Customised Weighing and Quality
Control for individual Packet Soups
A customised multihead weigher and same time, the manufacturer also wanted The feeder system then distributes the
X-ray inspection system from Ishida are to considerably increase output and product evenly onto twelve vibratory
major components of a new packing line ensure maximum availability. A major feeder troughs, which transport it to
for instant dried soups. challenge for the installation was the the hoppers. Loadcells and sensors are
extremely limited floor space and room used to ensure that the product is fed
height. consistently. The 12 pool hoppers (used
The line installed at leading Swiss
manufacturer HACO AG includes an Ishida
for weight stabilisation) are followed by
linear multihead weigher and IX-GA X-ray HACO AG packs the dry soups in bags. inspection system, supplied by Ishida’s During filling, pasta or vegetable Swiss agent Itech AG. The 12-head linear ingredients are mixed with a soup weigher processes the soup ingredients powder, with the fill weight of the at a speed of up to 170 weighments per ingredients between 10 g and 80 g. The Accurately weighed product is then
minute with a weighing accuracy of 0.1 g. linear multihead weigher was specially released in a double dose via two
The X-ray system uses Ishida’s patented developed for the high-performance discharge chutes into two sachets at a
Genetic Algorithm technology to detect handling of free-flowing products with time, which are taken to a carousel. The
foreign bodies with a very low density small target weights. Even the top-of-the tilt angle of the chutes was specifically
and a size of as little as 0.5 mm. range CCW-R-112P, which features 12
The main reason for HACO AG’s
investment in the new line at its plant
weighing heads, has extremely compact
dimensions, which allowed it to be
24 weigh hoppers, which provide tens of
thousands of weight combinations to get
as close as possible to the target weight.
designed so that the ingredients drop
into the sachets at maximum efficiency.
Due to a lack of space, the chutes on the
seamlessly integrated into the new line. filling system had to be staggered. The
flexibility during end-of-line packing to Soup ingredients such as pasta, croutons the polybag machine also required special
meet growing retail demand for shelf- or peas are fed into the multihead software adaptations carried out by Itech
ready transportation containers. At the weigher via two vibrating channels. AG.
in Gümligen was the desire for greater
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asymmetric layout of the interface with