Salaisons Jouvin, a French company specializing in the production of cold meats, wanted to ensure its products were consistently of high quality, while simultaneously cutting costs. This case study explores how Salaisons Jouvin implemented vision inspection equipment to achieve its goals.
Building a food manufacturing facility from scratch would be a daunting project even for someone with a strong background in this industry. So imagine how challenging it was for Ivan and Elaine Pezzoli whose only previous experience was as a restaurateur in Brazil.
The standards of quality within the dehydrated dairy industry continue to become more critical and end users are becoming more sophisticated. Brand equity for both dehydrated dairy and infant formula manufacturers has global reach and implications. Manufacturers face higher standards, higher manufacturing costs, and there continues to be a significant gap between package testing requirements of dehydrated dairy packaging and the solutions that are available on the market today. New technology has been established and proven to reduce production waste and cost while improving quality assurance and defending brand equity.
At Matt Brewing Company, attention to detail and uncompromising commitment to quality are the signature trademarks of the company and their award-winning Saranac beers. Concerned with accuracy and reliability, the company wanted to assure every customer receives a full can of beer every time, so they searched for a gamma fill level inspection system and instead, became the first brewer in the world to use this new checkweigher technology for 100 percent inspection.
By Kyle Thomas, Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed
Wixon, Inc., with headquarters in St. Francis, Wis., bills itself as “a 100-year-old company with the innovative drive of a start-up.
KiMs is one of Scandinavia’s leading producers of crisps, nuts and snack foods. The company continually strives for improvements in efficiency, and to this end has adopted the Japanese-inspired approach of ‘lean production’, a manufacturing philosophy that considers the expenditure of resources on anything other than increasing value for the customer to be wasteful and therefore a target for elimination.
There are many aspects of resource allocation to consider when developing a food safety management system (FSMS) for a business and there are efficiencies to be gained in almost every area of an FSMS. Technology and software can provide your team with the tools to monitor production targets and deviations in real-time and more efficiently than visual inspection.
Product inspection is a critical and indispensable part of responsible food production. If it isn’t already, it truly needs to be embedded in HACCP and prerequisite program(s) for food producers. Food contamination with foreign matter and/or impurities can have serious implications to food producers as they are the entities directly responsible for any issues posing health and safety risks to consumers. Additionally, there are always increasing quality and safety demands from regulatory bodies, direct customers, as well as consumers to provide food of impeccable integrity. To have these safeguards built in will only strengthen a company’s overall business platform.
The strength of the magnet may not be the most important factor to consider. First and foremost, you need to think about the details of your manufacturing application and the environment in which the magnet will function, then you can determine which magnet is best for your separation process. It is advisable to consult with a magnetic separator supplier who has expertise and historical knowledge of which systems work and which do not.
With the increasing tendency towards the use of high-end image processing systems and computerized comparison of analysis data, it is now possible to implement a range of basic functions into the production run as part of the optical inspection process. This includes comparing packaging on the production line against compliant images and rejecting items which don't meet the standard. It also includes measuring product dimensions and determining whether any tolerance values deviate from the norm. Other tasks, such as checking product data, print quality standards and ensuring packing units are properly filled can be performed.
This white paper will help clarify the foundations of investment decisions, explain the costs dynamic in-line metal detection equipment, and help you calculate ROI of in-line metal detection equipment.
It is common knowledge that product labels are a critical component of product packaging. It is not just the last chance for manufacturers to convince consumers of the quality of a product, but the last chance to impart important information such as allergen warnings, expiration date, and instructions for use. What often is forgotten, however, is the importance of a product’s label for inventory management, itemization, traceability and product tracking — which is crucial information to have in the unfortunate event of a product recall. Product traceability is a major concern of the food industry component suppliers are now expected to have documentation indicating precisely where their ingredients or materials come from. This White Paper will help you understand how inspection equipment works, what codes are, and the factors that can influence product inspection effectiveness.
The METTLER TOLEDO V27 series of inspection systems are designed to ensure the proper formation of rigid plastic containers.
The V26 series features standard vision inspection systems built to support the creation of a vision program for the quality assurance of flat, oriented products. The V26 series ranges from specialized systems for top and bottom label inspections to simple smart camera solutions.
Using vacuum cups or mechanical grippers, a Bosch Delta robot can be created to suit nearly any application. Two forms of automated packaging robots are available. One is a Top Loader, the other is a Feed Placer. In Top Load applications, the product is picked from an incoming flow and placed in a case, carton, or tray. Feed Placers pick product from an incoming flow and place it directly into your wrapper infeed, thermoformer infeed, bucket chain conveyor, or nearly any form of a flighted or pitched conveyor.
Bosch horizontal flow wrapping machines apply technology to achieve package quality and operation efficiency. Even our entry level flow wrapper features full servo technology for precise operation and fast changeover. Bosch wrappers, automatic infeeds, and software features save you labor and increase wrapper machine uptime.
Flexible Vision System A flexible vision inspection system for label, print and packaging applications with an expandable design supporting the addition of future inspection applications.
MULTIVAC will be presenting at Fachpack in Nuremberg (25.-27. September 2012, Hall 1, Stand 1-321) a wide spectrum of packaging technologies for all output ranges, as well as the latest marking and inspection systems from MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection
Salaisons Jouvin, a French company specializing in the production of cold meats, wanted to ensure its products were consistently of high quality, while simultaneously cutting costs. This case study explores how Salaisons Jouvin implemented vision inspection equipment to achieve its goals.
In an interview at 2014’s PACK EXPO, Viggo Nielsen, General Manager at Mettler Toledo Safeline, took time to speak with Todd Schnick and Todd Youngblood about the effects FSMA regulations are having on food packaging and inspection.
Julie Ackerman, Senior Director of PR and Communications at PMMI — the association for packaging and process technologies — spent some time at the Life Science Connect/Food Online radio booth at PACK EXPO/Pharma EXPO 2014.
