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Mixing, weighing & conveying

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Liftvrac saves time and increases production

In Offranville, France, The Taste Workshop specialises in supplying ready to cook dishes for the catering trade. By using the IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) freezing process, The Taste Workshop is able to pre-coat many of these dishes with sauces. The problem was that as the product is conveyed to the packing lines, it starts to de-frost. This leaves a trace of sauce on the conveyer belt meaning a significant amount of time spent cleaning before a different dish can be processed.

X-Weigh feature identifies packaged product waste discrepancies
	As a result of a clever innovation by ‘Check & Detect’ market leaders, LOMA SYSTEMS®, food manufacturers are able to provide retailers with assurances that their packaged products contain at least the quantity displayed on the label, and not less.

Flexicon introduces base model carbon steel flexible screw conveyor
	Flexicon has introduced a new base model 1450 flexible screw conveyor with 115 mm O.D. polymer conveyor tube and low cost carbon steel floor hopper and discharge housing.

Spiroflow responds to snack food increase
	Fuelled by changes in consumer eating habits, the snack food category has seen an uplift of 40% during the pandemic, resulting in an increase in processing equipment orders from Spiroflow - the Clitheroe-based manufacturer of dry ingredients conveying and bulk bag handling equipment.

HBM launches a hygienic single-point load cell
	HBM has launched its new hygienic single-point load cell - PW37P.

New mixing system defeats biogas digester crust at pig producer	Weighing operations to benefit from 97-99% uptime with unique service cover
A thick floating layer of crust that was hampering the biogas operation of a forward-thinking Danish pig producer has been defeated by Landia’s GasMix digester mixing system.	Avery Weigh-Tronix today unveils Uptime Select – a brand new range of service cover packages for weighing equipment. In an industry first, Uptime Select offers 99% operational uptime and all-...

The right ingredients for success
	From accurate weighing to contamination detection, it’s imperative that the ingredients used in food production are handled and processed carefully. Our feature looks at some examples of the ...

Five questions you shouldn’t be afraid to ask
	The food industry has a growing number of challenges to overcome in order to achieve efficient operation and profitable production. Weighing company Marco advises processors on the five important ...

The 5 key questions everyone should ask to make their food factories more profitable….but rarely do…
	Maintaining profitable momentum in today’s roller coaster economic environment is a challenging task. Whilst management recognise that focussing on short term financial stability can be counter-...

Blending presentation and quality with speed and accuracy
	Following the successful implementation of Marco’s Yield Control Module (YCM), specialist herb and micro-leaf producer Westlands has continued to invest in Marco pack-house equipment, the latest ...

All-in-one unit
	Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Versa RxV checkweigher for track and trace applications. Designed to meet the needs of pharmaceutical industry, and other sectors where track and trace ...

Bagging weigher allows for quick changeover
	The diversity of the product range at Aristocat Pet Supplies in Sheffield meant a reliable bagging system, that could be changed quickly and simply when new products needed to be packed, was required....

Packing olives to an accuracy of +/- 0.1g
	Cros’frais and Arômatt are sister companies, selecting, processing and packaging some of France’s most popular brand of premium and mid-range to economy olive products respectively. With both ...

Weighbridge replacement fits the bill
	Problem: Ineos Chlorvinyls required two weighbridges to replace its existing mechanical pit weighbridges. The weighbridges are used for weighing vehicles transporting chlorinated paraffin packaged in ...

Weigh batching: the benefits of an automated system
	By David Boger, Flexicon CorporationManual weigh batching, a feature of many plants that batch-blend bulk products, involves the individual weighing of ingredients before they are charged into a ...

Attention to detail pays dividends...
	My facility - in common with many I suspect - has a great deal of electrical equipment accumulated over the years. We are developing maintenance and safety plans - any tips for planning safe ...

Relishing the concept of traceability
	Cooked ingredients company Beacon Foods produces... roasted and chargrilled vegetables and fruit, relishes, chutneys and compotes for the food manufacturing and retail industry. The company’s MD ...

A win-win solution for EfW plant
	The recently completed La Collete Energy from Waste (EfW) plant in Jersey will provide a reliable and environmentally friendly means of waste disposal for the Island over the next 25 years. It will ...

No room for error in mushroom weighing
	Unilever Bestfoods Knorr site at Duppigheim in Alsace was experiencing problems with its volumetric machines. Laurent Ghesquière, director of the dehydrated products plant, which has 16 packing lines,...

Hygienic weighing
	Mettler Toledo has introduced a range of food scales suitable for manual weighing tasks in hygienically sensitive areas. The ICS range is designed to make operation, maintenance and traceability ...

Automated bagging increases throughput
Bagger/weigher saves floor space
High accuracy weigh scale
Scales increase precision for moulding process
Sweet solution provides greater accuracy
Diverting weigh hopper streamlines filling operations

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