The CFW Group was established as Continental Fan Works in 1966. Since then, the CFW Group expanded into the following companies.
Today the CFW group cover a broad range of industries including the food processing industry, agriculture sector, mining, automotive catalyst industries and many others. Equipment has been designed, manufactured, and installed in many countries including South Africa, Africa, Australia, USA, Canada Argentina, Mexico, Poland, France, Belgium, England, China, India, Malaysia and Germany.
CFW AND BILTONG
CFW is a renowned supplier of biltong drying equipment locally and abroad. We are based in South Africa where biltong originates from, and processes has been trialled and perfected over many years. For the past 35 years CFW has been directly involved in the designing and supplying of turnkey biltong drying systems for mainly commercial (1 000 kg/batch) and industrial size operations (above 5 000 kg per batch). CFW offers a wide variety of Biltong Drying Solutions to cater for the different product categories namely:
- Thick pieces typically 25 mm to 30 mm
- Thin sticks less than 10 mm
- Thin slices / chips
- “Wors” / sausage biltong.
About Biltong drying
There are many different biltong drying solutions that can be offered, and these depends on a number of factors including among others;
• Physical location of the drying facility.
• Capacity of meat to be dried.
• Type of meat (thin pieces, thick pieces, chips,wors, etc.)
• Site/Factory space constraints (CFW can custom designs to any clients need)
• Client’s specific preferences in terms of drying conditions (drying temperature and humidity ranges).
Different drying systems CFW can offer:
• Simple heat and vent drying
• Closed system heat pump dehumidifier drying
• Open system heat pump dehumidifier drying
• Desiccant dehumidifier drying
• Hybrid drying systems
Drying Consistency
Biltong is a high value food product and there are huge financial losses associated with over-drying and under-drying, besides the impact on customer satisfaction associated with inconsistency.
Over-drying
Results in excessive drying costs and reduces the mass of product and therefore a direct loss of income.
Under-drying
Can impact on the shelf-life of the product and have product returned as mouldy or have customers complaints.
CFW drying equipment is very flexible and can easily be set up to achieve even drying and produce high quality Biltong.
Features on the CFW top of the range dryers
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• Heat pump system with build in redundancy to prevent loss of product due to unforeseen breakdowns.
• Enclosed system without any influence from outside conditions
• Proven concept with excellent results
• Very energy efficient
• Well-engineered, robust design
• Only use high quality, corrosion resistant materials
• High specifications energy efficient fans
• Reversable flow for even drying
• VSD speed-controlled fans for energy saving and optimum airflow to aid best drying results
• High quality Allen Bradley switch gear, PLC control systems and VSD speed drives.
• User friendly touch screen for easy operation
• Inhouse custom designed control system with the ability to make changes according to the customers’ specific needs
• Automated control features that regulate the drying process to prevent energy wastage and thereby reduce drying operational costs.
• Recipe driven set ups with the ability to store multiple recipes
• Data logging of room conditions throughout the drying cycle for traceability, process analyses and quality control
• Remote monitoring and alarm alerts for maintenance, servicing and fault finding.
• Primary coarse dust filtration
• Secondary fine dust filtration
• HEPA filtration for very fine dust filtration
• UV treatment to promote more sterile drying environment conditions
• Ozone treatment to also promote sterile drying environment conditions
• Detailed installation and instruction manuals
Engineering Services
To ensure that the installed Biltong Drying System meets the expectations of the end user it is important to go through an engagement process whereby the client’s expectations are properly documented and discussed so that CFW’s expertise can be merged with the client’s requirements and the site-specific space constraints and process flow to formulate the most appropriate solution.
Maintenance Considerations
Equipment that is compact and at lower first cost, can often leave the end user with recurring excessive service and maintenance costs because of inconvenient equipment accessibility for cleaning / service and maintenance. Where possible, CFW prefers to incorporate features for more convenient servicing of equipment even though this adds to the initial capital expense. The long-term operational convenience and cost savings more than compensate for the investment in maintenance.
Service Agreements
Service Level Agreements is available for all our customers to ensure that the customer gets the long-term benefits out of the installed equipment.
CFW Cape Town
3 Parin Road, Parow Industria,
7493, Western Cape, South Africa
Coordinates:
Latitude: -26.103462
Longitude: 28.173319
Phone
+27 (0)21 931 8331
Customer Queries
CFW Johannesburg
4 Chilworth Road, Founders View North, Modderfontein, Edenvale, 1645, Gauteng
Coordinates:
Latitude: -33.928757
Longitude: 18.608718
Phone
+27 (0)11 452 5830 / 5146
Direct Numbers
Port Elizabeth Sales: +27 (0)83 301 6357
Port Elizabeth Servicing: +27 (0)83 301 6357/ +27 (0)81 892 4582
Kwa Zulu Natal: +27 (0)83 501 6535
Large / Heavy Duty Fans: +27 (0)83 778 7555
Customer Queries: +27 (0)83 301 6357