FEATURE Food & Beverage
New materials-handling sol utions for the food and pharma industries
The new Special Hygienic Conveyor (SHC) from Interroll enables optimised shelf life through maximum hygiene when conveying packaged food
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nterroll is expanding its existing product offering of conveyor solutions for additional industries with the launch of new platform technologies that meet stringent hygienic requirements. Based on the benefi ts offered by Interroll’s technology platforms, the new Modular Hygienic Platform (MHP) will now also make available fl exibly applicable modular solutions based on the principles of hygienic product design. This makes it possible to signifi cantly improve
food safety and shelf life, while at the same time optimising energy and operational effi ciency. The innovation offensive in this area is being launched with the Special Hygienic Conveyor (SHC) and the Ultra Hygienic Transfer (UHT). The new Special Hygienic Conveyor (SHC),
for example, makes the added customer value offered by the globally popular Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP) available to system integrators and users who have to meet particularly demanding hygiene requirements. This means that highly effi cient, zero-pressure- accumulation material fl ows can now be implemented in food processing work processes, which until now have usually been used only in modern parcel centres or other distribution facilities.
The decentralised drive concept used in the Special Hygienic Conveyor (SHC) saves up to 50 per cent energy in start-stop operation alone compared to centralised drive solutions that run continuously. At the same time, this results in a noise level that provides an improved working environment and reduced wear and tear when
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conveying standard E2 crates, where hygienic compromises are reduced. With the modularity of the platform, which
can, as always, be fl exibly assembled and expanded from proven products as a plug-and- play modular solution – analogous to the LEGO principle – system integrators can handle both simpler and highly complex tasks in the automatic conveying of packaged food and other hygiene- sensitive products. Thus, with the SHC, the application spectrum ranges from autonomous conveyors without the use of a programmable logic controller (PLC) to use in digitally networked Industry 4.0. environments. In addition, the new conveyor enables precise positioning of the transported goods on the conveyor – an important performance feature, for example, in order to easily integrate labelling machines into the automatic fl ow of goods after the goods have been packaged without complex sensor technology.
“With the Special Hygienic Conveyor – the SHC – when it comes to food safety and shelf life, we are continuing to consistently drive forward our group-wide platform strategy,” says Dr Stephan Kronholz from Interroll.
OPTIMISED SHELF LIFE The SHC platform is manufactured on the basis of a stainless steel construction and is characterised, among other things, by the fact that its design allows cleaning liquids to drain off unhindered. The SHC platform includes both roller and belt conveyors, and all components
of these conveyors, including electrical products such as RollerDrive and corresponding controls (IP 55 MultiControl), are certifi ed to at least IP55 and protected against splashing water, so that simple cleaning operations can be carried out and no liquid residues remain in the conveyor afterward that could lead to business-critical functional or hygiene impairments. Interroll is also launching the Ultra Hygienic
Transfer (UHT), an automation solution specifi cally suited for use in plants dedicated to chicken processing. This solution makes a key process step in the cutting of chicken meat signifi cantly more hygienic and can therefore help to enable a longer shelf life for chicken products. Interroll has been taking responsibility for
improving food safety and food supply worldwide for years. For example, the company’s highly advanced and compact drum motors, which meet the most stringent hygiene requirements, are used by leading companies in the industry around the world. They ensure that automated material fl ow solutions not only operate extremely effi ciently and save energy, but also meet maximum hygiene requirements. The Modular Hygienic Platform (MHP) will be
manufactured in a new production plant at the existing site in Baal, Germany where, by 2025, an increase of around 60 jobs is planned as a result of the expansion of both the site and the product range for customers in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Interroll (Switzerland) AG
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