FILLING, WEIGHING & BAGGING
Leading the fill-checking way?
Mettler-Toledo’s Product Inspection division has revealed considerable growth in tailored product inspection solutions for food manufacturers, with a growing number of European customers now requesting bespoke x-ray solutions. There are a growing number of packaging formats that present challenges for contaminant detection. This, coupled with the need to maximise resources and production efficiency have led more and more brand owners to look for tailored technology for their production lines. In the current economic climate, food manufacturers are increasingly looking to maximise the efficiency of their food production
lines by reducing product giveaway and waste, through higher throughput speeds or by maximising existing space. Mettler-Toledo’s customised solutions to these problems include multiple-lane systems to inspect more products at the same time, systems that operate at higher throughput speeds, as well as machines with smaller footprints to help brand owners meet productivity targets. Mettler-Toledo’s x-ray systems can simultaneously verify the fill-level of product in packaged products, check for missing components, and inspect for damaged packaging, all of which mean better return on investment, says the company. For more information call 01763 257 900 or visit
www.mt.com/safeline.
Bags of opportunity
As bagged milk becomes more and more popular in supermarkets in the UK, Italian manufacturer PFM have developed a bagging machine specifically to handle milk, which is now available in the UK. "With major UK supermarkets looking to encourage consumers to buy more milk in bags, there are growing opportunities for dairies to compete for this work, even at relatively small volumes," explains PFM sales and operations director Chris Bolton. "The PFM PV200 Inox has been designed as an entry level milk bagging machine that is simple to operate and maintain and offers a particularly favourable cost/performance ratio." Built in stainless steel to dairy industry hygiene standards and capable of producing up to 60 1-litre polyethylene bags of milk a minute, the machine employs a low maintenance dosing system based on electronically timed flow. The machine is also equipped for connection to a clean-in-place washing system, allowing automatic cleansing of the liquid tank, the milk dosing unit and the dosing tube. For more information call 0113 239 3401 or visit
www.pfm.it.
Powder conveying concept According to Piab, piFLOW™
is easy to use without compromising on
technical performance. It is designed with a full opening, making it possible to maximise material throughput and increase production. It is a cost efficient alternative that is now reaching the market, says Piab, both from the capacity point of view but also in comparison with mechanical conveying methods. The full opening gives an instant discharge, i.e. increased material throughput. Its design also reportedly makes it very suitable for integration in general industrial applications. “The new piFLOW™
design
makes it possible to double the conveying capacity for many materials, compared to traditional conveyors,” says Josef Ramslöv, Vice President material handling division. “This allows the customer to implement a very cost efficient solution.” Like all other conveying machines that Piab offers, says the company, the piFLOW™ ATEX Dust classified. piFLOW™ is
is
equipped with COAX® cartridges. According to Piab, The COAX®
cartridges are
smaller, more efficient and more reliable than conventional ejectors, which allows for the design of a flexible, modular and efficient vacuum system. For more information call 01509 857010 or visit
www.piab.com.
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