The Ishida RobotGrader combines weighing and pick and place technologies to grade products of varying weight and pack them to a fixed weight straight into the tray.

The system reduces giveaway to less than 1% per pack and can correctly place and orientate the pieces, at speeds of up to 320 pieces per minute.

By comparison, manual operation can be extremely labour intensive, with a single operator packing 30 pieces / min, and where overfill can be anywhere from 5% to 20%.

The RobotGrader takes product from upstream processing and cutting areas and delivers accurately filled and styled fixed weight trays.

Product is individually weighed and scanned by shape, position and orientation to determine the robot’s selection of pieces for each tray.

Key benefits:

• Can reduce giveaway per pack from typically 10% to under 1%
• Reduces labour from typically 10 to just 3 operators
• Saves floor space by up to 30% compared with manual operation
• Unique gripper design enables fast orientation and firm but gentle placement
• Speeds of up to 320 pieces or 160 two-piece packs per minute
• Typically 10 times faster than manual operation
• Optional bulk packing for out-of-spec pieces

Key benefits:

• Integrated dual lane X-ray inspection of chicken fillets at up to 400 pieces per minute.
• IX-PD (Photon-Counting Dual-Energy) technology directly converts X-rays into electrons. This produces ultra high-resolution images to detect wish, rib and fan bones and very small foreign bodies (such as steel wires) with near 100% detection rates.
• The IX-PD's outstanding ability to recognise the difference between food and low-density contaminants, reduces false detections, allowing companies to maintain stringent quality control procedures without compromising on throughput.
• Also ideal for inspecting uneven and overlapping products.
• Integrated re-circulating conveyor to remove and rework rejected product.
• Service offering for X-ray machines delivers a guaranteed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of less than 3% per annum over a 5-year period

Key benefits:

Ultimate performance:

• 66% increase in cycle speed (up to 17 MAP cycles per minute = 54 trays per minute for a 3-tray tool) helps to significantly increase production capacity.

Compact design:

• 46% reduction in size (incl. a 44% reduction in machine weight) saves valuable floor space.

Energy efficient:

• 50% reduction in power consumption
• changing from pneumatic to efficient servo motor technology has minimised compressed air requirements, which significantly cuts energy cost
• a strong focus on the thermo-performance of the tool has removed the need for water cooling and thus the need for a water chiller.

Precision control, handling and rapid tool change:

• A new tray delivery and transfer system allows smooth tray and product handling to ensure excellent sealing accuracy and spillage free product transfer.
• A unique tool change system allows tools to be changed within 10 minutes without the need for manual handling equipment.

Sustainable:

• Can handle cardboard trays, mono-materials and innovative paper film to support the use of sustainable packaging.

Ishida AirScan: making leaking MAP packs a thing of the past!

Ishida Europe is showcasing its revolutionary leak detector to help food manufacturers minimise spoilage in pre-packed retail products.

Designed for use with a wide variety of foods such as fresh, cooked and cured meat, poultry, ready meals and alternative protein products, the Ishida AirScan uses advanced laser technology to identify leaks of CO2 from holes as small as 0.3mm in sealed modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) packs at speeds of up to 160 packs per minute.

It has been designed to be easily integrated into existing production lines.

With retailers and suppliers under pressure to minimise food waste, leaking food packs have been associated with almost 500,000 tonnes of food wasted in production each year. Compromised packaging can lead to bacterial spoilage, reduced shelf-life and a damaging rise in complaints and returns. This can result in increased cost of production, loss of brand image and reputation, and a heightened risk of retailer fines.

The Ishida AirScan offers fast, 100% reliable and completely non-destructive identification of leaks of C02 and has been designed to be highly effective in fast moving production environments so that maximum quality can be achieved without compromising on high throughput speeds and minimum packing time.

By maintaining the optimum gas fill for each pack, the Ishida AirScan provides consistent product quality and allows production problems to be identified and rectified quickly. It also reduces the amount of packaging that has to be scrapped, while the non-destructive testing process ensures that product can be re-packed.

Key benefits:

-The Ishida AirScan uses laser technology to identify leaks of CO2 from holes as small as 0.25mm in sealed MAP pack at speeds of up to 180 packs per minute.

