Fruit & Vegetables [400+] – Covert Engineers, Inc.

Crinkle Cut French Fries (3D Design)

CEITM was contracted by a large international vegetable processor to provide complete engineering services including design, procurement, project management, installation oversight and startup/commissioning services for a new Crinkle Cut French…

Fruit Processing Facility Relocation

Fruit & Vegetables [400+], Mechanical [30+], Retrofit Projects [400+]

CEITM was contracted by an Oregon fruit processor to develop general arrangement/layout drawings for five existing process lines (food service, aseptic, canning, compote, and FIH) to be relocated to a newly purchased existing facility. The…

Ammonia Piping Failure Analysis

Fruit & Vegetables [400+], Refrigeration [70+], Retrofit Projects [400+]

An international food processing company observed corrosion of their aging High-Pressure Liquid ammonia piping on a long run from the engine room to the processing plant so CEITM was hired to perform an engineering analysis and calculations…

Chicory Processing

Fruit & Vegetables [400+], Mechanical [30+], Retrofit Projects [400+]

CEITM was initially commissioned in 2017 to provide expedited final design and startup of a portion of a new chicory root processing line in Gering, Nebraska. The initial effort was a very fast paced emergency engineering effort to provide process…

Greenfield Potato Processing Plant

Fruit & Vegetables [400+], Greenfield Facilities [80+], Mechanical [30+], Refrigeration [70+]

Greenfield Potato Processing Plant In 2016 CEITM was selected as part of the design team for a new, state of the art, greenfield potato processing plant. The total project budget was $250MM and included a 250,000 sq.ft. processing building,…

Vegetable Process Combined Heat & Power (CHP) / COGEN

Energy [30+], Fruit & Vegetables [400+], Mechanical [30+], Retrofit Projects [400+]

CEITM provided engineering services for the design and installation of a Co-Gen Heat Recovery System from a Bio-gas digester. CEITM also developed the project plan and project schedule to meet project objectives of performance, within budget…