vacuumized Inline Grinding for Whole Muscle and Emulsified Meat and Poultry Products](https://marlen.com/the-advantages-of-vacuumized-inline-grinding-for-whole-muscle-and-emulsified-meat-and-poultry-products/): Let’s walk through the advantages of vacuumized inline grinding for whole muscle and emulsified meat and poultry products.
- [Advancements in the Food Processing Industry: Looking Toward the Next Five Years](https://marlen.com/advancements-in-the-food-processing-industry-looking-toward-the-next-five-years/): Labor retention and employee turnover rates have consistently been persistent issues in the food processing industry, however, coupled with the pandemic, these issues have been compounded to the point where “major meat processors are having to change how high quality, hand-placed products are made,” according to Marlen’s product sales manager for pumping and portioning equipment, Doug Vogelsmeier. Fortunately, with Marlen’s twin piston design, processors do not have to sacrifice a lot of quality and are able to achieve a relatively similar product without as much labor utilization.
- [How Food Processors Save with Marlen Spiral Chilling Equipment](https://marlen.com/how-food-processors-save-with-marlen-spiral-chilling-equipment/): Consumers in the United States are eager to return to pre-pandemic lifestyles, and so many are starting to gather with friends and family members once again. Alongside this trend, they are increasingly interested in creating their own chef-prepared, restaurant-style meals at home. As the summer holidays come around, convenience ready meals and kits are high in demand. This comes at a time when food processors are struggling to hire workers. Many food processors caught in this labor challenge are making strategic decisions to automate certain processes without compromising their ability to meet consumer demand. That is what makes the Marlen Spiral Chiller and Freezer so appealing to food processors: it is a “plug-and-play,” short-lead time, compact machine, that in many cases reduces operating costs and the need for labor. This industrial unit offers chilling or freezing faster and more hygienically than batch processes. With reduced labor, increased product yield, and food-safe design features, Marlen’s Spiral Chillers and Freezers are well-suited to meet this moment in consumer demand.
- [Key Solutions for Optimal Industrial Sous Vide Processing](https://marlen.com/key-solutions-for-optimal-industrial-sous-vide-processing/): The pandemic caused a fundamental shift in the meal kit industry. The Food Institute states that the global meat kit delivery services market is expected to reach almost $20 billion by 2027. The most successful meal delivery services are finding that infusing well-known dishes with exotic global spices and flavors are winning customers over by creating meals that are unique and highly desirable. One of the best known methods that allows food processors to achieve versatility for a wide range of products with various flavor profiles is through industrial sous vide processing. Using aromatics like thyme or rosemary sprigs along with seasonings result in enhanced flavor while products rest in the vacuum sealed bag. Once the product has been cooked and chilled utilizing the sous vide process, consumers can simply finish the final cooking step at home in an oven, on a cooktop or over a grill. But before it reaches the consumer, the bag of their favorite protein or vegetables takes shape in massive custom-built water cook and chill tanks designed to sous vide cook, blanch, pasteurize, and chill a wide range of food products. The precision of continuous water cooking and chilling equipment ensures sous vide perfection for these premium, value-added food products.
- [Food Plant Hygiene and Handling Equipment for Safer Food Production](https://marlen.com/food-plant-hygiene-and-handling-equipment-for-safer-food-production/): What type of stainless material is used to manufacture food handling & plant hygiene equipment?
- [Industrial Surface Treatment Equipment Tips and Tricks](https://marlen.com/industrial-surface-treatment-equipment-tips-and-tricks/): As the weather changes and the markets reopen with less-restrictive rules on wearing masks, consumers in the US are starting to dine in restaurants more often.  Also, with the onset of kitchen fatigue, consumers are buying evermore ready meals from grocery stores.  This has resulted in a higher demand for high-quality ingredients which is being felt by food processors that are struggling to rehire workers.  This has signaled a shift in priority for food processing companies.  Many food processors have decided to make workflow improvements to improve product yields, increase efficiency, and save labor to keep up with this rise in demand while hiring and training their new workforce.  To meet these multiple needs, food processors can use industrial surface treatment equipment to cut down on overall cook time and reduce labor while also increasing the quality of their food products.
- [Summer Eats – and the Continuous Cooking Equipment that Makes Them Possible](https://marlen.com/summer-eats-and-the-continuous-cooking-equipment-that-makes-them-possible/): Impress consumers this summer with various flame grilled proteins and vegetables.  For instance, flame-grilled chicken breasts and grilled romaine hearts can be combined to create a Caesar salad with Caesar dressing and shaved parmesan after cooking!  Use the Marlen Afoheat™ Flame Grill to start the cooking process and provide authentic grill marks and flame-developed surface color of the chicken and romaine hearts.  This method also works well for toasting the bread for a Panzanella salad, as well as grilling ribeye steaks and hamburger or veggie patties.
- [How Automatic Filling is Safer in a Food Processing Plant](https://marlen.com/how-automatic-filling-is-safer-in-a-food-processing-plant/): If your food processing plant is manually filling shredded pork, chicken, beef, surimi, flaked tuna, or naturally fermented veggies, it is likely that you are losing profits related to the amount of manual labor required. Additional profit losses can be attributed to product giveaway due to inaccurate weights. Marlen’s filling equipment can automate the filling process while increasing weight accuracy. Marlen’s solution reduces the need for physical barriers such as plexiglass dividers that take up valuable floor space to separate meat and poultry processing workers to limit the spread of COVID-19. Last but certainly not least – the Marlen filler eases the pain in finding and recruiting hard to find team members to operate the lines in your facility!
- [Benefits to Continuous Thermal Heating in Spiral Ovens](https://marlen.com/benefits-to-continuous-thermal-heating-in-spiral-ovens/): It comes as no surprise that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have shifted to cooking more meals at home. Consumer demand for meat has increased: recent reports show that 43% of Americans buy more meat than before the pandemic, and nearly all U.S. households purchased meat in 2020, due to preparing more homecooked meals. After a year of dining in, U.S. consumers have begun experiencing kitchen burnout, and this has changed what kinds of meats consumers are looking for. Americans are now more likely to purchase preseasoned and precooked meat and poultry from the grocery store. It also seems that poultry sales—especially turkey sales—are positioned to grow faster than red meat sales soon.
- [Steam Energy: Continuous Thermal Heating in Spiral Ovens](https://marlen.com/steam-energy-continuous-thermal-heating-in-spiral-ovens/): Since the spiral cook process operates within an oven enclosure that features a smaller footprint and reduced openings as compared to traditional linear ovens, a spiral oven offers precision with the amount and kind of heat energy used to cook a food product. In particular, the Marlen spiral oven uses super-heated steam to create a cooking environment that is arguably more efficient than traditional convection cooking. In fact, this super-heated steam environment has with 263 kcal/m³ more energy (when cooking at 230°C) versus convection cooking at the same temperature. This reduces overall cook times and maximizes product yields.
- [Delivering Chef-inspired Summer Meals with Industrial Flame Grilling](https://marlen.com/delivering-chef-inspired-summer-meals-with-industrial-flame-grilling/): With some flame grilling, the traditional dressed salad can be replaced with one of these new favorites. Flame-grilled chicken breasts go well with grilled romaine hearts and can simply be finished with Caesar dressing and shaved parmesan! Industrial flame grills aren’t limited to proteins and vegetables. Use Marlen’s Afoheat flame grill to toast bread which is a perfect complement to a Grilled Panzanella Salad that’s tossed with heirloom tomatoes, diced cucumber, parsley, extra virgin olive oil, and red wine vinegar. Flame-grilled garden vegetables can be combined with toasted almonds and sherry vinaigrette as another cold salad option. Fresh summer recipes featuring grilled items are seemingly endless!
- [Production of Quality Pizza Toppings with a Marlen Jet Knife Forming System](https://marlen.com/production-of-quality-pizza-toppings-with-a-marlen-jet-knife-forming-system/): Using our Marlen OPTI Series vacuum pump, the meat or plant-based formulation is pumped through the Jet Knife whereby it passes through a forming plate. The plate can be configured with one uniform shaped hole or individual holes in the plate can vary, depending on the desired appearance of the finished product. Variable cutting speeds allow for changes to product consistency, definition, and texture.
- [The Advantages of Industrial Spiral Cooking](https://marlen.com/the-advantages-of-industrial-spiral-cooking/): Versatile and Compact Continuous Cooking
- [Meat Portioning Made Easy by Marlen](https://marlen.com/meat-portioning-made-easy-by-marlen/): Dynamic portioning is achieved by accurately metering the product flow out of a Marlen vacuum stuffer and pumping system along with a Marlen cutoff device to portion the product at a fixed time interval. Marlen guarantees a portion accuracy of +/- 2% of the total portion weight for dynamic portioning applications.