-Applications: fresh meat, poultry, seafood and ready meals and alternative protein products

-Fast, reliable and non-destructive leak detection

-Allows production problems to be quickly identified before the product reaches the customer

-No additional space required: can be fitted over existing conveyors

Key Benefits:

•Screw feeders provide powerful, controlled, fully automatic weighing at up to 55 wpm (14 head model) and 90 wpm (20 head model)

•Ideal for sticky products (such as meat and poultry) which cannot be moved by feeder vibration or when manual product feeding is not economically viable

•Hopper sizes and anti-stick contact parts adaptable to suit your application

•High weighing accuracy and efficiency using advanced combination calculation software, 5-stage digital filtering and refined anti-floor vibration, contributing to the reduction of food waste

•Pre-configured for Smart Factories: Ishida Sentinel Reporting Pack, included free of charge for life, provides instant visibility of live machine performance from anywhere in the world

Key benefits:

More performance

• 66% increase in cycle speed (up to 17 MAP cycles = 85 trays per minute for a 5-tray tool) helps to meet the demands of high-capacity food production.

Compact design

• 46% reduction in size (incl. a 44% reduction in machine weight) saves valuable floor space.

Energy efficient

• 50% reduction in power consumption
• changing from pneumatic to more efficient servo motor technology has minimised compressed air requirements to significantly cut energy cost
• a focus on the thermo-performance of the tool has removed the need for water cooling.

Perfect control

• A new tray delivery and transfer system allows a smooth tray and product handling to ensure excellent sealing accuracy and spillage free product transfer.
• A unique tool change system allows tools to be changed within 10 minutes without the need for manual handling equipment.

Sustainable

• Can handle cardboard trays, mono-materials and innovative paper film to support the use of sustainable packaging.

The Ishida RobotGrader combines weighing and pick and place technologies to grade products of varying weight and pack them to a fixed weight straight into the tray.

The system reduces giveaway to less than 1% per pack and can correctly place and orientate the pieces, at speeds of up to 320 pieces per minute.

By comparison, manual operation can be extremely labour intensive, with a single operator packing 30 pieces / min, and where overfill can be anywhere from 5% to 20%.

The RobotGrader takes product from upstream processing and cutting areas and delivers accurately filled and styled fixed weight trays.

Product is individually weighed and scanned by shape, position and orientation to determine the robot’s selection of pieces for each tray.

Key benefits:

• Can reduce giveaway per pack from typically 10% to under 1%
• Reduces labour from typically 10 to just 3 operators
• Saves floor space by up to 30% compared with manual operation
• Unique gripper design enables fast orientation and firm but gentle placement
• Speeds of up to 320 pieces or 160 two-piece packs per minute
• Typically 10 times faster than manual operation
• Optional bulk packing for out-of-spec pieces

Key benefits:

• Integrated dual lane X-ray inspection of chicken fillets at up to 400 pieces per minute.
• IX-PD (Photon-Counting Dual-Energy) technology directly converts X-rays into electrons. This produces ultra high-resolution images to detect wish, rib and fan bones and very small foreign bodies (such as steel wires) with near 100% detection rates.
• The IX-PD's outstanding ability to recognise the difference between food and low-density contaminants, reduces false detections, allowing companies to maintain stringent quality control procedures without compromising on throughput.
• Also ideal for inspecting uneven and overlapping products.
• Integrated re-circulating conveyor to remove and rework rejected product.
• Service offering for X-ray machines delivers a guaranteed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of less than 3% per annum over a 5-year period

Key benefits:

Ultimate performance:

• 66% increase in cycle speed (up to 17 MAP cycles per minute = 54 trays per minute for a 3-tray tool) helps to significantly increase production capacity.

Compact design:

• 46% reduction in size (incl. a 44% reduction in machine weight) saves valuable floor space.

Energy efficient:

• 50% reduction in power consumption
• changing from pneumatic to efficient servo motor technology has minimised compressed air requirements, which significantly cuts energy cost
• a strong focus on the thermo-performance of the tool has removed the need for water cooling and thus the need for a water chiller.

Precision control, handling and rapid tool change:

• A new tray delivery and transfer system allows smooth tray and product handling to ensure excellent sealing accuracy and spillage free product transfer.
• A unique tool change system allows tools to be changed within 10 minutes without the need for manual handling equipment.

Sustainable:

• Can handle cardboard trays, mono-materials and innovative paper film to support the use of sustainable packaging.