petfood pro 3/2022

PROCESSING
Quality Control in Pet Food
Processing
Digital solution with signalling function in the VF 800 vacuum filler
ensures quality standards in processing
The VF 800 vacuum filler generation from Handtmann offers a wide
range of solutions for quality control and ensuring quality standards
in pet food processing. With the “Handtmann Monitoring Function”,
the VF 800 monitors the situation in the feed system on the basis of
pressure, temperature, vacuum and drive load and reports potential
causes of impaired quality in good time via the control system of the VF
800 and the optionally available warning lights.
The “Handtmann Monitoring Function
(HMF)” is a very practical solution whose
basic function is the automatic parameter
monitoring in the production process.
Rejects are often only discovered after
completion of a product. The delay
between filling process and quality
control may also result in a large and
correspondingly expensive quantity
of rejects. The Handtmann Monitoring
Function effectively helps to avoid
such rejects as it signals already during
production if quality-relevant production
parameters are undercut or exceeded.
The warning is clearly and precisely
indicated on the screen of the monitor
control. If, for example, the filling product
temperature were 3.5°C although a filling
product temperature of 2.5°C was set,
the machine would issue a warning. Now
the operator is given the flexibility to
decide that production should continue
by actively confirming the “excessively
low temperature” or to stop the process
and take corrective action. If no action is
taken, the machine will stop automatically
after 30 seconds. In addition to issuing
the message via the monitor control, an
optional signal light can be used on the
VF 800 vacuum filler. In case of deviations
from the defined upper and lower limits
of the production parameters, the signal
light lights up orange and thus warns
the operator of the current status. If no
action is taken in time, the machine stops
automatically and the signal light indicates
the machine stop in red. This solution
effectively supports meat processing
operations in terms of quality control and
reproducibility of quality standards in
processing.
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About Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik
GmbH & Co. KG:
The owner-managed company based in Biberach/Riss in
southern Germany is part of the Handtmann Group of
Companies and employs over 1,200 people worldwide.
The Maschinenfabrik is a leading manufacturer of process
technology for food processing and offers modular process
solutions for grinding, mixing, portioning, dosing, forming,
co-extruding and product handling. The Handtmann
customer base includes both small businesses and startups
as well as medium-sized companies and large industrial
enterprises from all over the world. In the state-of-the-art
Customer Forum at the company headquarters, Handtmann
offers its customers the opportunity to test process solutions.
Quality controlled processing of pet food
For more information
www.handtmann.com/food
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