WILEVCO manufactures innovative food processing equipment. Over the past 46 years, WILEVCO has grown within the food industry in scope and sophistication to include the baking, chicken, deli meat, fish, fruit and vegetable, meat, pet care, potato and snack food. Our markets now stretch around the globe. In 1955, recognizing that batter viscosity control is a critical control point in batter/breaded food production having a direct bearing on yield and, therefore, profitability, WILEVCO developed the first AUTOMATIC BATTER MIXER with viscosity control to serve the emerging batter/breaded fish stick industry. Through the years, WILEVCO mixing systems continue to be the hallmark for simple, reliable operation with exceptional performance controlling batter viscosity and temperature. In 1968, the WILEVCO CRYOLATOR®, a vertical swept surface heat exchanger, was designed specifically for batter chilling because of food safety concerns as well as other important benefits of temperature control. The CRYOLATOR® delivers unparalleled performance in liquid temperature control through the full range of batter viscosities and has been successfully utilized in a variety of other temperature transfer applications including liquid process chilling of slurries, sauces and gravies. In 2002, WILEVCO introduced to the food industry the first ever precision coating applicator, the Rotary Atomization SPRAY APPLICATOR, to uniformly and accurately apply coatings of all types and viscosities to products at very high belt speeds. Utilizing unique, patented spinning disc technology, this no-nozzle method of supplying coating material to the discs eliminates clogging or dripping, either with or without particulate. The WILVECO SPRAY APPLICATOR will apply a wide range of coatings – from very light barrier coatings, oils and glazes, to sauces with particulate, to extremely viscous leavened batters – proving its great versatility and capital equipment economy. With the ability to apply coating material by gentle spray, food processors can now make products, both sophisticated and simple, that were impossible, challenging or labor intensive using any other application method. This equipment affords significant cost savings by delivering precise control over the coating process that effectively increases production yield as well as by appreciably reducing coating waste.
