Case Study
Commercial Food Steaming
Commercial Food Steaming Equipment Application Food service steamers. Challenge A manufacturer of commercial and industrial cooking equipment was redesigning its food service steamers. In the past, the valves that controlled the water ?ow would stick in the open position when deenergized, over?lling the steamer's water reservoir and spilling liquid on the ?oor. The new design needed a highly reliable valve to eliminate reservoir over?ows and the resulting maintenance costs. In addition, the valve had to be NSF rated, since the water it controlled steamed the food. The design also called for a compact valve that would ?t within the steamer's small footprint. Results ASCO collaborated with the cooking equipment manufacturer to solve its valve reliability issues. In ?eld testing, the