FOOD Capable of
packing up to 80 pre-packed bags the freestanding Collator machine is designed to overcome previous limitations
Fast collation of pre-packed items with new system
RESPONDING to increasing cor- ner-shop retailer demands for easy to handle multipacks of bulk food items, Pacepacker Services has launched a new Collator Sys- tem which will quickly collate and place pre-packed items into an outer sack totalling up-to 25kg. Often corner-shops and smaller outlet chains use large sacks as a way to contain and display bulky items including potatoes, animal feed and carrots, yet the process of packing pre-packed bags into outer sacks is a labour intensive operation. Pacepacker has designed the standalone Collator System to maximize people’s ability to work with existing sack placing and sealing equipment. Capable of collating and packing up to 80 pre- packs into outer sacks per minute, the system overcomes common problems typically seen with oth- er systems. Paul Wilkinson, Pace- packer’s Business Development Manager, explains: “We saw a gap in the market for a collator which would continuously support the pre-packed bulk goods as they were entering the outer sack. We found that many systems on the
market did not control the fall of the product very well, which of- ten results in pre-packs breaking through the bottom of the outer sack due to their weight and den- sity. We have improved this part of the process by incorporating motorised support arms to con- trol the descent of the pre-packed polybags into the outer sack, elim- inating damage and waste to both product and pack.”
Pre-packed polybags of goods, weighing between 1 and 5kgs typically produced on FFS equip- ment, enter the system via an inclined elevator and are trans- ported up to the holding doors of the Collator System. Once the desired quantity of bagged mate- rial has been detected by the sys- tem’s pre-programmed operating software, the conveyor pauses and the holding doors open for the bags to gently drop into an accumulation chamber and then into the outer sack waiting below. As the bags are released from the chamber to the sack, motorised arms control the descent accu- rately, smoothly and with minimal moving parts.
The system can
store multiple product recipes to accommodate numerous multi- pack product variations, either by weight or amount.
While the Collator System has the ability to work with most sack placing and sealing systems,
it
Corner-shop retailers use large sacks as a way to contain and display bulky items.
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can also be integrated to work with Pacepacker’s T Series sack placers and award winning Total Bag Control (TBC) system, which accurately seals sacks with ulti- mate control enabling enhanced pack quality. Pacepacker’s new Collator Sys- tem offers an automated solution, reducing waste and labour costs, improving pack presentation and throughput speeds.
Sewing systems take to the high seas
FISCHBEIN Saxon recently sold special MTS bag sewing systems to Marel, a provider of advanced equipment, systems and ser- vices used in the fi sh, meat and poultry industries.
The heavy-
duty units and accompanying bag handling technology will be installed aboard ocean going processing ships and in onshore processing plants.
Commenting on the choice of Fischbein
bagging equipment,
Ruben Nielsen, Area Sales Man- ager for Marel Seattle, said the fi shing industry is constantly changing, and Marel has to keep up with the times. “We chose Fischbein because it has good- quality products, and we like to work with known brands.” The Fischbein MTS will be used to bag and close approxi- mately 120 tons of dressed fi sh frozen in 10- and 20-kilo blocks. Marel Seattle’s new method of running bags through the Fisch- bein system makes the packag-
ing process simple and fast and saves valuable time on board the ships where the product is caught.
“The sewing systems, robust in design, are known for their long wearing properties and high output, and can be installed with complete turnkey bag handling and palletizing technologies, de- signed to meet the bespoke cus- tomers’ needs” says Barry Cox, UK sales & service Manager of Fischbein Saxon.
Contact Fischbein Saxon at 08443722877, email: sales@fi s-
chbein-saxon.co.uk.
READY MEAL PACKING WITH KLIKLOK
More and more ready meal producers are switching to wraparound cartoning, particularly in the chilled foods sector. The idea of the ‘sleeve’ style is to allow product information to be printed on the carton, yet still lets the consumer view the product itself, not to mention of course the saving on carton board when compared with fully enclosed cartons – packaging reduction being a hot topic with supermarkets.Kliklok’s Certiwrap® wraparound cartoning machine was specifi cally designed for the ready meal market and has been chosen by global food companies such as Unilever, Nestlé, Con Agra, General Mills and Kraft. This equipment addresses and solves important issues in food production, for example a 10-minute 3-dimensional size change capability, the ability to accommodate tray ‘doming’, where the fi lm lid of a ready meal tray expands in production, PLUS the versatility to handle round bowls, oval bowls and rectangular-shaped containers on the same machine. These features, combined with the adeptness to handle a wide variety of wrap-around carton formats, plus a choice of infeed systems, mean that ready meal producers can switch rapidly from one product line to another, providing the fl exibility needed for the production demands of this competitive industry.
For further information contact:
Michelle Newman, Kliklok International, Western Drive, Hengrove Park Estate, Bristol BS14 0AY
01275 836131 •
sales@kliklok-int.com •
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