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Weekly UpdatesAn Ishida multihead weigher has been instrumental in helping Swedish food manufacturer Dafgard achieve gentle and accurate weighing of meatballs into bags at the high speeds required.
Dafgard needed high-quality weighing equipment for a wide range of products on its meatball processing line at its factory in Kallby, as Christoffer Sundberg, the company's Assistant Plant Manager explains. "Our target speed is 100 bags per minute but it is vital that the integrity of the meatballs--which can break apart during handling--is maintained. Many of the suppliers we talked to could not guarantee this combination of speed and delicacy in handling.
"Only Ishida could provide a suitable solution for all product sizes. During tests, the machine was able to achieve speeds of up to 120 bags per minute, far outstripping the required capacity."
The Ishida CCW-M-214 has been specifically designed to handle food products that require gentle and controlled handling. A low angle, reinforced dispersion table with concealed fixings, semi-flat radial feeder troughs with waterfall end and safe edges, and double opening hoppers with cushioned, easy down inserts ensure that the product moves quickly through the weigher without the risk of product damage. In addition, the gentle slope configuration of the discharge chutes with a set of metal guides which reduce the fall speed of the product and prevents the meatballs from colliding, thus allowing a quick product transfer into the bagmaker.
The Ishida weigher is integrated with a VFFS bagmaker, creating a fast, accurate and efficient packing operation. Target weights range from 350g to 5kg for a variety of retail packs.
Christoffer Sundberg says that Dafgard have been impressed with the performance of the weigher. "Ishida trained a Dafgard engineer in how to service the multihead weigher, but he reports that he has never needed to put his knowledge to the test."
Contact Ishida Europe on tel 0121 607 7700 or visit www.ishidaeurope.com
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