Thirty years of experience has taught me that typical projects are broken into five major phases: project feasibility, concept development, project definition, detailed design, construction and start-up. The construction phase is a project’s most complex phase, when you face…
The FDA has made its final determination that Partially Hydrogenated Oils (PHOs) are not Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS). FDA has set a compliance period of 3 years for food companies to re-formulate products without PHOs and/or petition the FDA…
Miamisburg, Ohio (09/05/18) - ADF Engineering, a leading provider of process and facility engineering solutions, is proud to announce its 15th Anniversary. Since 2003, ADF Engineering has experienced significant growth to meet the increasing demand for engineering expertise. ADF’s personalized…
About This Webinar This webinar has already taken place. To watch a recording, please see: https://youtu.be/H9nkQ1ECZFo Background In September 2015, NFPA issued NFPA 652 – Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust. This new standard integrates all of the older, industry…
This Ohio malt producer needed to expand their existing malt production facility to install a new vacuum belt spray dryer, new packaging equipment, new product receiving and blending equipment, new MCC room and new office and break areas. WORK COMPLETED:…
The client planned to launch a new product from an existing feed stock and requested process design assistance from ADF Engineering. The new product would need to incorporate ingredient additions from several processes throughout the facility. The new product would…
The client approached ADF with a request to provide engineering services to replace a Turn Head in the grain receiving elevator. The new Turn Head would need to incorporate two new product receiving spouts while maintaining the existing spouting and…
The client approached ADF with a request to provide engineering services required to replace an aging rotary steam tube dryer. Due to heat, size and continuous operation the rotary steam tube dryer proved difficult to safely work near for field…
ADF Engineering provided FEL Phase 2 and Phase 3 engineering support for a client’s implementation of process improvements. The process improvements were in purity and production capacity of Soy Bean Oil. This project included laser scanning of the existing facility…
The client approached ADF with preliminary engineering and pilot test data for producing ethanol from cheese whey permeate, a by-product of the cheese making process. This project involved working closely with the client to complete detailed process engineering, equipment specifications,…
