Lake Champlain Chocolates is a family-run business based in the US making gourmet chocolates using fresh, local ingredients. To support its commitment to excellence, the company installed a METTLER TOLEDO combination checkweigher and metal detector on its new chocolate bar line.
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Longhini Sausage Company is a maker of Italian sausages and other specialty meat products. They take pride in maintaining the high standards set forth by their founder almost 70 years ago. To help ensure their product quality and support their growing customer base, Longhini installed two new Profile Advantage metal detectors from METTLER TOLEDO Safeline.
For 97 years, Table Talk Pies has never wavered in their commitment to producing the highest quality pies. That promise has helped them grow from a two-man bakery to a leading producer of pies with over 300 employees across three automated facilities. In 2019, Table Talk installed a Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed C33 PlusLine checkweigher on a new packaging line. By detecting and rejecting over- and under-weight packages, Table Talk maintains their product quality standards and maximizes yield.
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The plant layout required the use of two screw conveyors in series to span a total of 40-feet eliminating the requirement for an intermediate bearing. KWS selected 316 stainless steel materials of construction to withstand the high temperature, internal pressure, and corrosive chemical composition of the UHMW-PE flake. Both screw conveyors were designed to be identical for commonality of spare parts, reducing stock quantities and cutting overall project cost. KWS designed the screws with flanged connections between the screw and shafts. The flanged shaft and screw connections provide a rigid assembly when compared to a typical CEMA coupling connection. KWS also provided a shaft mounted gear reducer with a torque arm bracket to allow the gear reducer to “float” on the drive shaft, eliminating any potential binding caused by the rigid flanged connections.
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Customer needed a high lift container discharger for a reprocessing system for their products. The materials for reprocessing needed to be discharged into three separate tanks. A custom designed high lift discharger with motorized track system was designed to utilize one discharger to feed materials to all three tanks. Controls were provided to move the discharger on the track system and allow the operator to designate which tank to target.
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As the cellulose-plastic composite exits the megacompounder at 350°F (177°C), a hot face die cutter pelletizes it in 1/8- to 1/4 in. (3.175mm to 6.35 mm) sizes. The high heat imparted by the high speed twin screw demands rapid cooling of pellets. A 30-ft (9150 mm) long, 6 in. (150 mm) diameter pneumatic conveyor transports them into a 6-ft (1825 mm) high cyclone from which they fall into the 60 in. (1525 mm) diameter circular vibrating fluidized bed processor by Kason. The processor cools the pellets to 100°F (38°C) and dries them to less than 1% moisture. The transfer between cutting chamber and cooler takes two seconds at 4000 lb/hour (1800 kg/hour).
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The KWS mixing screw conveyor was designed as a single piece screw to span the length of over 28-feet without the use of an intermediate support/hanger bearing. The screw was mounted on oversized pipe to prevent excessive screw deflection. The screw flights were cut-flight with notches every 90-degrees to promote mixing and agitation as the materials were conveyed. At the tail end of the screw, double flighting was added to provide even discharge to the extruder. KWS utilized a drive pedestal to protect the gear reducer and motor from heat and shock loads. The gear reducer and motor are located away from the heat source and operate at ambient temperature. The KWS drive pedestal is a compact design that houses the motor, gear reducer, bearings, low-speed coupling, seals and shafts. All rotating parts are guarded with OSHA compliant guards.
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The mixer, which has a useable batch capacity of 40 cu ft (1.13 m3), operates in a dedicated room that also houses a belt conveyor, bag breaking station, and screw conveyor. Here, an operator transfers 55 lb (25 kg) bags of ingredients from pallets to the belt conveyor, which terminates at a bag dump station into which material is dumped. An integral screw conveyor transfers the material into the inlet of the mixer while it is rotating. Once the last bag is added, the mixer continues running for 20 minutes. At the end of the cycle, the operator flips a switch, actuating an air cylinder that opens the mixer’s stationary outlet. With the vessel continuing to rotate, the 1,000 lb (454 kg) batch discharges through a collapsible chute into a mobile bin.
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Custom sanitary bag break station with integrated Clean-in-Place (CIP) screw conveyor provided by National Bulk Equipment. The screw conveyor’s bottom hinged covers provide access for cleaning inside the auger assembly without the need to disassemble or move the equipment to a clean room. In addition, the integrated manual hydraulic jack provides flexibility for discharging into vessels of various heights or maneuvering through height restrictions.
NBE’s complete line of Surge Bins are designed to provide economical in-plant storage of bulk raw materials. The Surge Bin allows the raw materials to be centrally located and distributed to several locations within the plant, saving conveying line from remotely located silos. NBE surge bins can be equipped with a wide variety of configurable options including access hatches with filters, multiple loader mounting locations, drain tubes, slide gates, and vacuum pickup probes. Larger bins and multiple bin systems can be equipped with ladders and safety cages.
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