The CapKold System - An Overview

Cooked and chilled ready meals are one of the food industry's fastest growing and most profitable sectors. Food manufacturers working in this highly competitive market need to know that the equipment they use is safe, reliable and meets all necessary safety and hygiene standards. It must also be versatile - allowing new recipes or techniques to be added to the production line without the need to invest in new equipment.

Designed to the highest standards, D C Norris cooking and cooling equipment meets all these requirements - and more. Built from high quality stainless steel, our products are durable, safe, easy to use and easy to clean, and are tailored to meet customers' QA and tracebility systems. Most importantly, all our processing equipment meets - and exceeds - current safety and hygiene rquirements.

We pride ourselves on customer satisfaction. Working closely with our customers, we commission and manufacture all units in - house, combining state of the art 3D modelling software with the skills of our highly trained craftsmen. Expertly engineered, D C Norris food processing technology is reliable and economic to run, and is backed by our comprehensive after - sales service agreement.

Cooking and cooling products form part of an extensive range of food processing technologies and equipment developed by D C Norris and Co (Eng.) Ltd. A market leader for over 30 years, the company provides solutions to the widest range of requirements - from single units to complete processing lines.

What is CapKold?

The CapKold System of food preperation, storage and distribution can deliver consistent quality and cooked flavour in meals prepared days or even weeks in advance. Based on the cook - to - inventory concept, the CapKold System utilizes special equipment and special packaging to efficiently produce menu items with a refrigerated shelf life of up to 45 days! With a CapKold System, restaurant chains, school systems, hospitals, hotels, prisons, supermarkets and others can maintain consistent food quality, while reducing food, energy and labour costs.

The CapKold System takes kettle cooked foods and pumps them directly into tough pliable casings, at near pasteurization temperatures. The casings are then placed in a unique tumble chiller to rapidly drop the product temperature from 82°C to 4°C in less than one hour. This combination of hot filling, rapid cooling and special packaging retards bacterial growth, locks in freshness and provides a remarkable 5 - 6 week safe refrigerated shelf life. With CapKold, operators can always have a ready supply of food on hand, to even out production scheduling and meet fluctuating foodservice needs.

Typical CapKold arrangement.

The Machinery

Steam, Electric, Gas, Agitated Cooking Kettles Our extensive range of cooking kettles with a combination of over 15 different agitators allows us to satisfy your process requirements. From table top 25 litre capacity to major process vessels of 2500 litres. Whether it is soups, stews, caramel or toffee that you are preparing... We have the right kettle for YOU. More Info >>   Cook Tank - Tumble Chiller CapKold system of food preperation, storage and distribution. It can deliver consistent quality and a freshly cooked flavour in meals prepared days or even weeks earlier. More Info >> Model 370 Pump Fill Station Stand-alone unit designed to integrate with a kettle arrangement and Tumble Chiller. The Pump Fill Station provides a means of accurately batching product that has been cooked in the steam jacketed kettle into the Tumblechill Bags casings. More Info >> Tumble Chiller The Tumble Chiller is designed to chill filled hot casings from +82C to +4C in less than approximately one hour until their temperature has been reduced. More Info >> Conveyors The D C Norris Skeleton conveyors are typically used for the transportation of product casings from a Pump Fill Station to a Tumble Chiller, are of a stainless steel construction and available in various options. More Info >>