Bulk Foods Industrial Weighing & Product Inspection Eliminate Paperwork in Quality Control Boost Efficiency and Profitability Whether their customers are trying to lose weight, engage in an intense exercise regime, follow special dietary requirements or just enjoy a good snack, Multibar Foods has a nutritious snack bar designed especially for them. By installing METTLER TOLEDO’s FreeWeigh.Net® software into their production process, the company is increasing its productivity and prosperity. Over two decades of sweet success For nearly 25 years, Multibar Foods has aggressively engaged in a business plan to place itself at the pinnacle of the nutrition and snack bar industry. With over 300,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehousing space, Multibar has become one of North America’s leading food bar producers, by making hundreds of millions of nutrition and snack bars each year. A profound allegiance to quality management has allowed Multibar to experience steady growth while designing food technologies that allow its international client base to offer the highest quality and to develop new ways to improve the quality of their wholesome snack bars. As part of its efforts to stay in the forefront of the technological era, Multibar asked METTLER TOLEDO to find an advanced solution to control weight before and after coating each snack bar. A high-tech solution garners big success Before contacting METTLER TOLEDO, Multibar employees were compiling all data on paper, which forced them to wait several hours before making any essential adjustments on production lines. Today they have implemented FreeWeigh.Net®, the statistical quality control (SQC) software to systematically reduce unnecessary overfilling costs. FreeWeigh.Net® is a sophisticated software system that ushers Multibar employees through each step along the production line. Working with highly skilled 10 News Quality Control Solution METTLER TOLEDO technicians, Multibar fitted each production line with an ID30 computer terminal connected to a highprecision X-series balance. FreeWeigh.Net® not only documents and eradicates product defects, but it also significantly reduces material costs when a snack bar receives too much coating. More time to control product quality With the introduction of FreeWeigh.Net®, Multibar is able to assign just a single employee to each production line to test snack bar samples. Because fewer calculations need to be made, Multibar employees have more time to monitor the quality of their products. In today’s economy, a company cannot afford to waste ingredients – each bad batch means the company has lost money. Because of Freeweigh.Net, Multibar analysts can easily attain a steady target weight and eliminate the loss of expensive ingredients. Prepared for new nutritious punches In the snack bar business, the relentlessly shifting demands of their customers challenges Multibar to create a snack bar that packs a nutritious punch, but does not sacrifice a great taste. FreeWeight.Net® is up to the challenge. www.mt.com/freeweighnet www.multibar.com Tips & Tricks Are you working with SixSigma? If you are implementing Six Sigma to improve quality and eliminate defects, FreeWeigh.Net is your tool, collecting the relevant quality data and playings a critical role in the DMAIC project cycle. DMAIC project cycle Define your objectives Measure your products Analyze your data Improve your processes and Control your quality FreeWeigh.Net ® operator screen Key customer benefits of FreeWeigh.Net® Publisher Mettler-Toledo AG Industrial Heuwinkelstrasse CH-8606 Nänikon Switzerland Production MarCom Industrial CH-8606 Nänikon Switzerland Subject to technical changes © 01/2011 Mettler-Toledo AG Printed in the USA 2 METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 • Significant reduction of product overfill cost • Compliance to legal fill requirements • Standardized and simplified processes • Online monitoring and alarming • Short reaction time in production • Automated reporting • Scalable system implementation and enhancement • Seamless ERP integration • Fast ROI (<12 months) Use FreeWeigh.Net to collect quality data for the DMAIC project cycle and improve the quality of your process outputs. www.mt.com/sqc-guide Success Through Quality – Hagesüd Interspice Quality is the key ingredient to the success of the spice and seasoning experts at Hagesüd. Careful selection of raw ingredients, strict quality controls and use of the latest award winning product inspection technologies has ensured the company’s quality for 125 years. Two key pillars of the quality philosophy at Hagesüd Interspice Gewürzwerke GmbH & Co. KG are a well developed quality assurance system and certification to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000. The use of checkweighers and foreign body detection solutions from METTLER TOLEDO is a significant component of quality management at Hagesüd. Checkweighing and X-ray solutions A combined solution consisting of a Hi-Speed XS3 checkweigher and an AdvanChek x-ray inspection system, is used on the production line for free-flow product powders. This simultaneously checks the spice/seasoning mixtures in laminated foil pouches for any weight deviations and for any foreign particles. Detectable contaminates include glass, metal, stone or high-density plastic. This checking procedure secures Hagesüd’s excellent reputation by protecting the customers it serves in fields such as catering and the meat processing industry. The X-ray CombiWeigher meets all requirements of the food processing