- [Why Industrial Flame Grilling Helps Retail Sales](https://marlen.com/why-industrial-flame-grilling-helps-retail-sales/): Consumers Look for Natural Surface Effects and “Clean Label” Foods
- [Why Having the Best Industrial Food Processing Equipment is a Must for Your Business](https://marlen.com/why-having-the-best-industrial-food-processing-equipment-is-a-must-for-your-business/): There are several factors to consider when sourcing industrial food processing equipment to ensure maximum production efficiency and delivery of optimum food products which leads to increased profits. The following areas which focus on total cost of ownership should be well understood by you and your team prior to sourcing equipment from OEMs.
- [What Does Marlen Mean When We Say High Performance Industrial Oven?](https://marlen.com/high-performance-industrial-oven-means/): It’s important that thermal processing technology such as high performance industrial food processing ovens and smokehouses deliver uniformity and efficiency for quality, uniform product. Robust sanitary construction and an efficient mechanical design, including fans, ducts, air plenum and alternating dampers working together to enhance airflow are major factors in achieving consistent processing conditions for precise repeatable results, day after day.
- [Selecting the Right Meat Dicer for Your Needs](https://marlen.com/selecting-the-right-meat-dicer-for-your-needs/): What’s going in today’s meat plants is a severe shortage of employees. As meat processors, we find that we’re training operators on Monday only to find them gone by the following Monday. To keep this turnaround from impacting production too drastically, a meat dicer’s human machine interface (HMI) needs to be extremely user-friendly and intuitive without any language barriers.
- [Questions to Ask Your Food Processing Equipment Manufacturer](https://marlen.com/questions-to-ask-your-food-processing-equipment-manufacturer/): Do you have food application experts available to work in conjunction with our engineering and R&D staff to help us determine the right solution for our business?
- [Key Factors for Food Dehydration](https://marlen.com/key-factors-for-food-dehydration/): Permanent Air Balance Ensures Repeatable and Consistent Processing Conditions
- [Ask the Marlen experts: What makes the best industrial chillers?](https://marlen.com/ask-the-marlen-experts-what-makes-the-best-industrial-chillers/): The Process of Chilling Meat Efficiently Requires More Than a Recipe
- [What Makes Marlen Vacuum Stuffers Unique?](https://marlen.com/how-the-benefits-of-twin-piston-vacuum-stuffing-and-pumping-positively-affect-finished-meat-products/): Superior vacuum levels are achieved with Marlen’s twin-piston vacuum pumping design.
- [COVID-19 in the Food Industry: What has changed?](https://marlen.com/covid-19-in-the-food-industry-what-has-changed/): Processors Gave “Birth” to Many New Products in the Food Manufacturing Industry.
- [Myths About Food Processing](https://marlen.com/myths-about-food-processing/): There are a lot of myths that have surfaced over the years about food and meat processing. This causes an immense amount of confusion one has when they resolve to eat healthier. From connections with animal handling to food safety protocols, we’ve all seen a lot of misinformation circulating on traditional and social media channels. It is important to remember that there are risks and benefits to everything we eat and as consumers we must make logical and well-informed decisions by proactively seeking information from trusted sources.
- [Best Sustainability Practices for the Food Supply Chain](https://marlen.com/best-sustainability-practices-for-the-food-supply-chain/): Sustainability is vital along the entire food supply chain. Waste in one area can increase prices for all the companies that sit further down the supply chain. Therefore, an industry-wide effort to increase sustainability can affect all companies that operate as part of the food supply chain.
- [What the Growing Demand for Vegan Options Means for the Food Industry](https://marlen.com/what-the-growing-demand-for-vegan-options-means-for-the-food-industry/): The rising popularity of vegan and vegetarian food has caused a shift in the food industry. According to the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), the vegan retail food industry’s worth grew by 11.4% in March 2020 and hit a staggering $5 billion.
- [Reducing Operational Costs in Food Manufacturing](https://marlen.com/reducing-operational-costs-in-food-manufacturing/): While increased demand for manufactured foods is exciting for the industry, it’s crucial to reduce your operational costs to protect your profit. Reviewing ways to reduce your food manufacturing operational costs will help streamline your processes and increase your efficiency.
- [What Are Processed Foods and Which Are Okay To Eat?](https://marlen.com/what-are-processed-foods-and-which-are-okay-to-eat/): Food processing equipment has many benefits to the world, such as making food more sanitary, safe, or convenient to eat. By analyzing different processed foods and determining which are healthy and which you need to avoid, you will ensure your diet includes foods that are good for you.
- [The Future of Global Food Systems](https://marlen.com/the-future-of-global-food-systems/): Utilizing resources, sourcing food locally, and eliminating food insecurity through inclusivity are all important ways the system must evolve and grow to keep up with demand from consumers. By analyzing the potential future of global food systems, you’ll learn more about how the food industry plans to ensure consumers can fill their plates at every meal.
- [How to Restore Consumer Confidence After a Scandal](https://marlen.com/how-to-restore-consumer-confidence-after-a-scandal/): Before attempting to address the general public, take the time to gather all the facts about the scandal. Whether you’re dealing with food contamination or an employee injury at the hands of slicing equipment, learning exactly what happened before you speak out is crucial.
- [Supply Chain Management Trends in the Food Industry](https://marlen.com/supply-chain-management-trends-in-the-food-industry/): Using technology to streamline your processes and manage your supply chain helps you take control of all steps to ensure confidence in your product and consistency in manufacturing. Identifying these management trends and understanding how they can impact your own business processes will ensure you’re tapping into the resources needed to create a productive supply chain.
- [How Automation Benefits the Food Industry](https://marlen.com/how-automation-benefits-the-food-industry/): Changes to production or distribution can also affect the thin margins that many food businesses have. However, adding to your workforce or procuring additional supplies on short notice can hurt your bottom line even if you are selling more products.
- [Sustainability in the Pet Food Industry](https://marlen.com/pet-food-sustainability-issues-marlen/): Nonetheless, sustainability, environmental friendliness, and related topics are becoming more important for pet food producers. The idea of "going green" has reached every industry on some level, and pet food is no exception.
- [Marlen to Exhibit at PROCESS EXPO 2019](https://marlen.com/marlen-to-exhibit-at-process-expo-2019/): Marlen’s president, Bob Campbell, stated, “It is an honor to be part of this massive effort at PROCESS EXPO which highlights innovative processing and packaging technologies. We look forward to showcasing our latest vacuum stuffing and pumping solutions known for higher density stuffing, resulting in improved yield.”
- [Reasons for Kitchen Equipment Failure](https://marlen.com/reasons-for-kitchen-equipment-failure/): Professionals in the food industry rely on the functionality of their kitchen equipment to deliver consistent and safe products effectively to consumers. Kitchen equipment seldom lasts forever or performs perfectly at all times; under regular use without basic maintenance, you may even experience equipment failure. However, in most cases, this failure is preventable if you’re aware of the most common causes of breakdowns as well as how to avoid them.
- [Marlen International Appoints New Vice President of Sales](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-appoints-new-vice-president-of-sales/): Vancrum stated, “I am thrilled to join the Marlen team. The business has a great reputation in the food processing space and a solid foundation for growth.”
- [Marlen International and MT Food Systems Form New Partnership](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-and-mt-food-systems-form-new-partnership/): The companies will operate from MT Food Systems’ facility in Bangkok with a Solution Center to conduct product testing with innovative food processing equipment solutions from Marlen’s product portfolio. In addition to other products represented by MT Food Systems, the new Solution Center will feature a Carruthers DuraKut 2D dicer, Unitherm spiral ovens and chillers, and Afoheat roasting, searing and bar marking equipment.
- [Marlen International to Exhibit New Food Processing Equipment at Pack Expo International](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-to-exhibit-new-food-processing-equipment-at-pack-expo-international/): Marlen is also excited to introduce the latest enhancement to their Carruthers DuraKut™ 6000 Series VFD 2D dicer – a horizontal slicing attachment for three-dimensional cuts. With sanitation and ease-of-use in mind, the 12” CE-Compliant machine is equipped with VFD motors and features a novel approach to a parts and sanitation cart for easy assembly and disassembly.  Ideal for applications such as fresh, boneless skinless chicken breasts or cooked food products such as log meats, the DuraKut is designed for continuous flow processing and high throughputs. Its platform is controlled via a smart, highly intuitive HMI with internationally recognized symbols/icons, making operation extremely user-friendly for multi-language speaking work forces.
- [Marlen International Unveils New Company Overview Video](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-unveils-new-company-overview-video/): Whether you're looking to cook, shred, smoke, brown, portion, steam, slice, roast, pasteurize, stuff, dice, chill, bar mark or load, lift and dump, Marlen has it all! Here's a quick look into Marlen International's highly engineered unique solutions designed for your unique products.
