Case Study
Eriez® Xtreme® Rare Earth Magnets Add Element Of Consumer Safety At Hershey's Chocolate World 'Create Your Own Candy Bar' Attraction
Each dry ingredient flows through a feeder equipped with an Eriez® Xtreme® Rare Earth (RE) Grate Magnet, specifically designed to catch any ferrous contamination before the dry ingredient is metered onto the candy bar. Another Eriez RE Grate Magnet is positioned inside a seventh hopper that dispenses sprinkles. Additionally, one Eriez Xtreme® RE Tube Magnet is housed within the pipe supplying chocolate to the enrober, a machine that showers the inclusion-packed bars with a waterfall of liquid chocolate. Finally, one Eriez Xtreme® RE Grate Magnet is located inside a screener that processes recycled chocolate. In total, nine Eriez Xtreme® RE Magnets are utilized in the production process.
Don Mastrorocco, Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Compliance at The Hershey Company, says Rare Earth magnets plays a critical role in meeting safety guidelines. "Rare Earth magnets (REM) are an important component of a food safety program. A properly established and operating REM control point enables a manufacturing operation to react quickly to unusual metal findings by pinpointing and correcting the cause so that a serious food safety incident or costly equipment damage is avoided."
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