Food & Drink Processing & Packaging Issue 52 2024 | Page 53

WBT Services Ltd and Virto Cuccolini

Delivering the best solutions for solid and liquid classification and separation processes
An effective material handling and classification system is one of the fundamental pillars for many companies operating in the most varied manufacturing sectors . Within many of these processes , the classification of materials through industrial screening is an important step that can determine the quality of the finished product .
For this reason , WBT Services Ltd , a company based in North Gloucestershire that has been offering solutions for dust and fume control systems and for material handling for more than 40 years , selects the best suppliers to serve its customers ; and this is how it relies on Virto-Cuccolini , a historic Italian company specialised in the construction of industrial vibrating sieves for the classification and separation of powders and liquids .
This partnership , born in 2019 , aims to offer quality and cost-effective solutions to even complex requests and to cover different needs , such as :
- Quickly cleaning the product from unwanted pieces during the first phase of the production line . This is achieved with safety screening , created precisely to prevent undesired particles from entering the production cycle .
- Separating a product by particle size . This is the basis for creating ,
A continuous original spare parts supply service is available and can also be arranged on a regular basis .
from a bulk ingredient , multiple products of different fractions that cover different market needs .
- Separating materials from freeflowing liquids or even from dense liquids , such as sludges .
- Recovering waste material to transform and use as a new product or as a new second raw material .
This is a helpful way to start achieving more sustainability in the production process .
Virto-Cuccolini offers a wide range of sieving equipment in Aisi 304 or Aisi 316 , both with ATEX and FDA certifications . The great variety of available sizes gives the possibility to both big-scale industrial projects and small pilot plants to find the best solution .
As one of WBT Services ’ major focus points are maintaining its customers ’ process quality , a continuous original spare parts supply service is available and can also be arranged on a regular basis .
A vibrating sieve can serve hundreds of different applications in the food industry , but also in other sectors in which separation and classification of materials need to be a part of the manufacturing process .
The British-Italian tandem formed by WBT Services and Virto-Cuccolini will make all their expertise available to satisfy customers throughout the UK & Ireland .
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