Ishida Unveils Revolutionary Traysealer
14 September 2006
At Scanpack, Ishida Europe will unveil a brand new traysealer capable of sealing speeds of 200 trays per minute, an innovative X-ray inspection system, a new multihead weigher specifically developed for fresh meat and an integrated mini packing line for fresh products and ready meals. In addition, the company will demonstrate models from its latest groundbreaking multihead weigher and checkweigher ranges.
With the new streamlined, high speed, hygienic and flexible QX-1100 traysealer, Ishida claims to have completely re-engineered the top sealing of trays. A maximum speed of 200 trays per minute makes the new model the fastest twin lane traysealer in the industry. Features such as fast tooling changeover, gentle product handling, compact dimensions and low running costs combine to offer an excellent return on floor space and deliver perfectly presented packs for supermarket shelves.
Innovations include servomotor control, an innovative gripper arm design and advanced software. Complete quality control is provided via the full integration of checkweighing and gas analysis functions, together with a web cam and product recognition camera. Rejected packs are removed prior to sealing, saving film and allowing trays to be re-used where possible.
Ishida's new IX-IG range of X-ray inspection machines is ideal for detecting aluminium, tin, glass, stones, hard rubber, plastic, bones, shells and cartilage in a wide variety of pack types. The IX-range delivers precise detection sensitivity down to 0.3mm for maximum quality control. The place of contamination can be pinpointed and the system also detects missing items or damaged products.
The hygienic design has been developed for ease of cleaning and maintenance, whilst a user-friendly Windows XP© operating system facilitates easy operation.
The new multihead weigher for fresh meat uses the proven Ishida combination weighing principle to dramatically reduce product give-away (compared with manual operation) whilst optimising weighing efficiency and consistency.
The new model can achieve speeds of up to 70 weighments per minute. It features fully automated product feed to reduce labour costs and heavy duty plastic hoppers with scraper gates to ensure the product moves efficiently through the weigher without sticking. Larger 1500cc hoppers can be specified for products such as meat chunks.
Like all Ishida multihead weighers, the fresh meat model offers excellent accuracy to minimise product giveaway, easy operation and cleaning to reduce downtime and highest weighing efficiency and consistency.
Also on display is a compact model from Ishida's latest range of multihead weighers. The CCW-R series is equipped with unique and adapted technology that helps the weigher to achieve efficiency levels close to 100% and further increases weighing accuracy by 0.5% per pack, compared with the previous best technology. These benefits can generate huge improvements in product yield in just a few weeks of production.
The mini convenience line for fresh ready meals features Ishida's pioneering Fresh Food Weigher, specifically designed to handle fresh, sticky products easily and accurately. A new tray denester provides fast and reliable presentation of the trays under a dipping funnel filling system. To minimise waste, an integrated DACS checkweigher carries out a final weight check before the tray passes through an Ishida QX-775 tray sealer.
The latest Ishida DACS-W checkweigher with touch screen and integrated product recognition camera offers easy set-up, operation and changeover, cuts downtime to near zero and delivers Ishida's renowned weighing accuracy.
The new touch screen features a powerful, intuitive graphic interface that simplifies operation and speeds up training, providing easy to follow instructions for line operators with online help, self-diagnostics and fault finding.
