Fresh Produce Solutions from Bilwinco in association with Pharmafoods

Challenges 

• Very sticky product
• Fragile leaves must be treated with exceptional care to guarantee shelf life
•  Frequent product changeovers require distribution tool flexibility and easy clean-ability.

Solution

Our Linear Drive* radial feeder vibration system makes even lettuce leaves want to move into the weighing hoppers, and damage nothing while performing their magic. Our new design is sleek and clean like no other multihead weigher available today, making periodic cleansing and product changeover cleaning of the machine a breeze

Challenges

• Fresh, peeled fruit is possibly the most fragile product to be packed mechanically – smears easily
• Very sticky
• Fresh fruit is sold in many different receptacles – the packing line must have short changeover times for both products and receptacles
• All fresh fruit products are processed Just In Time, meaning packaging line downtime costs grow exponentially

Solution

Linear Drive* radial feeders keep even sticky fresh fruit moving at optimum rates, and the rate of vibration can be kept low enough to ensure no damage to the product while still maintaining productivity. Our superior workmanship and parts policy ensures minimum unplanned downtime, while the new design keeps cleaning times down. And finally all Bilwinco distribution tools are custom made for the job at hand, and we always focus on the quickest possible product changeover times!

Challenge

• In a word; volume. Peeled potato packing lines must have low unplanned downtime, and planned downtime for cleaning and maintenance must be kept to an absolute minimum.

Solution

The Bilwinco Revolution Series packaging lines, built to excel with far more complex products, makes packing potatoes like child’s play. Our reliability is unmatched, our cleaning times are low and our multihead weighers just keep going, year after year.