- [Marlen International to Exhibit New Food Processing Equipment at Anuga FoodTec](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-to-exhibit-new-food-processing-equipment-at-anuga-foodtec/): Marlen is also excited to unveil their newest Carruthers dicer – a VFD version of the new DuraKut™ 6000 Series. With sanitation and ease-of-use in mind, the 12” CE-Compliant machine is equipped with VFD motors for two-dimensional cubing and strip cutting of fresh or cooked food products and features a novel approach to a parts and sanitation cart for easy assembly and disassembly. With continuous flow processing and high throughputs, this next generation dicer platform is controlled via Allen-Bradley’s newest MobileView™ HMI for the most user-friendly and intuitive interface.
- [Marlen International to Exhibit New Food Processing Equipment at IPPE 2018](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-to-exhibit-new-food-processing-equipment-at-ippe-2018/): Marlen is also excited to unveil their newest Carruthers dicer – a VFD version of the new DuraKut™ 6000 Series. With sanitation and ease-of-use in mind, the 12” machine is equipped with VFD motors for two-dimensional cubing and strip cutting of fresh or cooked food products and features a novel approach to a parts and sanitation cart for easy assembly and disassembly. With continuous flow processing and high throughputs, this next generation dicer platform is controlled via Allen-Bradley’s newest MobileView™ HMI for the most user-friendly and intuitive interface.
- [Duravant Launches SupportPro Service Brand at Pack Expo Las Vegas](https://marlen.com/duravant-launches-supportpro-service-brand-at-pack-expo-las-vegas/): Furthermore, SupportPro’s lifetime equipment protection includes a broad range of services that aim to keep equipment operating at optimal performance levels over its entire service life. According to Huelsman, "Regularly scheduled maintenance, production audits and equipment inspections, equipment tuning, personalized training, and equipment optimization and modernization options are some of the ways that SupportPro can improve long-term equipment effectiveness."
- [Marlen International to Exhibit at PACK EXPO Las Vegas with Chicago-based Parent Company, Duravant LLC](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-to-exhibit-at-pack-expo-las-vegas-with-chicago-based-parent-company-duravant-llc/): Senior vice president of global sales and marketing, Jan Erik Kuhlmann, stated, “With our acquisition of Afoheat back in January, we now have continuous thermal solutions for processors who are looking to add value through grilling, roasting, searing or bar marking meat and poultry, fish, vegetables and baked goods. When it comes to enhancing the appearance, aroma or taste of food products, Afoheat’s uniform heat transfer process is an ideal solution.”
- [Marlen International Acquires Unitherm Food Systems, an Innovative Provider of Thermal Food Processing Equipment](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-acquires-unitherm-food-systems-an-innovative-provider-of-thermal-food-processing-equipiment/): “Marlen is a respected leader in custom-built thermal technologies, and we are extremely excited to add Unitherm to our portfolio,” stated Marlen International’s president, Bob Campbell.  “Partnering with the Unitherm team strengthens our position as the premier provider of thermal solutions in every market we serve and further supports our strategy of serving the industry through the delivery of innovative processes and customer support before, during, and after the sale.”
- [Marlen International to Exhibit New Innovative Food Processing Equipment at Process Expo 2017](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-to-exhibit-new-innovative-food-processing-equipment-at-process-expo-2017/): Senior vice president of global sales and marketing, Jan Erik Kuhlmann, stated, “Food processors who are looking to add value through grilling, roasting, searing or bar marking meat and poultry, fish, vegetables and baked goods can utilize our broad set of continuous thermal technologies to enhance the appearance, aroma or taste of their products.”
- [Marlen International Acquires Afoheat, an Innovative Provider of Gas Powered Heating, Roasting, Searing and Grilling Equipment Solutions for the Food Industry](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-acquires-afoheat-an-innovative-provider-of-gas-powered-heating-roasting-searing-and-grilling-equipment-solutions-for-the-food-industry/): Marlen International, Inc. , a global manufacturer of highly engineered food processing equipment and systems, and a subsidiary of Chicago-based Duravant LLC, has acquired Afoheat – an innovative provider of gas powered heating, roasting, searing and grilling equipment solutions for the food industry.
- [Marlen International Appoints New Regional Sales Manager to Northeast Territory](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-appoints-new-regional-sales-manager-to-northeast-territory/): Marlen’s senior vice president of global sales and marketing, Jan Erik Kuhlmann stated, “Given his solid sales history coupled with an overwhelming desire to succeed, I am highly confident Matt’s skillset will allow us to extend our reach into the northeastern states with our wide array of Marlen and Carruthers food processing equipment offerings while helping customers grow their business.”
- [Marlen International to Exhibit at IFFA 2016](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-to-exhibit-at-iffa-2016/): In May 2016, Messe-Frankfurt will host IFFA, the world’s largest trade show focused on the meat industry. A visit to Marlen’s booth, Hall 8.0, Stand H03, will bring you to the latest Marlen and Carruthers offerings, including some new innovative solutions in vacuum stuffing/pumping and size reduction. Don’t miss Marlen's exclusive display! Visit the IFFA Website Hall 8.0, Stand H03 May 7-12, 2016 Messe-Frankfurt, Germany
- [Marlen International to Exhibit at Petfood Forum 2016](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-to-exhibit-at-petfood-forum-2016/): Marlen International will be exhibiting at the Petfood Forum, booth number 929. Join us in Kansas City where we will be featuring Marlen and Carruthers food processing equipment, including our AE5000 2D dicer/slicer and industrial dehydrator for the dehydration of natural and organic pet treats.
- [Marlen International Welcomes Food and Meat Scientist to Its Solution Center Applications Team](https://marlen.com/marlen-international-welcomes-food-and-meat-scientist-to-its-solution-center-applications-team/): Marlen International, Inc. announces the addition of Ashley Collins as a food and meat scientist, to its Solution Center applications team. A 2014 Meat Industry Suppliers’ Association (MISA) scholarship recipient and graduate from Kansas State University’s Master degree program of Food and Meat Science, Ashley will be responsible for providing product and process solutions support to food and meat processors sourcing Marlen and Carruthers food processing equipment.

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## Associations
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## Duravant Companies
- [Pattyn](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/pattyn/): Pattyn is a global leader in bag-in-box packaging solutions. We provide high-performance, turnkey packing lines for food and non-food companies. We improve packaging efficiency, reduce product giveaway, increase capacity, and cut packaging costs. By guarding the packaging quality, we protect our customers’ reputation in the market. Our comprehensive end-of-line solutions span the entire packaging process from case erecting and bag inserting to weigh, filling, bag and case closing, and palletizing. Through our dedicated Bakery Division, we deliver specialized solutions for bread, pastry, and frozen dough, including product counting, quality control, pick & place systems, and bulk filling.
- [T-Tek](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/t-tek/): T-TEK is a premier manufacturer and service provider of custom-built automated end-of-line packaging equipment including palletizers, depalletizers, robotic systems, conveyors and complete lines. Their automation solutions are designed to enhance production environments and processes for high-volume and high-speed operations.
- [POSS](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/poss/): POSS designs and manufactures secondary processing solutions, exclusively specializing in high quality mechanical separation technology. With engineering expertise to design turnkey systems that connect upstream and downstream equipment, their portfolio includes ancillary equipment and custom solutions. POSS has longstanding relationships with many of the world’s leading protein processing brands and provides comprehensive sales and service support through a robust network of partners.
- [Wulftec](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/wulftec/): Wulftec is a market-leading manufacturer of highly complex, fully customizable automation solutions for end-of-line packaging applications. Wulftec’s product portfolio includes semi-automatic and fully-automatic stretch wrappers, fully-automatic strapping machines and end-of-line system components that are designed for seamless process integration.
- [WECO](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/weco/): WECO is a leading manufacturer of food sorting automation solutions specializing in optical color and defect sorting equipment and moisture monitoring systems for crop products including blueberries, tomatoes, walnuts, pecans, wine grapes, coffee cherries, olives, hops, and more.
- [Votech](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/votech/): Votech is a full line bagging automation solutions provider that brings together 100+ years of packaging experience with the industry’s premier product brands of Fischbein, Saxon and Votech to deliver greater efficiency, productivity and profitability to customers worldwide.
- [QC Conveyors](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/qc-conveyors/): QC Conveyors is a leading manufacturer of durable and reliable conveyors and integrated systems, specializing in low profile conveyor designs and modular plastic chain conveyors. QC Conveyors serves many of the world’s most recognized brands in the food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, foodservice, automotive, pharmaceutical, and medical industries.
