1. New steel is made from dirt. Magnets pluck iron ore from the displaced earth. The resulting rocks are blasted for sixteen hours at temperatures of about 2700 degrees. Then the molten slop is poured into plates about 9 inches thick.
2. All steel alloys come from the same batter. Stainless steel is made by adding nickel and chromium to the mixture. Galvanized is made by ladling zinc onto the surface.
We received a call recently from someone wanting to thank Austin and Andrew at Stevenson Company. Miss Nicky said she was visiting North Topeka last month and had just gotten off the city bus, headed to the store for a cold pop. Along the way, she was overcome by the sweltering summer heat.
Willy Wonka's "pure imagination" inspires me to make the most of my time inside food plants and here at the tinker shop.
Willy Wonka first struck me as darkly mysterious, the way Roald Dahl originally intended. My wife, on the other hand, considered the candy maker a quirky inventor. Left to my own preferences, I never would have allowed my children to be exposed to the harsh vetting process he required of his would-be successors: shot like a torpedo through a tube; injestion of a strange allergen that left its victim bloated and blue; or floating into a trap that sucked people into whirling blades.
Our kids wouldn't be deprived of the Wonka magic, though. My outlook began to sweeten during the reintroduction. By then our children had the Gene Wilder version permanently installed in the video player, stuck like Augustus Gloop in a pneumatic tube.
Are Spiral Chutes a safe way to convey food? Consumers rightly demand that what we eat is handled safely. The short and definite answer is yes, a Spiral Chute -- as designed and manufactured by Stevenson Company -- is an ideal method to safely move product.
Standards change for the better, and Stevenson Company is leading the way with cleanable, food-safe materials and workmanship. Spiral Chutes are compliant with regulations set forth by the United States government. Specifically, the Food and Drug Administration has detailed codes to ensure sanitary practices, the latest being the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The full text is available online, but to simplify we narrowed down the sections relevant to Spiral Chutes; below we address how FDA standards are met:
We received our report card! A food manufacturer invited us to join ISNetworld® to assure we meet high standards. Stevenson Company was scrutinized for several weeks as the third-party auditor reviewed and verified our programs and procedures. Today they sent our progress: Stevenson Company, Inc. is a metal contractor that specializes in stainless steel spiral chutes for industrial settings. Spiral chutes surpass other letdown methods: stainless steel, all-welded construction, sanitary, easy to clean design, gently and quickly move product, reduce product breakage, efficient use of space, no maintenance required on spiral chutes, long term cost savings. We help with your storage bins, hoppers, cyclones, platforms, ladders, stairs, lids, tanks, brackets, or any sheet metal fabrication you need.
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