The REYCO Oil Miser® has been the standard for oil removal and recovery in the French fry industry for nearly twenty years. Originally designed to prevent fat buildup in pre-coolers and freezers as well as on packaging lines and equipment, the Oil Miser® has now proven to offer a very rapid payback by recovering surface oil for filtration and reuse in the fryer.

The REYCO Oil Miser consists of a suction plenum with one or more slots mounted below a conveyor belt immediately following a fryer in the processing line. A vacuum is pulled through the belt which, when combined with evenly distributed product can return up to 18 lb (2 gallons) oil per thousand pounds of product every hour back to the fryer. On a typical high capacity French fry line at 40,000 lb/hr, this can recover over 80 gallons per hour of oil and save well over $250 per hour in oil costs.

When combined with the new REYCO DynaMiser conveyor we have seen recovery rates increase by 50% over the above figures on certain cuts of French fries. The new DynaMiser conveyor is designed with our new balanced-weave, precision driven, stainless steel belt and includes multiple suction plenums, and product agitators to help spread the product at a uniform depth across the entire belt width. Product drops or turnovers can be incorporated as well for specific co-products such as hash browns or sliced pieces.

The REYCO Oil Miser is available in seven sizes ranging from our OM15, laboratory size “Micro-Miser” to our OM100, “Magnu-Miser” for use on production lines up to 10’(3m) wide. In recent years, the Oil Miser® has proven to be beneficial on related products in the meat and snack food industries both for oil recovery and providing cleaner “healthier-looking” packaged product.