Machinery Update | November / December 2020

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Installation News
Seal system inspects
all dog food pouches
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Hose-down tolerant
(tested to IP69K)
Hygienic design and
Clean-In-Place
compatible
No waste catchment
areas and no flaking
paint
Worm and highefficiency
helical bevel
gearbox options
Application specific
customisation available
IP66 inverters available
Brazil’s Special Dog
Company has invested
in a 100% inline seal
inspection system called
SealScope from Engilico
to guard the quality of the
pouch seals for its wet dog
food range.
“The main benefit of 100%
seal inspection is to have
a good night of dreams,
instead of dealing with
quality nightmares,” says
Octávio Soberón, manager
of the Wet Pet Food Division.
“The sealing of flexible
packages is a critical phase in
the packaging process,” he continues,
“which is why we invested in 100%
automated seal inspection.”
The company uses a Toyo Jidoki rotary
pouch packaging machine for its wet pet
food. SealScope vibration sensors are
retrofitted on the sealing jaws of this
dual-lane rotating unit at two stations in
the carousel to check the seals.
During the closing of the sealing jaws,
the vibration response is measured
and compared to a reference model of
correctly sealed packages. When the
deviation is higher than a user defined
limit – whether the cause is from product
in seal, wrinkles, or folds in the seals
The SealScope system has delivered multiple gains for pet food
– the package is rejected.
As every single package is inspected,
manual inspection can be reduced or
drastically reduced. “The non-destructive
seal testing made directly on the sealing
bars greatly improved our effective
line efficiency from previous manual
inspection methods,” says Soberón.
“Special Dog Company is now delivering
a 100% inspected product, which means
satisfied consumers.”
As SealScope inspects every product,
it also serves as a continuous monitoring
system, not only for the sealing process but
indirectly for the complete packaging line.
T 00 32 16 498 130
W www.engilico.com
MARLIN
Stainless
Tel. 01270 270022
lafertuk@lafert.com
www.marlinstainless.com
Healthy fresh salmon is now marketed
in skin technology based on tray sealers
When G Mondini UK approached seafood
company Mowi with a breakthrough
in skin packaging, it presented an
opportunity for both parties to establish
a skin packaging technology based on
tray-sealing that extends marketing
opportunities and design.
This system for fresh fish now
delivers a whole new range of business
benefits – expanding the opportunities
Seafood company
adopts Darfresh on tray
for vacuum skin packaging within
the industry.
“Our ongoing, well-established
relationship with G Mondini UK has
allowed us to apply our knowledge of
the fresh salmon sector to innovations in
technology that help drive the seafood
market forward to meet the growing
demand for fresh and healthy meals,”
explains head of operations at Mowi
Consumer Products UK, Gary Paterson.
“Our business has continued to grow,
and we look forward to continued
innovation with G Mondini UK.”
T 01785 812512
W www.gmondini.com