- [PPM](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/ppm/): PPM Technologies is a global automation solutions provider of smartly engineered equipment and integrated lines for the food processing industry. PPM designs, engineers and manufactures equipment for a wide array of food products including snack foods, cereals, confectionaries, nuts and seeds, vegetables, meats, poultry, seafood and more.
- [nVenia](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/nvenia/): nVenia designs and manufactures a full range of primary, secondary, and end-of-line packaging automation solutions for rigid and flexible packaging formats. nVenia delivers next-level packaging equipment, systems, and integrated services designed to increase productivity and maximize efficiency of operations for producers of food, beverage, consumer, and industrial goods. Their trusted equipment brands deliver next-level performance through consultative design of integrated, fit-for-purpose production lines: 
- [NPI](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/npi/): NPI is a designer, manufacturer and service provider of sorters and other automated material handling solutions for high volume sortation and fulfillment of parcels, flats, letters, polybags, boxes and uniquely shaped packages. NPI’s modular and configurable equipment solutions and advanced software is engineered to help the world’s largest delivery and warehouse operators reduce labor, increase production, and enhance operational efficiency across their various sorting needs.
- [Multiscan](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/multiscan/): Multiscan Technologies develops and manufactures equipment with vision technology for the sorting, grading and inspection of fruits and vegetables, and other food products. Multiscan is a visionary company, passionate about the development and application of equipment and systems solutions based on vision technologies for agribusinesses. Through their unique 360º product analysis, Multiscan delivers differentiated solutions for the sorting and inspection of agri-food products driven by a value proposition based on four key concepts: Customer, Innovation, Global Reach and Sustainability.
- [Mespack](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/mespack/): Mespack is a leading international manufacturer of packaging automation equipment and is recognized by the world’s largest consumer goods brands as a highly innovative company strongly committed to developing machinery for sustainable packaging solutions. Mespack serves the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, pet food, and home care industries, among others.
- [Marlen](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/marlen/): Marlen is a premium manufacturer of highly engineered food processing equipment and systems specializing in high-quality proteins and a variety of other food products. Their products have long set the standard for performance in pumping, stuffing, portioning, size reduction, thermal processing and food handling.
- [Marelec](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/marelec/): Marelec Food Technologies is a global supplier of intelligent portioning, weighing and grading solutions for the poultry, meat, and fish processing industries. Marelec designs and manufactures reliable, efficient, and flexible processing solutions that are tailored to each customers’s specific needs in order to maximize productivity and optimize efficiency. 
- [Henneken](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/henneken/): Henneken is a leading manufacturer and service provider of innovative food processing machinery for the meat, poultry, and seafood industries. Henneken has consistently been at the forefront of designing solutions that meet the needs of food processors who demand quality and safety while maximizing productivity and yields.
- [Key Technology](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/key-technology/): Key Technology delivers innovative and reliable integrated food processing solutions for the world’s largest food processors, enabling them to optimize product quality, product safety and yield. As the trusted global leader of sorting and food handling automation technologies, Key Technology designs, manufactures, and integrates optical sorting, grading, conveying, and processing systems.
- [FMH Conveyors](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/fmh-conveyors/): FMH Conveyors is a leading manufacturer of conveyor solutions engineered to expedite supply chains, integrate automation, and increase productivity for the world’s producers and movers of high demand goods. FMH Conveyors designs, builds, installs, and services a complete range of conveyor products for truck loading and unloading along with other applications for manufacturing, assembly, order fulfillment, and packaging operations.
- [Foodmate](https://marlen.com/duravant-family/foodmate/): Foodmate is a leading poultry processing equipment solutions provider and partner to the world’s largest and most trusted poultry processing companies. Foodmate brings intelligent technology and innovative solutions to poultry processing automation with highly engineered machines designed to optimize yields, improve quality, and reduce labor costs while delivering a low cost of ownership. 

## Events/Shows
- [Interpack Processing & Packaging](https://marlen.com/event-show/interpack-processing-packaging/)

## Resources
- [Duravant Poultry Processing Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/duravant-poultry-processing-brochure/)
- [Duravant Meat Processing Solutions Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/duravant-meat-processing-solutions-brochure/)
- [OPTI Vacuum Stuffing and Pumping Systems Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/opti-vacuum-stuffing-and-pumping-systems-brochure/)
- [Marlen Opti 280 Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/marlen-opti-280-spec-sheet/)
- [Marlen Pasteurization Solutions Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/marlen-pasteurization-solutions-brochure/)
- [Tall Mini Spiral Gas Oven Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/tall-mini-spiral-gas-oven-spec-sheet/)
- [Afoheat Dual-lane Liquid Smoke Applicator Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-dual-lane-liquid-smoke-applicator-spec-sheet/)
- [Medium Spiral Chiller Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/medium-spiral-chiller-spec-sheet/)
- [Opti-Xtrude HP Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/opti-xtrude-hp-spec-sheet/)
- [Afoheat™ Surface Treatment Solutions Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-surface-treatment-solutions-brochure/)
- [Aquaflow Post-package Pasteurization Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/aquaflow-post-package-pasteurization-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Select Dual-Sided Grill Marker Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-select-dual-sided-grill-marker-spec-sheet/)
- [20-inch AE Twin Dicer Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/40-continous-slicing-dicing-line-spec-sheet/)
- [Serpentine Cook & Chill System Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/serpentine-cook-chill-system-spec-sheet/)
- [XT Strip Cutter Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/xt-strip-cutter-spec-sheet/)
- [Micro Spiral Electric Oven Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/micro-spiral-electric-oven-spec-sheet/)
- [Mini Spiral Electric Oven Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/mini-spiral-electric-oven-spec-sheet/)
- [Mini Spiral Chiller Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/mini-spiral-chiller-spec-sheet/)
- [Micro Spiral Chiller Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/mico-spiral-chiller-spec-sheet/)
- [Large Spiral Oven Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/large-spiral-oven-spec-sheet/)
- [Medium Spiral Oven Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/medium-spiral-oven-spec-sheet/)
- [Mini Spiral Gas Oven Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/mini-spiral-oven-spec-sheet/)
- [Micro Spiral Gas Oven Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/micro-spiral-oven-spec-sheet/)
- [Batch Sous Vide (Water Cook/Chill) System Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/batch-sous-vide-water-cook-chill-system-spec-sheet/)
- [Improving Deli Meat Processing](https://marlen.com/resource/continuous-improvement-for-deli-meat-processing/)
- [Industrial Dehydrators Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/industrial-dehydrators-brochure/)
- [Processing Solutions for Plant-Based Foods](https://marlen.com/resource/further-processing-solutions-for-plant-based-food-products/)
- [Rockwell Automation Solutions in Action Profile – DuraKut 6000](https://marlen.com/resource/rockwell-automation-solutions-in-action-profile-durakut-6000/)
- [Vari-Kut In-line Electric Grinder Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/vari-kut-in-line-electric-grinder-brochure/)
- [Continuous Air Chilling & Freezing Solutions Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/continuous-chilling-and-freezing-solutions/)
- [Size Reduction Equipment for 2020 and Beyond](https://marlen.com/resource/building-size-reduction-equipment-for-2020-and-beyond/)
- [Gas Infrared Cookers Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/gas-infrared-cookers-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Flame Peeler 24-inch Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-flame-peeler-24-spec-sheet/)
- [Afoheat™ Flame Grill 40-inch Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-40-flame-grill-spec-sheet/)
- [Afoheat™ Flame Peeler 60-inch Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-flame-peeler-60-brochure/)
- [Aquaflow Water Cook & Chill System Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/aquaflow-water-cook-chill-system/)
- [Spiral Oven Solutions Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/spiral-oven-solutions/)
- [DuraKut™ Horizontal Slicer Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/durakut-horiztonal-slicing-attachment/)