industry The XS3 AdvanChek monitors products up to 5,500g at Hagesüd with an accuracy of 2g. Foil pouches are transported via an inclined conveyor belt and then fed into the XS3 AdvanChek for product inspection. The infeed area of the XS3 AdvanChek is encased in a protective polycarbonate housing which prevents user access – eliminating any risks for operators. Any spice/ seasoning mixtures that are too heavy or too light are ejected by the dynamic checkweigher using a pusher. The x-ray inspection system detects any foreign bodies and stops the belt so they can be found. The operator can react immediately and forward the product in question to the lab to determine its cause – for efficient quality management. Key factors that made Hagesüd opt for a METTLER TOLEDO Hi-Speed system included the simplicity of operation and the large PowerPhasePRO touch screen terminal. Item settings for weighing and X-ray control are made centrally, quickly and securely using a single terminal. This minimizes operator errors and improves productivity. Once an item i.e. product setup has been saved in the memory, switching from one item to another can be done in no time at all. METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 3 Checkweighing, Metal Detection & X-ray Inspection Checkweighing and metal detection solutions On the production lines for smaller packaging units, combined checkweigher and metal detector systems monitor the high-grade spice/seasoning mixes. The checkweigher/metal detector combination not only includes all equipment and options of the XS3 checkweigher, it also guarantees metal detection with the highest detection sensitivity. Similarly to the XS3 AdvanChek, the unit also employs passwords protection with user profiles to restrict access to sensitive functions. The metal detector is able to reliably detect foreign matter as small as 2.5mm in the metal foil pouches. This compact combined solution is suitable for checkweighing products of up to 6,000g while maintaining an accuracy of 0.1g. Feedback control feature With the optional feedback control feature, the checkweigher is able to communicate with the upstream pouch forming, filling and sealing machine and optimize the filling process. This prevents costly overfilling and maximizes utilization of the ingredients. Thanks to these savings, the investment in checkweighers with a feedback control feature pays for itself in no time, especially when processing expensive, high-grade spices/ seasonings. Hagesüd – A company committed to quality for four generations Hagesüd’s quality philosophy starts with the careful selection of the raw ingredients: Whether visual appearance and grain size, essential oils or the “heat” of spices – Hagesüd only uses the very best natural ingredients. 4 METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 XS3 AdvanChek x-ray CombiWeigher • Silver Medal of European Food Tec Award Customer benefits • ONE single user interface for both technologies – reducing possible operator errors and increasing productivity • Clear and easy symbols, touchscreen for easy access, clearly visible at up to 3 meters away • Superior Contamination Detection – uses both thresholding and morphology – to detect a wide range of contaminants • True checkweigher for Weight and Measure Legislation – integrated EMFR weighcell technology for high accuracy and fulfilling all conformity assessment procedures Quality assurance at the highest level Hagesüd has more than 2,000 products available to cater to the desired tastes and preferences of regional and international customers. The x-ray CombiWeigher uses over 120 preset weight definitions stored in its memory for the various products. This makes work both more efficient and easier. Hagesüd interspice Gewürzwerke GmbH & Co. KG – about the company: METTLER TOLEDO can optimize your quality management METTLER TOLEDO offers the full range of in-line monitoring systems, namely checkweighers, metal detectors and x-ray inspection systems. The product range is rounded off by a global service portfolio. • Founded in Germany in 1881 METTLER TOLEDO is contributing to the optimization of quality management for quality-conscious producers. • More than 250 staff members For further information visit www.mt.com/hi-speed www.mt.com/safelineus • Company HQ: Hemmingen near Stuttgart • Supplies over 16,000 butchers and 400 industrial firms with fine spice/ seasoning mixes and marinades • Over 400 orders with individual spice/seasoning mixes are despatched from the main facility in Hemmingen every day • Subsidiaries in Dortmund and Ottensoos METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 5 Compact Weighing System Designed to Speed up Production – Built to Last NEW! The new industrial bench portable scale line is designed to speed up your production and to withstand all harsh production environment and cleaning procedures. It offers high configurability, colorWeight® display technology for rapid manual checkweighing or classifying processes. The open and rugged stainless steel constructions facilitates fast and thorough cleaning procedures. It is simply designed to accelerate and trace your production process. Current regulations and processing trends in the food industry require not only safe and traceable products, but also process optimized and hygienic designed production equipment. The new ICS food scale line combines both and offers a seamless integration into the production process. Tailored to your needs The complete product family is based on different terminal types (ICS4x9/ICS6x9) with