Ishida Europe will demonstrate the company’s pioneering technology and ability to offer complete packaging solutions.
The new equipment includes Ishida’s QX Tray Sealer with integrated checkweigher, the UK debut of the ground-breaking R Series multihead weigher and the company’s new Atlas bagmaker, which will also be shown as part of an ITPS (Integrated Total Packing System) for snacks.
A number of new machines on display on the Ishida Europe stand at the PPMA Show will demonstrate the company’s pioneering technology and ability to offer complete packaging solutions. The new equipment includes Ishida’s QX Tray Sealer with integrated checkweigher, the UK debut of the groundbreaking R Series multihead weigher and the company’s new Atlas bagmaker, which will also be shown as part of an ITPS (Integrated Total Packing System) for snacks.
The incorporation of an Ishida DACS checkweigher in the QX775 Tray Sealer enables pack weights to be checked prior to sealing, thereby minimising packaging and product waste, and provides valuable production data that can be fed back to equipment further up the line.
Offering high speeds (up to 100 packs per minute) and ease of product changeover, the QX775 tray sealer is ideal for busy and pressurised food manufacturing environments where retailer demands have led to reduced lead times and shorter production runs for an ever increasing number of products and pack formats. It also features Ishida’s unique inside cut technology, which enables each tray to be top sealed without any film overlapping the tray rim to enhance pack appearance and reduce film consumption by at least 5%.
Ishida says the R Series weighing machine has taken multihead weighing technology to another level. The new machines include more weigh heads per calculation, calculating 16 times as many weight combinations and selecting three suitable candidate combinations for each weighment instead of one - in one fifth of the time taken previously.
The extra combinations and selections mean that, despite being much faster, the new R-Series multihead weigher is significantly more accurate and efficient. Even in average weight mode, the accuracy increase delivers a 0.5% increase in yield compared with Ishida’s previous best machines. Against less accurate weighers, the yield increase could amount to several percentage points. This enables the multihead weigher to deliver more finished packs from the same amount of product.
The Atlas bagmaker has been designed by Ishida to meet the requirements of high speed, high pressure snack food packing lines. The bagmaker can be combined with a new R Series multihead weigher, Ishida seal tester and checkweigher to provide a fully integrated packing system for snacks. This new ITPS will also be demonstrated at the exhibition.
You can visit Ishida Europe at the PPMA Show in Hall 12 Stand 12231
