Featured article in Produce News September 2024

When it comes to food safety, investing in a reliable dust extraction solution is becoming increasingly important for agricultural entrepreneurs. Extraction specialist Modesta offers state-of-the-art dust collection systems that enable clean air, a clean product and clean equipment that lasts longer.

Modesta is a Dutch family business with a long history. Founded by the Kloppenburg family in 1949, the company made a name for itself amid the post-war Reconstruction period in the Netherlands. Now at its third generation, Modesta has gained a lot of know-how about dust extraction, as well as on how agricultural businesses operate. That’s why they don’t just offer high-quality dust collection systems, but also all-round consultancy services. Their equipment can be found all over the world: from MSP Onions in the Netherlands, the world’s largest automated onion processing line, to North American agricultural businesses such as Target Ag and Blue Sky in Washington State and Big O Farms in New York State.

 Modesta is very aware of increasingly strict health, safety and food regulations: a major concern for many agricultural entrepreneurs. A clean factory floor helps keep up with these regulations, as well as providing a healthy environment for workers. It also keeps machines running properly and helps them last longer. This all contributes to a cleaner, safer product. That’s why Modesta takes measures to keep things clean at every step of the process.

First of all, Modesta employs an active cleaning strategy to ensure a cleaner agricultural product. This means dust and skins are separated from the onions before sending them to the packing line. The onions can go on to the next step in the process much cleaner, resulting in a less dusty and dirty factory floor. But there are other benefits, too: for instance, a cleaner product results in increased machine capacity and reduced wear on moving parts. Lastly, Modesta makes sure to use only the necessary amount of energy: their dust collectors consist of several cascading fans, turning on and off depending on the needed capacity.

Apart from their active cleaning strategy, Modesta also takes a factory’s residual flows into account. For instance, their waste scraper is fully enclosed, dust-proof and capable of handling high loads of waste mechanically. In order to ensure efficient waste management, Modesta makes sure any residual flows are extracted and stored far away from the clean product. Furthermore, their consultancy includes thking about the prevailing wind direction at entrances and exits, making sure the airflow goes from clean to dirty, preventing the dirtier parts of the process from contaminating the clean end product.

Modesta enables factory owners all over the world to keep their premises clean, their machines functioning properly, and – most importantly – deliver a clean, high-quality product. As Technical Sales Advisor Sjoerd van Diepen likes to put it, ‘if we do our job correctly, nobody will notice us.’

Contact Modesta
Mr. Sjoerd van Diepen
Call ‭+1 (936) 279-2670‬
Email svd@modestafilters.com
Visit www.modestafilters.com/agri