- [The Technology Behind Diced and Sliced Proteins Requires Precision and Solutions-based Innovation](https://marlen.com/resource/cutting-in-the-technology-behind-todays-diced-and-sliced-proteins-requires-precision-and-solutions-based-innovation/)
- [Afoheat™ Mini Infrared Tunnel Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afogrill-mini-infrared-tunnel-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Tunnel of Fire Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-tunnel-of-fire-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Dual-lane Infrared Pasteurizer Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-dual-lane-infrared-tunnel-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Flame Peeler 40-inch Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-40-flame-peeler-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Flame Grill 60-inch Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-60-flame-grill-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Mini Flame Grill Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-mini-flame-grill-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Micro Flame Grill Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-micro-flame-grill-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Mini Liquid Smoke Applicator Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-liquid-smoke-applicator-spec-sheet/)
- [Perfecting Pet Treats: Industrial Dehydrators offer a safe solution](https://marlen.com/resource/perfecting-premium-pet-treats-industrial-dehydrators-offers-processors-a-safe-solution/)
- [OPTI 100 Twin-Piston Pumping for Deli Meats](https://marlen.com/resource/premium-pays-off-opti-100-twin-piston-pumping-system-from-marlen/)
- [Bar Marking & Beyond: How Thermal Processing Adds Value Across Food Segments](https://marlen.com/resource/bar-marking-beyond/)
- [Knife Sharpener Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/carruthers-knife-sharpener-spec-sheet/)
- [DuraKut™ 6000 2D Dicer Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/durakut-6000-2d-vfd-servo-dicer-brochure/)
- [Tabletop Meat Shredder Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/tabletop-shredder-spec-sheet/)
- [Afoheat™ Select Grill Marker Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-grill-marking-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Select Infrared Roaster Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-infrared-roaster-brochure/)
- [Afoheat™ Select Flame Searer Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/afoheat-select-flame-searer-brochure/)
- [Critical Elements of Blast Chill Cell Design – Evaporator](https://marlen.com/resource/critical-elements-of-blast-chill-cell-design-evaporator-pdf/)
- [Critical Elements of Blast Chill Cell Design](https://marlen.com/resource/critical-elements-of-blast-chill-cell-design/)
- [Industrial Dehydrator Operational Efficiency](https://marlen.com/resource/industrial-dehydrator-operational-efficiency/)
- [Optimizing Dehydrator Process Repeatability – Breakpoint](https://marlen.com/resource/optimizing-dehydrator-process-repeatability-breakpoint/)
- [Optimizing Dehydrator Process Repeatability](https://marlen.com/resource/optimizing-dehydrator-process-repeatability/)
- [Optimizing Oven Process Repeatability – Breakpoint](https://marlen.com/resource/optimizing-oven-process-repeatability-breakpoint/)
- [Optimizing Oven Process Repeatability](https://marlen.com/resource/optimizing-oven-process-repeatability/)
- [Processing Oven Operational Efficiency](https://marlen.com/resource/processing-oven-operational-efficiency/)
- [Validating Oven Performance for Product Uniformity](https://marlen.com/resource/validating-oven-performance-for-product-uniformity/)
- [Optimizing Shredding Consistency and Quality of Fully Cooked Chilled Meat & Poultry Products](https://marlen.com/resource/optimizing-shredding-consistency-and-quality-of-fully-cooked-chilled-meat-poultry-products/)
- [Case Study: Chicken Processor Achieves Better Results with More Consistent Cube Shapes](https://marlen.com/resource/case-study-chicken-processor-achieves-better-results-with-more-consistent-cube-shapes/)
- [Aseptic Processing White Paper](https://marlen.com/resource/aseptic-processing-white-paper/)
- [Advantages of Marlen Opti PipeChek X-Ray Meat Inspection System](https://marlen.com/resource/advantages-of-marlen-opti-pipechek-system/)
- [Technical Review: Implications of Insufficient Air Removal in Meat and Poultry Products](https://marlen.com/resource/technical-review-implications-of-insufficient-air-removal-in-meat-and-poultry-products/)
- [Vari-Kut In-Line Grinder Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/vari-kut-in-line-grinder-brochure/)
- [Stainless Food Handling & Plant Hygiene Solutions Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/stainless-food-handling-equipment-brochure/)
- [RS Volumetric Portioner Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/rs-volumetric-portioner-brochure/)
- [OPTI-Xtrude Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/opti-xtrude-brochure/)
- [OPTI 100 Pump Spec Sheet – Portuguese](https://marlen.com/resource/opti-100-pump-brochure-portuguese/)
- [OPTI 100 Pump Spec Sheet – Spanish](https://marlen.com/resource/opti-100-pump-brochure-spanish/)
- [OPTI 100 Pump Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/opti-100-pump-brochure/)
- [Jet Knife Forming System Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/jet-knife-forming-system-brochure/)
- [Industrial Dehydrators for Pet Treats Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/industrial-dehydrators-for-pet-treats-brochure/)
- [COV Volumetric Portioner Spec Sheet](https://marlen.com/resource/cov-volumetric-portioner-brochure/)
- [Batch Ovens & Smokehouses Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/food-processing-oven-industrial-smokehouse-brochure/)
- [Blast Chill Cell Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/blast-chill-cell-brochure/)
- [Auto-Shredder Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/auto-shredder-brochure/)
- [AdvantEdge Series Dicers-Slicers-Loggers Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/advantedge-series-dicers-slicers-brochure/)
- [12/24-PAK Fillers Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/122024-pak-fillers-brochure/)
- [1/4/6-PAK Fillers Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/146-pak-fillers-brochure/)
- [Marlen Overview Brochure](https://marlen.com/resource/marlen-overview-brochure/)

## Team Members
- [Duravant Turkey](https://marlen.com/team-member/duravant-turkey/)
- [PIC – Nax Industrias SL](https://marlen.com/team-member/pic-nax-industrias-sl/)
- [Duravant India](https://marlen.com/team-member/duravant-india/)
- [France Danemark Materiel (FDM)](https://marlen.com/team-member/france-danemark-materiel-fdm/)
- [Interfood Technology LTD](https://marlen.com/team-member/interfood-technology-ltd/)
- [Specialized Technik Pty Ltd](https://marlen.com/team-member/specialized-technik-pty-ltd/)
- [Zach Miller](https://marlen.com/team-member/zach-miller/)
- [Lance Huntley](https://marlen.com/team-member/lance-huntley/)
- [Carl Kent](https://marlen.com/team-member/carl-kent/)
- [Jeff Loeffelholz](https://marlen.com/team-member/jeff-loeffelholz/)
- [Oestergaard](https://marlen.com/team-member/7325/)
- [Duravant China](https://marlen.com/team-member/duravant-china/)
- [Marelec Food Technologies](https://marlen.com/team-member/marelec-food-technologies/)
- [AJ Watford](https://marlen.com/team-member/aj-watford/)
- [Stefan De Vreese](https://marlen.com/team-member/stefan-de-vreese/)
- [APACA (Arenas Paez, C.A.)](https://marlen.com/team-member/apaca-arenas-paez-c-a/)
- [Tolution Co., Ltd.](https://marlen.com/team-member/tolution-co-ltd/)
- [Latteros OOO](https://marlen.com/team-member/5899/)
- [Flying Dutchman](https://marlen.com/team-member/flying-dutchman/)
- [Future Food Technology](https://marlen.com/team-member/future-food-technology/)
- [Grapas Nacionales de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.](https://marlen.com/team-member/grapas-nacionales-de-mexico-s-a-de-c-v/)
- [MT Food Systems Co., Ltd.](https://marlen.com/team-member/mt-food-systems-co-ltd/)
- [Terada Trading Company](https://marlen.com/team-member/terada-trading-company/)
- [Dayton Oy](https://marlen.com/team-member/dayton-oy/)
- [Pomona](https://marlen.com/team-member/pomona/)
- [Alfa-Chilena S.A.](https://marlen.com/team-member/alfa-chilena-s-a/)
- [Pembertons & Associates](https://marlen.com/team-member/pemberton-associates/)
- [Schur – (Irmãos Schur, Ltda.)](https://marlen.com/team-member/schur-irmaos-schur-ltda/)
- [Insumaq SRL](https://marlen.com/team-member/insumaq-srl/)
- [Kraig Dunaway](https://marlen.com/team-member/kraig-dunaway/)
- [Andy Jaspers](https://marlen.com/team-member/andy-jaspers/)
- [Steve Johnson](https://marlen.com/team-member/steve-johnson/)
- [Niek Teetaert](https://marlen.com/team-member/niek-teetaert/)
- [Michael McMonigle](https://marlen.com/team-member/michael-mcmonigle/)
- [Paul Mills](https://marlen.com/team-member/paul-mills/)
- [Gilberto Zatarain](https://marlen.com/team-member/gilberto-zatarain/)
- [Bryan Gray](https://marlen.com/team-member/bryan-gray/)
- [Ben Corbey](https://marlen.com/team-member/ben-corbey/)
- [Cody Gabriel](https://marlen.com/team-member/cody-gabriel/)
- [Roy Wallace](https://marlen.com/team-member/roy-wallace/)
- [Richard Warfield](https://marlen.com/team-member/richard-warfield/)
- [Brenna Gore](https://marlen.com/team-member/brenna-gore/)
- [Kim Nuñez](https://marlen.com/team-member/kim-nunez/)
- [Della Pacheco](https://marlen.com/team-member/della-pacheco/)
- [Brad Willsey](https://marlen.com/team-member/brad-willsey/)
- [William Shu](https://marlen.com/team-member/william-shu/)
- [Keith Cotton](https://marlen.com/team-member/keith-cotton/)
- [Francisco Sierra](https://marlen.com/team-member/francisco-sierra/)
- [Miguel Castellanos](https://marlen.com/team-member/miguel-castellanos/)
- [Matt White](https://marlen.com/team-member/matt-white/)
- [Nate Lestina](https://marlen.com/team-member/nate-lestina/)
- [Madison Lacina](https://marlen.com/team-member/madison-lacina/)
- [Todd Olmstead](https://marlen.com/team-member/todd-olmstead/)
- [Doug Vogelsmeier](https://marlen.com/team-member/doug-vogelsmeier/)
