S.S. White Technologies Highlights Custom Flexible Shafts for Food Industry Applications

Flexible shaft manufacturer provides custom design expertise St. Petersburg, FL – S.S. White Technologies, the worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of flexible shafts, highlights their bespoke flexible shaft solutions for food industry applications. Flexible shafts transmit rotary motion much like a solid shaft, but can be curved over, under, and around areas in ways a solid shaft cannot. Flexible shafts are used in a variety of food applications, such as in rotary knives, mixers, commercial kitchen equipment controls, and in industrial food packaging. S.S. White provides customers with custom flexible shaft solutions designed for individual applications, all backed by S.S. White’s wealth of experience and expertise. Food industry applications suitable for using S.S. White Flexible Shafts include: Rotary knives for the beef, pork, and poultry industry Rotary knives and de-boners for the fish industry Rotary knives to trim meet in taco- and kebab-style restaurants Industrial fryers Mixers Various remote controls for kitchen equipment Coffee machines, for grind adjustments Glass bottle fabrication Printing machines for food packaging Packaging machines for pre-packed food S.S. White FDA-compliant flexible shafts are resistant to the extreme temperatures found in food industry applications, such as in freezers and ovens. They are resistant to humidity, water, grease, oils, making them easy to clean through either washing or autoclaving. S.S. White’s flexible shaft casings and fittings are all food grade material, and food grade lubricants are available. Flexible shafts can easily be replaced should they fail and are far more affordable than other comparable solutions. S.S. White provides flexible shaft assemblies as part of a custom solution. Every application in which a flexible shaft is used is different, and S.S. White not only manufactures the flexible shafts, but also provides the technical expertise to create bespoke solutions. The food industry requires precise, highly engineered products for a highly regulated environment, which S.S. White delivers consistently. ### About S.S. White Technologies S.S. White Technologies is a world leader in the design, engineering, manufacturing and testing of a variety of flexible shaft products for aerospace, medical, industrial and automotive markets. The majority of commercial and military aircraft platforms in the air today contain at least one S.S. White Technologies flexible rotary shaft, and more than one-half of US manufactured cars and second tier global automotive suppliers rely on S.S. White flexible rotary shafts. The company currently has design, engineering and manufacturing facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom, and manufacturing facilities in India. For more information, visit www.sswhite.net/ Contact: Kristin Nugent McNeil, Gray & Rice, Inc. 617-367-0100 ext. 148 kristin.nugent@mgr1.com