FEATURE MACHINERY
BISCUIT MAKERS CRACKERS ABOUT FLEXIBLE FLOW WRAPPING
Nearly every household in the UK – more than 99 per cent – purchases biscuits every year. Most on a weekly basis, some as an occasional treat. Worth around £2.4 billion a year, the category, which includes sweet biscuits and savoury crackers, continues to adapt to changing consumer tastes and rising awareness about health. This is promting manufacturers to introduce new formats, such as thins, nibbles and bitesize packs
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ith many brands already offering multiple formats, among them
original sized, family sized, lunch packs, mini-bites in addition to a biscuit portfolio aimed squarely at hospitality, travel and vending sectors, flexible packing specialist, ILAPAK, has created a flow wrapper system designed to accomodate ever changing portion and format sizes. The Carrera 6000 flow wrapping
platform optimises overall equipment effectiveness with one machine able to switch between packing biscuits in various configurations, without compromising on presentation and product quality. The wrapper format changeover from one type of biscuit stack to another can be executed in just minutes, thanks to interchangable product guides, a removable stacking device and an interchangable sealing head. From slug packs to individually wrapped biscuits, twin-packs with biscuits stacked singularly to packs of four biscuits in two pile stacks, the Carrera 6000 reaches speeds of up to 500 biscuits per minute. To date, ILAPAK has supplied more than 40 Carrera 6000 systems, with customers – ranging from biscuits, bread, pizza, tacos, chocolate and rice cake factories – heralding its flexability and hygenic, modular construction.
“The ability to switch swiftly between
individual, two-by-two, two-by-four stacks, in addition to more conventional biscuit flow wrapper formats like slugs, without having to install multiple machines within a factory has already been proven to be a massive game- changer for biscuit manufacturers,” says Tony McDonald, director of sales and marketing at ILAPAK. “Not only is packing space at a premium for many of our customers, biscuit makers are looking to achieve a faster return on investment and optimise machine productivity.” With biscuits being such delicate and
highly perishable items, the wrapper incorperates in-built quality control for detecting and rejecting broken products prior to wrapping. It also features a ‘no product no bag’ function as standard. To maintain productivity and avoid machine downtime, there’s automatic reel splicing. For speedy recall of pack formats, up to 128 product shapes – from round, square, rectangle or shaped – and stack formats can be stored within the machine database. It can also accommodate seasonal demands and special promotions, for example Easter bunny biscuits, delicately decorated gingerbreads at Christmas and sporting or commemorative gift biscuits.
ABOVE: Up to 128 product shapes - from round, square, rectangle or shaped - and stack formats can be stored within the machine database
BELOW: The Carrera 6000 flow wrapping platform optimises overall equipment effectiveness with one machine able to switch between packing biscuits in various configurations
The machines ultra-hygenic IP65-rated
construction enables full wash down capability, even of the sealing elements. Users can customise their machine by
selecting the modules they need. McDonald explains: “As production requirements evolve, additional modules such as film auto-splicing, gusseting, and even a completely new jaw set up, can be added. The machine’s modularity also makes maintenance quicker and easier, as individual sections can be removed rather than having to dismantle the entire machine. “Rather than sticking to one pack
format per biscuit line, the Carrera 6000 offers a highly flexible and cost effective alternative with quick format switchover to optimise packing productivity,” adds McDonald. “As consumer tastes and preferences evolve, so too does this flow wrapping machine.”
ILAPAK
www.ilapak.co.uk T: 0208 797 2000
20 MAY 2018 | FACTORY EQUIPMENT
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