- [Sean Moore](https://marlen.com/team-member/sean-moore/)
- [Brian Vancrum](https://marlen.com/team-member/brian-vancrum/)
- [Daniel Schmitz](https://marlen.com/team-member/daniel-schmitz/)
- [Chris Wells](https://marlen.com/team-member/chris-wells/)

## Videos
- [Opti Pump pumping Fruit Puree](https://marlen.com/video/opti-pump-pumping-fruit-puree/)
- [Flame Peeler – Peeling Onions](https://marlen.com/video/flame-peeler-peeling-onions/)
- [Made Here: Marlen Interview – Innovation, Machines and the Food Industry](https://marlen.com/video/made-here-marlen-interview-innovation-machines-and-the-food-industry/)
- [Marlen Jet Knife – Meatballs](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-jet-knife-meatballs/)
- [OPTI 200 Pump Video](https://marlen.com/video/opti-200-pump-video/)
- [OPTI Teardown Video](https://marlen.com/video/opti-teardown-video/)
- [OPTI Set Up Video](https://marlen.com/video/opti-set-up-video/)
- [Marlen Volumetric Portioner](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-volumetric-portioner/)
- [Smoking and Browning Deli Meats](https://marlen.com/video/smoking-and-browning-deli-meats/)
- [AE 5000 Food Processing Slicer and Dicer Promo](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-food-processing-slicer-and-dicer-promo/)
- [PAK Filler Promo](https://marlen.com/video/pak-filler-promo/)
- [Marlen Spiral Oven Solutions for Continuous Cooking](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-spiral-oven-solutions-for-continuous-cooking-2/)
- [Table Top Shredder Chicken Med and Small Shred](https://marlen.com/video/table-top-shredder-chicken-med-and-small-shred/)
- [Table Top Shredder Beef Med and Fine Shred](https://marlen.com/video/table-top-shredder-beef-med-and-fine-shred/)
- [Tabletop Shredder Promo](https://marlen.com/video/tabletop-shredder-promo/)
- [Table Top Shredder Chicken Large Shred](https://marlen.com/video/table-top-shredder-chicken-large-shred/)
- [Video Demonstration: Corn Chips](https://marlen.com/video/video-demonstration-corn-chips/)
- [OPTI 280 Pump with Combohopper](https://marlen.com/video/opti-280-pump-with-combohopper/)
- [OPTI 280 Pump w/Two Piece Hopper](https://marlen.com/video/opti-280-pump-w-two-piece-hopper/)
- [OPTI 280 Pump w/One Piece Hopper](https://marlen.com/video/opti-280-pump-w-one-piece-hopper/)
- [Marlen Jet Knife Tear Down](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-jet-knife-tear-down/)
- [Marlen Jet Knife](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-jet-knife/)
- [Blast Chill Cell](https://marlen.com/video/blast-chill-cell/)
- [Spit Roast, Flame Braised Turkey](https://marlen.com/video/spit-roast-flame-braised-turkey/)
- [Infrared Smoking & Browning Process: Smoked Pork Belly](https://marlen.com/video/infrared-smoking-browning-process-smoked-pork-belly/)
- [Infrared Smoking & Browning Ham](https://marlen.com/video/infrared-smoking-browning-ham/)
- [Infrared Smoking & Browning Hams](https://marlen.com/video/infrared-smoking-browning-hams/)
- [Infrared Smoking & Browning Turkey](https://marlen.com/video/infrared-smoking-browning-turkey/)
- [Patented Process: Flame Peeling Onions](https://marlen.com/video/patented-process-flame-peeling-onions/)
- [Flame Peel Peppers](https://marlen.com/video/flame-peel-peppers/)
- [Flame Peeling Onions Patented](https://marlen.com/video/flame-peeling-onions-patented/)
- [Flame Grill Overview](https://marlen.com/video/flame-grill-overview/)
- [AE 5000 3D Process 2D Frozen Block Fish Diced](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-3d-process-2d-frozen-block-fish-diced/)
- [AE 5000 3D BF Ham Diced](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-3d-bf-ham-diced/)
- [AE 5000 3D Beef Cooked Half x Half x 1 and Half](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-3d-beef-cooked-half-x-half-x-1-and-half/)
- [AE 5000 2D Dicer Fresh Chicken Thigh Meat Strips and Dices](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-dicer-fresh-chicken-thigh-meat-strips-and-dices/)
- [AE 5000 2D Beef Clod Fresh 5mm x 2 inches](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-beef-clod-fresh-5mm-x-2-inches/)
- [AE 5000 2D Bacon Fresh](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-bacon-fresh/)
- [AE 5000-2D Dicer – Fresh Chicken Breast Meat – Strips and Dices](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-dicer-fresh-chicken-breast-meat-strips-and-dices/)
- [AE 5000 2D 20Inch model Chicken Cooked In Plant](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-20inch-model-chicken-cooked-in-plant/)
- [AE 5000 2D Salmon Fresh 3 8ths Dice](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-salmon-fresh-3-8ths-dice/)
- [AE 5000 2D Strip Cut Beef Fresh 5mm Gang Knife for Jerky 07](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-strip-cut-beef-fresh-5mm-gang-knife-for-jerky-07/)
- [AE 5000 2D Chicken Breast Cooked In Plant](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-chicken-breast-cooked-in-plant/)
- [AE 5000 2D Beef Fresh Lifter 5 x 25 x NH](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-beef-fresh-lifter-5-x-25-x-nh/)
- [AE 5000 2D Beef Fresh Flank cold](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-beef-fresh-flank-cold/)
- [MI chicken processing](https://marlen.com/video/mi-chicken-processing/)
- [AE 5000-2D Tripe – various sizes](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-tripe-various-sizes/)
- [AE 5000-2D Dicer – Cooked and Chilled – Strips and Dices](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-2d-dicer-cooked-and-chilled-strips-and-dices/)
- [AE 5000 1D Roast Beef Cooked Split 125 inch 29 degrees](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-1d-roast-beef-cooked-split-125-inch-29-degrees/)
- [Strip Cut Chicken Thigh cooked 25 inch](https://marlen.com/video/strip-cut-chicken-thigh-cooked-25-inch/)
- [AE 5000 1D Chicken Cooked Hot 375 slice](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-1d-chicken-cooked-hot-375-slice/)
- [AE 5000 1D Gyros Product Cooked 125 inch w Take Away](https://marlen.com/video/ae-5000-1d-gyros-product-cooked-125-inch-w-take-away/)
- [6-PAK Filler Animation](https://marlen.com/video/6-pak-filler-animation/)
- [6-PAK Filler Promo](https://marlen.com/video/6-pak-filler-promo/)
- [Nu Pak 600 and Q-Ber Tuna in Plant](https://marlen.com/video/nu-pak-600-and-q-ber-tuna-in-plant/)
- [1-PAK Filler](https://marlen.com/video/1-pak-filler/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Valve Coil Ohm Checks](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-valve-coil-ohm-checks/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Sleeve Wear Ring Maintenance](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-sleeve-wear-ring-maintenance/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Setting Sleeve Speed](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-setting-sleeve-speed/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Setting Sleeve Pitch Angle](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-setting-sleeve-pitch-angle/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Setting Sleeve Pressure](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-setting-sleeve-pressure/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Safety Modules](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-safety-modules/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Pump Auger Drive](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-pump-auger-drive/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Proximity Switch Locations](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-proximity-switch-locations/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Product Valve Preventive Maintenance](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-product-valve-preventive-maintenance/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Preventive Check to Maintain 24VDC](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-preventive-check-to-maintain-24vdc/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: PLC Enclosure Preventive Maintenance](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-plc-enclosure-preventive-maintenance/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: PLC Enclosure Door Seal Maintenance](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-plc-enclosure-door-seal-maintenance/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Maximizing Portioning Accuracy with Marlen’s Opti Pump](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-maximizing-portioning-accuracy-with-marlenaos-opti-pump/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Maximizing Product Quality with Marlen Opti Pumps](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-maximizing-product-quality-with-marlen-opti-pumps/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Marlen Opti Pump Vacuum Check](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-marlen-opti-pump-vacuum-check/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Marlen Opti Pump Quad Seals](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-marlen-opti-pump-quad-seals/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Installing Piston Heads](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-installing-piston-heads/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Hydraulic Supply Unit Cooling Water Valve Setting](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-hydraulic-supply-unit-cooling-water-valve-setting/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Hydraulic Supply Unit Temperature and Level Sensors](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-hydraulic-supply-unit-temperature-and-level-sensors/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: High Pressure Manifold Preventive Maintenance](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-high-pressure-manifold-preventive-maintenance/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: High Pressure Manifold Precompress Valve Pressure Setting](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-high-pressure-manifold-precompress-valve-pressure-setting/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Diagnosing Pumping Pistons at Different Speeds](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-diagnosing-pumping-pistons-at-different-speeds/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Front Valve Rotor Sensors](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-front-valve-rotor-sensors/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Front Valve Rotate PSI Setting](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-front-valve-rotate-psi-setting/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: COV Portioner Weight Settings](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-cov-portioner-weight-settings/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Communication Cables](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-communication-cables/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Changing Hydraulic Oil](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-changing-hydraulic-oil/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: Basic Assembly of a Marlen Grinder](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-basic-assembly-of-a-marlen-grinder/)
