Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 22 2019 | Page 14

Ishida Snacks Solution Delivers High Speeds For Small Bags Ishida’s longstanding experience in Historically the company produced large 214W multihead weigher and advanced the development of snacks packaging size packs of 150g and above. However, Atlas bagmaker, along with a throat metal solutions has been the critical factor in growing demand for smaller sizes detector and Ishida DACS checkweigher. enabling one of the Czech Republic’s along with the introduction of healthier The full integration of the system delivers leading snacks manufacturers to achieve snack products, including those aimed maximum speeds, efficiencies and the high packing speeds required for its at children, led the company to seek throughput, ensuring fast and smooth new ranges of smaller bag sizes. a solution that could deliver the high transfer of product from the weigher to bagging speeds necessary to handle the the bagmaker. POEX, based in Velké Meziříčí and celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, capacity of the extruder. The proven design of the Atlas bagmaker manufactures a wide variety of extruded The Ishida iTPS (integrated Total Packing features an innovative sealing unit that snacks under both its own brand and System) is able to pack 15g bags at 125 creates tight seals without wrinkles even for several of the country’s leading per minute, with accuracy to within 0.4g during high-speed packing. Pressure, supermarkets, as well as for export to of target weight. The solution combines temperature and sealing time can be Western Europe. the company’s high speed CCW-RV- easily set on the Remote Control Unit 14 FDPP - www.fdpp.co.uk