Metal detection |
Renovation of blueberry packaging operations includes installation of vf/f/s machine for retail bags, bag-in-box equipment for bulk packs, plus several new auxiliary systems.
With the third rendition of the Packaging Automation Forum set for May
19 - 20 in Chicago, PAF organizers are seeking speakers who can address
the broad area of packaging automation through better use of integrated
controls technology.
Having X-ray, metal detection, and checkweighing capabilities for your
packaged goods are as close as a phone call away and may cost less than
you think.
Snack maker King Nut upgrades X-ray inspection systems used for metal detection on multipacks of single-serve bags of airline snacks.
A bakery installs new metal detectors to reduce downtime and guarantee the quality of its organic and preservative-free breads.
Albertville Quality Foods saves labor, improves bagging speeds, cuts giveaway by installing intermittent-motion vf/f/s machine and radial scale.
Crepe Cuisine, Penzance, Cornwall, England, a manufacturer of bakery goods for supermarkets, caterers, and wholesalers throughout the UK, has installed a new combination metal detection/checkweighing system from Avery Weigh-Tronix Canada (www.averyweigh-tronix.ca).
Organic cereal processor carefully selects bag f/f/s, cup-filling, and
case-packing equipment to optimize new plant efficiencies.
Cryovac Food Packaging Div. of Sealed Air Corp. (www.sealedair.com) was awarded a Gold for Technical Innovation for its coextruded Flavour Mark™ retort material. Made of an unidentified multilayer coextrusion, the film is intended as a replacement for #10 cans to be used with the Cryovac Onpack vertical form/fill/seal system.
A robotic solution lets Necco put its popular Sweethearts Conversation Hearts on a fast track to greater throughput at higher speeds with reduced labor costs.

EZx from Thermo Fisher provides the optimum solution for locating foreign objects in package food production.
Finished bags are conveyed through a metal detector from Fortress Technologies and a checkweigher from Heat and Control just before case packing from Fallas Automation. Filled cases are taped shut and date coded on their sides.
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