- [Marlen Service Tip: 8-port block reassignment](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-supportpro-tip-8-port-block-reassignment/)
- [Mettler Toledo X38 / Marlen Opti Pump Enclosed X-ray Inspection System](https://marlen.com/video/mettler-toledo-x38-marlen-opti-pump-enclosed-x-ray-inspection-system/)
- [Marlen Vari-Kut In-line Meat Grinder & Bone Collection System for Sausage Blends](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-vari-kut-in-line-meat-grinder-bone-collection-system-for-sausage-blends/)
- [Marlen Stainless Sanitary Curbing](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-stainless-sanitary-curbing/)
- [Marlen Stainless Hygienic Floor Drain Solutions](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-stainless-hygienic-floor-drain-solutions/)
- [Marlen Stainless Hands-free Sinks](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-stainless-hands-free-sinks/)
- [Marlen Stainless Food Handling Equipment & Plant Hygiene Equipment](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-stainless-food-handling-equipment-plant-hygiene-equipment/)
- [Marlen Spiral Oven Solutions for Continuous Cooking](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-spiral-oven-solutions-for-continuous-cooking/)
- [Marlen Roasting, Searing and Grill Marking Solutions for Value-Added Products – Overview/Demo](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-roasting-searing-and-grill-marking-solutions-for-value-added-products-overview-demo/)
- [Marlen Ready Meal Solutions](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-ready-meal-solutions/)
- [Marlen’s Patented No-Leak Fully Sealed Electrical Enclosure](https://marlen.com/video/marlens-patented-no-leak-fully-sealed-electrical-enclosure/)
- [Marlen OPTI 200 Vaccum Stuffer/Pump](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-opti-200-vaccum-stuffer-pump/)
- [Marlen Opti 100 Vacuum Stuffer/Pump for Stuffing Whole Muscle Meats](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-opti-100-vacuum-stuffer-pump-for-stuffing-whole-muscle-meats/)
- [Marlen OPTI 100 Vacuum Stuffer/Pump](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-opti-100-vacuum-stuffer-pump/)
- [Marlen OPTI 100 Twin-Piston Vacuum Stuffer/Pump](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-opti-100-twin-piston-vacuum-stuffer-pump/)
- [Marlen OPTI Enclosed Pipeline X-ray Meat Inspection System](https://marlen.com/video/marlen-opti-enclosed-pipeline-x-ray-meat-inspection-system/)

## Products
- [Opti 70 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/opti-70-vacuum-stuffer-pump/): The Opti 70 brings Marlen’s proven twin-piston technology to a smaller, more agile platform—perfect for processors looking to optimize space without compromising performance. With 7,000 lbs/hr throughput, gentle product handling, and available portioning options, the Opti 70 ensures consistent results for a variety of applications.
- [WooCommerce Automated Testing Product](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/woocommerce-automated-testing-product-2/): An example product for automated testing.
- [DuraKut™ Horizontal Slicer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/durakut-horizontal-slicer/): Our horizontal slicer is designed to be paired with our DuraKut™ 6000 series 2D dicers, or can be used as a standalone unit, for 3D cuts of the highest quality.
- [Injectors – Henneken](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/injectors/): Brine injection for bone-in and boneless products
- [Vacuum Tumblers – Henneken](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/vacuum-tumblers/): Improve marination yields and consistency with Henneken's line of vacuum tumblers.
- [Food Handling & Plant Hygiene Equipment](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/food-handling-plant-hygiene-equipment/): Marlen offers a broad range of stainless food handling and hygiene solutions to complement your plant that are custom-engineered to boost yields and protect product integrity while maintaining hygienic design.
- [Afoheat™ Select Dual-Sided Grill Marker](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-select-dual-sided-grill-marker-spec-sheet/): Marlen's Afoheat Select dual-sided grill marker applies natural grill marks to fully cooked extruded products in a continuous production environment.
- [Vertical Crust Freezers](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/vertical-crust-freezers/): Marlen's Vertical Crust Freezers freeze or chill the surface of every meat log to your specifications, using either Freon or ammonia.
- [XL Spiral Belt Pasteurizer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/xl-spiral-belt-pasteurizer/): The Marlen XL Spiral Pasteurizer provides high-throughput post-process, post-packaging pasteurization of ready meals, pouches, bowls, and other Ready-To-Eat (RTE) products.
- [Large Spiral Belt Pasteurizer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/large-spiral-belt-pasteurizer/): Our Large Spiral Belt Pasteurizer allows expanding operations dependable equipment that can expand along with you and still offer the precise control and high quality you're accustomed to.
- [Medium Spiral Belt Pasteurizer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/medium-spiral-belt-pasteurizer/): Our Medium Spiral Pasteurizer is ideal for mid-sized processors looking to grow their business in the Ready-To-Eat (RTE) product sector.
- [Mini Spiral Belt Pasteurizer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/mini-spiral-belt-pasteurizer/): The Mini Spiral Pasteurizer gives growing processors access to high-level control of cross-contamination in an economical footprint.
- [Micro Spiral Belt Pasteurizer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/micro-spiral-belt-pasteurizer/): If you're pasteurizing ready meals in trays, cooking rice in a bag, or processing baby food in a pouch, a Micro Spiral Pasteurizer can give both your food safety and your shelf life a boost.
- [Medium Spiral Chiller](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/medium-spiral-chiller/): The Marlen Medium Chiller's horizontal airflow offers efficient freezing or chilling without the ongoing operational expense of cryogenics such as nitrogen gas.
- [Mini Spiral Chiller](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/mini-spiral-chiller/): The Mini Spiral Chillers deliver ultra-hygienic design features while maximizing production capacity in a compact design.
- [Micro Spiral Chiller](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/micro-spiral-chiller/): The Micro Spiral Chiller provides a reliable solution for targeting consistent product core temperatures, with optimal moisture retention.
- [Aquaflow Water Chiller](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/aquaflow-water-chiller/): Marlen’s Aquaflow can be used as a continuous chilling solution for packaged food products.
- [Aquaflow Water Pasteurizer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/aquaflow-water-pasteurizer/): The Marlen Aquaflow Pasteurizer provides an efficient solution for pasteurizing a variety of pouches to bagged soups, post-pasteurized hot dogs, and more.
- [Aquaflow Water Cooker](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/aquaflow-water-cooker/): Marlen’s Aquaflow offers a continuous scalable process that drives product consistency unlike any batch process out there.
- [XL Spiral Oven](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/xl-spiral-oven/): Marlen's XL Spiral Ovens can easly handle capacities up to 17,000 lbs per hour on a variety of products.
- [Large Spiral Oven](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/large-spiral-oven/): Marlen's Large Spiral Oven, you can achieve a capacity or approximately 7,000-11,000 lbs per hour without sacrificing quality and efficiency.
- [Medium Spiral Oven](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/medium-spiral-oven/): Our Medium Spiral Ovens give you all the cooking power of a much bigger machine, without taking up too much room in your plant and can handle a capacity of 3,000-5,000 lbs per hour.
- [Tall Mini Spiral Oven](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/tall-mini-spiral-oven/): Marlen's Tall Mini Spiral Ovens are ideal for processors looking to upgrade their operations or expand their product line and maintain scalability for the future.
- [Mini Spiral Oven](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/mini-spiral-oven/): Marlen's Mini Spiral Ovens are ideal for processors looking to upgrade their operations or expand their product line and maintain scalability for the future. It is ideal for producers expecting 750-1,800 lbs per hour capacity.
- [Micro Spiral Oven](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/micro-spiral-oven/): The Marlen Micros Spiral Oven is perfect for small processors and those just starting to move from a batch process to a continuous one.
- [Batch Sous Vide (Water Cook/Chill) System](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/batch-sous-vide-water-cook-chill-system/): Marlen's Industrial Batch Sous Vide (water cook/chill) systems are designed to automate in-package cooking and chilling of molded and packaged meat products and ready-to-eat meals.