multiple functions, different keypad options up to full graphical color screens. The terminals can be mounted in three different ways to the weighing platform (column, compact or separate version). Full stainless steel platforms from 3 kg x 0.5 g up to 600 kg x 100 g are available. Fast, intuitive data entry All terminals are designed for a fast and straightforward weighing process. A bright and large display provides excellent readability and all relevant parameters are easily entered on the intuitive keypad. Selectable language options increase your operator’s easily of use and further improves your process speed. Colored results for fast checkweighing and classifying The sharp display with different color options shows easily readable, unmistakable information as to whether or not the weight is within the tolerance limit. Resist wet and harsh 24/7 The ICS full stainless steel series of scales provides a flexible and rugged solution for a wide range of weighing tasks in light wet or harsh production processes. All parts have been built according to the latest hygienic design guidelines supporting fast and efficient cleaning procedure. Compact – ICS4x9...f Terminal fix mounted in front of the weighing platform. One unit, portable and robust Column − ICS4x9...c 6 METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 The right load cell for an extended life time Choose the right load cell (from aluminum potted IP65 protected up to stainless steel fully hermetically sealed IP69k) according to your environment and your cleaning procedure. This increases long term life and up time of your scale and reduces lifetime ownership costs. Trace your results and improve your safety Good traceability results depend on well calibrated equipment, on safely stored process parameters, on seamless data integration and on connectivity to scanners and label printers. ICS6x9 terminals offer a large database to store product records and various interface options assure easy integration into existing data management systems. All for an efficient process control with accurate and secure traceability. www.mt.com/over-under-checkweighers A bright, color TFT graphic screen provides excellent readability − double sealed Fast facts •8 terminals for Basic Weighing, Over/Under Checkweighing, Classification •Capacity x Readability: 3 kg x 0.5 g up to 600 kg x 100 g (equivalent in lbs) •8 platform sizes: 229 x 229 up to 600 x 800 mm (equivalent in inches) •Ingress protection: IP 65 up to 69k Key customer benefits •Rugged, hygienic construction for long life in tough industrial environment •Ergonomic design for ease of operation •Less exhaustion with color display technology •Alibi memory and calibration logs for auditable quality records Accelerated Over/Under Checkweighing Above tolerance Within tolerance IP69k EHEDG NSF Below tolerance colorWeight® provides clarity – full color graphic for unmistakable results The sharp and clear display provides easily readable unmistakable information as to whether or not the weight is within the tolerance limit. The open and rugged construction is designed for efficient cleaning. All parts are developed following the latest hygienic guidelines. The ICS6x9 product range is certified according to EHEDG and NSF. METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 7 X-ray Inspection Assure Product Quality Prevent Product Recalls To reduce contamination of its jelly sweets, Finnish confectionery manufacturer Fazer has installed an AdvanChek Bulk x-ray inspection system from METTLER TOLEDO. This system ensures product quality and prevents physical contaminant-based product recalls. Fazer used conventional product inspection equipment on its existing production lines, but was not satisfied with its inability to detect non-metallic contaminants. The company therefore considered x-ray technology to be the best solution for its newest jelly sweets production line. Products sent for testing “We already use other METTLER TOLEDO products at our production plant in Lappeenranta, so it was natural for us to contact the company about its x-ray technology,” said Ilkka Koskinen, Fazer’s Production Supervisor. “We sent product samples to METTLER TOLEDO in the UK and were very pleased with the speed of the tests and the accuracy and clarity of the test results.” METTLER TOLEDO arranged a site visit to one of its existing customers in Sweden. Fazer’s representatives were able to see the system in operation and asked detailed questions about the performance of the technology. Their positive feedback was a convincing factor in Fazer’s decision to purchase the system. Various contaminants detected The AdvanChek Bulk inspects the jellies for many different contaminants, including metal, glass, stones and high-density plastics and rubbers. The customer reports that, since its installation, the device has even detected tiny pieces of plaster from the jelly molds. “The maximum capacity of the new jelly sweets production line is 3,500 kg/ hour. Considering that one jelly may weigh as little as a few grams, the x-ray system needs to be able to inspect millions of jellies per hour,” commented Mr Koskinen. The AdvanChek Bulk inspects up to 10 different product types on this new production line, with a change of product every eight hours. According to Mr Koskinen, “The x-ray system is helping increase efficiency and profits as it only rejects contaminated products, using a multi-flap reject system. This is minimizing our 8 METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 product waste and reducing our manufacturing