Custom Food Processing Equipment - Tempering Bins & Apron Feeders

Engineered for Stability Between Processing Stages

Eliminate production bottlenecks and ensure perfect product consistency with custom tempering solutions engineered for your specific line. These tempering bins and apron feeders help keep products stable between processing stages. Tempering allows the starch granules inside a kernel to re-orient internal bounds. It will minimize temperature and moisture gradients inside the kernel.

Our tempering bins are designed for moisture equalization and product conditioning before packing or milling. As a key part of modern food processing equipment, these systems let products rest and stabilize before moving downstream. This helps ensure consistent quality, even moisture levels, and accurate temperature control. Whether you produce cereals, snack foods, or other bulk materials, our tempering solutions help protect product quality. They also improve overall process performance.

Design Features:

Active Process Components, Not Passive Storage

Our expertise in custom industrial food processing equipment allows us to go beyond simple storage solutions. Engineers design tempering bins and apron feeders as active process components that directly influence product consistency and downstream efficiency. You can add features like adjustable discharge rates, advanced material handling systems, and precise airflow or thermal controls.

Built for precision and flexibility, our tempering bins often pair with apron feeders or live bottom bin designs. They deliver controlled, even discharge.

This ensures a steady and predictable product flow, minimizing surges or inconsistencies that can disrupt production and reduce efficiency.

By managing retention time and material flow, our systems keep product structure and improve throughput. They are key parts of high-performing industrial food processing machines.

Unlike off-the-shelf systems, our approach uses custom food processing equipment. It supports your product and process design.

Materials & Construction

Food-grade stainless steel

standard in every build

Anti-corrosive linings

for long-term durability

Sanitary design

for easy cleaning

Built-in CIP

for easy cleaning

Built Around Your Operation's Exact Requirements

We tailor every tempering bin and apron feeder we build to meet the unique demands of your operation.

We evaluate key variables such as bulk density, particle size, flow characteristics, and thermal sensitivity to ensure optimal performance. In addition, we consider facility layout, space limits, and integration needs. This helps your system fit smoothly into your production line.

Our tempering bins and apron feeders can be automated for flow control as well as customized based on your capacities.

They help meet exact production goals. The result is a system that not only holds product but enhances its readiness for the next stage of processing.

Food-Safe Construction, Inside and Out

Sanitary design is also a top priority in every system we develop. We construct our tempering bins from food-grade materials and design them for easy cleaning and maintenance.

Smooth interior surfaces, minimized crevices, and accessible components help reduce contamination risk and support compliance with industry standards. This attention to detail ensures that your equipment maintains both operational efficiency and food safety over the long term.

End-to-End Support, Long After Installation

Process Partners also brings a data-driven, validation-focused approach to every project. Through in-house testing and pilot trials, we can assess how your product performs in a tempering environment. This happens before full-scale production starts.

This allows us to refine retention times, discharge methods, and system configurations to deliver predictable, repeatable results. By reducing uncertainty during implementation, we help you avoid costly adjustments and downtime after installation.

Integration is another key advantage of working with Process Partners. Our tempering bins and apron feeders work well with upstream and downstream equipment, including dryers, ovens, coating systems, and conveyors. By aligning system performance across your entire production line, we help create a more cohesive and efficient operation. This holistic approach ensures that every component contributes to consistent output and optimized production flow.

Ultimately, we build our custom tempering bins and apron feeders to deliver reliability, consistency, and long-term value. From the first concept to engineering, fabrication, testing, and installation, we work with you at every step. We make sure your system meets your exact needs.

The result is a more controlled and efficient production environment. Well-designed commercial food processing equipment powers it. A commitment to quality drives everything we build.

Do You Require More Than a Single Piece of Equipment?

We’ll design and build your entire production line based on your strict tolerances and requirements.

We aim to even bring some efficiencies to your overall operation.