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What Does BISSC Certification Mean for Conveyors?

 Bagels on a stainless steel, BISSC-certified conveyor from mk North America.

Important: BISSC was purchased by The BEAG Group, making the BISSC standard no longer applicable. 

BISSC, which stands for the Baking Industry Sanitation Standards Committee, is an independent body that was formed to establish and enforce voluntary sanitation standards for the equipment used in industrial baking.

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Conveyors for Harsh Environments from mk North America

A conveyor system with a metal mesh belt.

When it comes to material handling, some situations are tougher than others. High heat, extreme cold, caustic chemicals, corrosive conditions, and more can all contribute to what are called harsh environments.

When you need a conveyor for such an environment, it’s important to know that the system you get will be up to the challenge. That’s why mk North America specializes in the creation of engineered conveyor solutions custom-suited to harsh environments and other special conditions.

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Cleanroom Conveyor Systems: Requirements & Considerations

A worker using an mk conveyor system in a sterile cleanroom environment.

As modern manufacturing and research industries move toward increasingly sensitive areas of production, cleanrooms (or clean rooms) are becoming more widely necessary. Increased reliance on cleanroom production for industries like pharmaceutical research, food and beverage production, electronics manufacturing, solar panel manufacturing, semiconductors, and semiconductor wafer manufacturing has led to a corresponding increase in the need for cleanroom automation and cleanroom technology such as conveyor systems.

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Stainless Steel Conveyor System Solutions for the Food Packaging Industry

A modular plastic belt conveyor carrying a packaged food item - and example of conveyors in the packaging industry.

As incomes across the developing world rise, the demand for pre-packaged foods on the world market is increasing many-fold and putting greater strain on existing packaging automation systems. While the benefits of packaged foods for consumers and manufacturers are well documented (increased shelf-life, lower costs, improved hygiene, et cetera), the challenges of increasing global demand are still emerging as food manufacturers struggle to adapt.

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