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Status: Exhibitors of IFFA 2025

Scobie & Junor (Estd 1919) Limited
Product: Automatic tying machines

Automatic tying machines

Scobie & Junor (Estd 1919) Limited

Description

Scotnet's Automatic String Tier is the most advanced, fastest and easiest to service tying machine on the market.

If you are looking to maximise your throughput and increase the efficiency on this process, there are many innovations and features that make this the best machine on the market:

AST - AUTOMATIC STRING TIER - Currently the Fastest Automatic String Tier Ever Made

OUTPUT: UP TO 86+ KNOTS PER MINUTE - WITH 30MM INCREMENTS

SCOTNET are renowned worldwide for its meat stuffing and pressing machines. Using our manufacturing expertise and our knowledge of the meat industry, we have developed the most advanced and fastest automatic meat string tier available.

We have worked with our customers to understand the weaknesses in the market and taken a ground-up approach as we have developed our Automatic String Tying machine.

What we have engineered is revolutionising the market with the fastest speed, lowest maintenance costs and highest OEE in the industry.

Key Features

  • Exchange Knotting Head Service - the entire knotting head is removed in minutes and can be replaced with an exchange one, keeping downtime to a minimum.
  • Reduced skill required on-site, simply replace the head with two bolts to remove.
  • Works with all colours of twine, even black.
  • Use Polycotton or Elastic Twine interchangeably.
  • Single button press for pitch (gap between bands)
  • Pneumatics manufactured by Festo. Spare parts are easily accessible worldwide through Festo distributors or direct from SCOTNET.
  • Ewon - Operating on either LAN or sim card - our remote access to the machine allows your engineers or ours to log output and diagnose faults remotely.
  • The entire SCOTNET AUTOMATION AST range is controlled by PILZ safety relays. All connections are at least IP65 or above, ensuring reliability in even the wettest environments.
  • HMI controlling machine functions, reporting output and efficiency figures, password protection and engineering diagnostics.
  • Sides open for easy cleaning and fast tool-less belt changes.
  • Emergency Stop button mounted centrally.
  • Operated with compressed air and three-phase power supply.
  • CE marked.
  • Braked Castors and adjustable feet ensure secure footing while working and easy movement when required.
  • Easy release belts for easy cleaning, and access to the knotting head
    Auto adjust product placement belts, guaranteeing the best joint positioning
    Whole knotting head removable in under 3 minutes
    Works with all twines, either elasticated or polycotton twine on all colour variants
    Large product capacity, up to 220mm diameter handled with ease

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Elastic Twines

Elastic Twines

Elastic Twine

The SCOTNET SOLUTIONS ranges of twine have been developed and sourced by working with our customers to achieve the results best suited for their product.

By combining practical experience with our state of the art manufacturing process we are able to design and deliver elastic netting and twine efficiently and accurately.

Our Scotnet Quality System is unique and operates to our own SAFE-T standard. From the smallest butcher, to the largest processor SCOTNET SOLUTIONS has something for everyone.

Elastic Machine Twine is designed to be used on all automatic tying machines.

Made from the highest specification food grade polyester and food grade natural latex rubber, we have used the latest winding technology to create a world beating twine that is oven safe up to 220°C.

  • Key Benefits
    • Blue Plastic Core,
    • Food grade plastic core, no cardboard to absorb moisture or bacteria.
  • Individual Batch Numbers
    • Each roll has a batch number for full traceability.
  • BRC Accredited
    • Made in our UK AA grade BRC accredited plant, audited by SAI GLOBAL, a must for the food industry.
  • Smoothflow™
    • We make the twine using a special technique to give smooth dispensing from the cone every time.
  • Balanced Threads
    • During manufacture, we balance the threads which eliminates twisting and knotting.
  • No Breaks
    • We guarantee that there is no breaks in our twine, one continuous length with no knots, for less down-time.
  • Cone Sizes
    • We manufacture our twine to the industry standard. We can also make bobbins in any size up to 2kg’s.
  • Easy to use
    • Our Machine Twine and Elastic Machine Twine load directly on to the cartridges of most stringing machines.

  • Roast Stable
    • All of our twine, even the coloured ones can be cooked at oven temperatures up to 220ºC.

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