- [Afoheat™ Liquid Smoke Applicator – 40-inch](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-liquid-smoke-applicator-40/): The Marlen Afoheat 40-in Liquid Smoke Applicator utilizes both waterfall and drenching technology to completely encompass the product as it travels through the tunnel and is ideal for processors with capacity needs ranging from 12-25 pieces / minute.
- [Afoheat™ Liquid Smoke Applicator – 11-inch Mini](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-liquid-smoke-applicator-mini/): Our Afoheat Mini Liquid Smoke Applicator can be used to rapid-smoke, roast, brown or grill a product and includes a shower drench applicator.
- [Afoheat™ Infrared Tunnel – Mini](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-infrared-tunnel-mini/): The Marlen Infrared Tunnels feature electric powered solutions that achieve surface pasteurization of deli meats.
- [Afoheat™ Flame Peeler](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-flame-peeler/): Marlen’s Afoheat Flame Peeler is the perfect flame roasting solution for the peeling of peppers and onions with little no damage to the product
- [Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 60-inch](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-flame-grill-60/): The Marlen 60-in flame grill is designed for a variety of applications with 24 burners, dual exhaust and 3 access doors
- [Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 40-inch](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-flame-grill-40/): The 40-in Flame Grill includes a stand-alone HMI and can be built with either a single fan Y exhaust (12 burner) or a 2 fan straight exhaust (24 burners). Perfect for any of your surface treatment needs.
- [Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 24-inch Mini](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-flame-grill-mini/): Marlen's Mini Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and grill marking of both bulk and convenience foods.
- [Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 12-inch Micro](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-flame-grill-micro/): Marlen's Afoheat Micro Flame Grill is designed for processors moving from batch to continuous processing or with low-capacity requirements, ranging from 225-450 lbs/hr.
- [Transfer Valve Dynamic Portioner](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/transfer-valve-dynamic-portioner/): The Marlen Transfer Valve assembly is capable of delivering whole muscle portion with minimal damage and accuracy of +2% average deviation.
- [RS Volumetric Portioner](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/rs-volumetric-portioner/): The RS Volumetric Portioner is custom designed to volumetrically measure and deliver specific portions into rollstock packaging machines.
- [COV Volumetric Portioner](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/cov-volumetric-portioner/): Marlen's COV Volumetric Portioner is designed to volumetrically measure and portion whole muscle products with weight accuracy of +0.5%.
- [Knife Sharpener](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/carruthers-knife-sharpener/): Marlen's Knife Sharpener will keep circular blades in prime condition and optimize the performance of your Marlen dicer.
- [Afoheat™ Select Grill Marker](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-grill-marker/): Marlen's Afoheat Select Grill Marker, equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology, is perfect for processors looking for premium grilling technology that is flexible and compact.
- [Afoheat™ Select Infrared Roaster](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-infrared-roaster/): Our Afoheat Select Infrared Roaster is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered infrared technology that is perfect for processors looking for premium roasting technology that is flexible and compact.
- [Afoheat™ Select Flame Searer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/afoheat-flame-searer/): Marlen's Afoheat Select Flame Searer is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology.
- [Blast Chill Cell](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/blast-chill-cell/): The Marlen chillers feature a continuous chill process, allowing maximum heat reduction at a uniform rate.
- [Industrial Dehydrator](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/industrial-dehydrator/): The Marlen Industrial Dehydrator provides a more uniform product, precise and repeatable results, complete data reporting, and easy access to serviceable areas.
- [Food Processing Oven & Industrial Smokehouse](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/food-processing-oven-industrial-smokehouse/): Marlen batch processing Ovens, Cookers, and Industrial Smokehouses provide a more uniform product with smart balance precision for process repeatability day after day.
- [Vari-Kut In-Line Meat Grinder](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/vari-kut-in-line-grinder/): Marlen's Vari-Kut hydraulic in-line meat grinder is a particle reduction system with variable speed control
- [Vari-Kut In-line Electric Meat Grinder](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/in-line-electric-grinder/): The Marlen Vari-Kut In-Line Electric Meat Grinder is a versatile grinder that can be used in a variety of processing applications. It provides improved particle definition and reduced smearing and cell damage with only minimal temperature rise.
- [Jet Knife Forming System](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/jet-knife-forming-system/): Our Jet Knife is ideal for forming individual particulates such as pizza toppings, meatballs, or particulates used in soups and pet food, our Jet Knife can produce product in excess of 10,000 pounds per hour.
- [Tabletop Meat Shredder](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/carruthers-tabletop-meat-shredder/): Marlen's tabletop meat shredder is designed to efficiently shred beef, poultry, pork, and alternative meats to produce "hand pulled" products.
- [Automatic Meat Shredder](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/carruthers-automatic-meat-shredder/): Our innovative and uniquely designed Automatic Meat Shredder is a continuous flow machine with throughput exceeding 2,000 pounds (907 kg) per hour.
- [XT Strip Cutter](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/xt-strip-cutter/): Marlen XT Series Strip Cutters are designed for continuous strip cutting of raw proteins.
- [AE Logger Meat Portioner](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/carruthers-ae-logger-portioner/): The Marlen AE Logger is a programmable one-dimensional meat portioner for deli meats, deli loafs or snack sticks.
- [AE 5000 3D Dicer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/ae-5000-3d-carruthers-dicer/): The AE 5000 3D Dicer provides complete versatility for cubing of whole muscle, cooked or fresh log meats and other products.
- [AE 5000 2D Dicer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/ae-5000-2d-carruthers-dicer/): Known as a meat dicer,the AE 5000 2D processes whole muscle cooked or fresh log meats and other products by slicing, dicing, and strip cutting on one unit.
- [AE 5000 2D 20-inch Twin Dicers](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/ae-5000-2d-20-twin-dicers/): Marlen's AE 5000 2D 20-in Twin Dicers one- or two-dimensionally dice or strip-cut hot-cooked meats after exiting a 40-in spiral or linear oven belt.
- [AE 5000 1D Slicer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/ae-5000-1d-carruthers-slicer/): AE 5000 1D slicer is a one-dimensional slicer for continuous slicing of whole muscle, cooked or fresh log meats and other products.
- [Opti-Xtrude Extruder](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/opti-xtrude-extruder/): Marlen's Opti-Xtrude Extruder is designed for the extrusion of viscous, shear-sensitive corn masa or potato starch.
- [Opti 340 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/opti-340-vacuum-stuffer-pump/): The Opti 340 features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with various hopper and accesory options. It includes a max capacity of 34,000 lbs per hour.
- [Opti 280 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/opti-280-vacuum-stuffer-pump/): With a maximum capacity of 28,000 lbs per hour, the Opti 280 features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system that is ideal for all applications.
- [Opti 200 Inboard Vacuum Stuffer & Pump](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/opti-200-inboard-vacuum-stuffer-pump/): The Marlen Opti 200 Inboard Vacuum Stuffer features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system and includes a maximum capacity 20,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. This pump is ideal for applications requiring higher speed output.
- [Opti 200 Outboard Vacuum Stuffer & Pump](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/opti-200-vacuum-stuffer-pump/): The Opti 200 Outboard vacuum stuffer and pump features a twin-piston system with a variety of hopper designs. It includes a max capacity of 20,000 lbs per hour.
- [Opti 120 HP Vacuum Stuffer & Pump](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/opti-120-vacuum-stuffer-pump/): The Opti 120 features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. It handles up to 12,000 lbs per hour.
- [Opti 100 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/opti-100-vacuum-stuffer-pump/): The Opti 100 features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. It handles up to 10,000 lbs per hour.
- [24-PAK Filler](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/24-pak-carruthers-filler/): Marlen's 24-station high speed rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, cups or bottom fill and is ideal for filling small rigid containers.
- [12-PAK Filler](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/12-pak-carruthers-filler/): Our 12-PAK high speed rotary volumetric filler includes speeds up to 300 CPM which can fill weights up to one pound per portion.
- [6-PAK Filler](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/6-pak-carruthers-filler/): Marlen's six-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, cups or form-fill-seal pockets with fill weights up to 1.5 lbs per portion.
- [4-PAK Filler](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/4-pak-filler/): Marlen's four-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, pre-formed trays or form-fill-seal pockets with fill weights up to 3 lbs per portion.
- [1-PAK Filler](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/1-pak-carruthers-filler/): Marlen's single-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into a wide range of container types - up to 5 lbs per portion.
- [DuraKut™ 6000 2D VFD (or) Servo Dicer](https://marlen.com/food-processing-equipment/carruthers-durakut-6000-2d-dicer-slicer/): Marlen's DuraKut series dicers are designed for complete cutting versatility of fresh, vacuum-tumbled, crust-frozen or cooked products into cubes or strips.