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Pack Expo visits lead to purchases

Representatives from both a Heinz division and a well known California winery both found the servo-based equipment they needed at Pack Expo International 2002.

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Like many visitors to Pack Expo International 2002, John Beal and Bill Edgar left the show at Chicago’s McCormick Place having found packaging equipment they needed in their plants. The equipment selected by both is distinguished by its use of servo motor technology.

Beal is project manager at Heinz U.S. Consumer Products, a division of H.J. Heinz Co. At the last edition of Pack Expo International, put on by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Beal found a flow wrapping system from Doboy that resulted in a 50% increase in packaging capacity for Heinz’s frozen pizzas and pocket sandwiches made in the firm’s Pocatello, ID, plant.

The firm’s existing flow wrapping system did not have sufficient capacity to support increasing consumer demand. By incorporating a new, servo-driven flow wrapper, Heinz can now efficiently meet rising output requirements while reducing downtime.

“We were looking to supplement our current equipment with newer, automated technology,” says Beal. “The addition of servo control enhances every aspect of the overwrapping function, from efficiency to user friendliness.”

Designed as a high-speed, heavy-duty rotary-head flow wrapper for bakery and confectionery applications, the Doboy 611 incorporates not only servo control but also programmable setups. Both features facilitate quick and easy product changeovers for a range of sizes.

Among the things Beal likes about the servo-driven Doboy machine is that mechanical parts are kept to a minimum.

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