Plucky poultry company trims seasoning weight waste

When one of the leading British chicken, turkey and duck suppliers discovered it was wasting over half of the dry seasonings manually scattered on its oven-ready birds, it needed an automated solution fast. In stepped Sparc Systems, introducing the poultry company to Hera, the checkweighing…

Spiroflow expands technical sales team

Powder handling and dry solids processing experts, Spiroflow, has expanded its technical sales capability with the appointment of Stephen Bunn as a senior support engineer. The new role reports into Chris Brennan, technical sales manager, and will be based at the firm’s headquarters in…

Liftvrac saves time and increases production

In Offranville, France, The Taste Workshop specialises in supplying ready to cook dishes for the catering trade. By using the IQF ( Individually Quick Frozen) freezing process, The Taste Workshop is able to pre-coat many of these dishes with sauces. The problem was that as the product is…

Flexicon introduces base model carbon steel flexible screw conveyor

Flexicon has introduced a new base model 1450 flexible screw conveyor with 115 mm O. D. polymer conveyor tube and low cost carbon steel floor hopper and discharge housing. Round, square, flat or beveled flexible screws in any length from 3 to 12 metres are offered to convey virtually any free-…

X-Weigh feature identifies packaged product waste discrepancies

As a result of a clever innovation by ‘Check & Detect’ market leaders, LOMA SYSTEMS®, food manufacturers are able to provide retailers with assurances that their packaged products contain at least the quantity displayed on the label, and not less. Intended to be used to complement end-of-line…

Spiroflow responds to snack food increase

Fuelled by changes in consumer eating habits, the snack food category has seen an uplift of 40% during the pandemic, resulting in an increase in processing equipment orders from Spiroflow - the Clitheroe-based manufacturer of dry ingredients conveying and bulk bag handling equipment.

With their…

New mixing system defeats biogas digester crust at pig producer

A thick floating layer of crust that was hampering the biogas operation of a forward-thinking Danish pig producer has been defeated by Landia’s GasMix digester mixing system.

The Roslev-based business ( established 1933) , which includes pig production, plant breeding and green energy, first…

HBM launches a hygienic single-point load cell

HBM has launched its new hygienic single-point load cell - PW37P.

This Load Cell is EHEDG certified, ensuring it meets the strictest hygiene requirements, making it ideal for food packaging - especially in aseptic filling, weighing or packing of food and beverages. With capacities of 50, 100…

Weighing operations to benefit from 97-99% uptime with unique service cover

Avery Weigh-Tronix today unveils Uptime Select – a brand new range of service cover packages for weighing equipment. In an industry first, Uptime Select offers 99% operational uptime and all-inclusive service cover.

From airline check-in desks and warehouses, to food production lines and…

The right ingredients for success

From accurate weighing to contamination detection, it’s imperative that the ingredients used in food production are handled and processed carefully. Our feature looks at some examples of the equipment and technology that enables manufacturers to do just this

Barfoots of Botley is one of…