costs. Safety is enhanced and product quality is also much better.” Meeting hygiene standards and providing traceability Designed to the highest hygienic standards, with sealing of IP65 as standard and IP69k as optional, the AdvanChek Bulk Flow can withstand the harshest wash-down environments required by the food and beverage industries. This assures customers that the highest possible hygiene standards have been reached and can easily be maintained in the production environment. Full traceability of all procedures is ensured through a unique sign-in and log event system, and a full range of connectivity options are available, including external USB, Ethernet port or OPC (OMAC compliant). For more information please visit www.mt.com/safelineus www.mt-tinythings.com Improve Process Yield and Product Quality The extremely fast response, precise measurement and instant availability of the InPro 7100 i will enable you to improve your process control – leading to higher product yield and quality. Designed for demanding applications The quicker and more accurately you can measure conductivity, the faster you can respond to process changes. The new InPro 7100 i has been designed to provide outstanding performance in the petrochemical industry. The PEEK shaft material offers high resistivity against aggressive solutions, and the WideRange technology feature allows the combination of compact design for ease of installation, with a very wide measuring range of 0.02 – 500 mS / cm. Electrodes are available in Hastelloy C22, Titanium or 1.4435 stainless steel for use in harsh or non-harsh environments. Installation is simple with the InPro 7100 i. ISM’s Plug and Measure feature means that no configuration at the transmitter is required. Simply install the sensor in the process, connect it to the transmitter and begin measuring. Easy process integration The InPro 7100 i is compatible with a broad range of METTLER TOLEDO static and retractable housings, opening a wide variety of integration options. In conjunction with the InFit 761 e housing, process insertion in the petrochemical industry is safe and reliable. Benefits of the InPro 7100 i Fast response: • Improves process control • Increases yield • Lowers costs Reliable digital signal: • Unaffected by moisture • No degradation over long cables Suitable for a wide variety of applications: • Extensive measuring range • Choice of sensor pin material Low maintenance: • Resists aggressive solutions Easy installation: • Compact design • Compatible with many housings Reliable signal, instant availability The InPro 7100 i features METTLER TOLEDO’s Intelligent Sensor Management (ISM) technology, developed to reduce sensor configuration and maintenance, while increasing process uptime and safety. Like all other ISM equipped sensors, the InPro 7100 i contains a microchip in the sensor head that converts the analog measurement signal into a digital one which is sent to the transmitter. As digital signals are almost unaffected by moisture or cable length, measurements at the transmitter are always reliable. To find out more about the InPro 7100 i, go to: www.mt.com/InPro7100 www.mt.com/ISM InPro 7100 i conductivity sensor METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 9 Online Tools Use www.mt.com as a Work Efficiency Resource Webinars – Learn More With Little Time and Effort Join a wide array of webinars to learn about various topics from choosing the right technology to process optimization. Our On Demand Webinars are available at your convenience, 24 hours a day. View the full range of webinars: www.mt.com/ind-food-ondemand www.mt.com/pi-ondemand White/Technical Papers METTLER TOLEDO has published a range of white papers that cover focus areas which enable you to select the right solutions to improve your processes. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) White Paper OEE is an important tool in the packaging and food processing industries. This white paper is intended to serve as a guide for professionals in all manufacturing industries who are seeking to become more efficient and to utilize their processes more effectively. Request this free white paper: www.mt.com/OEE-us OEE-Guide Regulatory Compliance White Paper Learn how fulfilling regulations can offer multiple opportunities to increase your quality, save costs and increase your profitability and productivity. www.mt.com/ind-regulatory-compliance Technical paper - Detecting More Metal for Increased Brand Protection Understanding Metal Detection – A Technical Paper This free technical paper download from METTLER TOLEDO Safeline can help to explain some of the issues and give valuable guidance on how to ensure you are achieving the optimum metal detection performance. www.mt.com/safeline-detectingmoremetal Statistical Quality Control Guide Day after day, thousands of millions of packages of all kinds are filled. This guidebook is a “must-have” for anyone engaged in filling operations! www.mt.com/sqc-guide Label Mix-up White Paper 10 METTLER TOLEDO Label Mix-up White Paper Product label mix-ups seriously damage brand reputation, hurt company profits, and pose a serious risk to customers. This free white paper offers advances in vision inspection technology, designed to prevent label mix-ups. www.mt.com/civ-whitepaper Bulk Foods News 10 Regulatory Compliance White Paper SQC Guide Value Calculators – Find Out How to Save Money Download our calculators and work out how much you could be saving. Colored weight control system saves both time and money www.mt.com/ind-colorweight-calculator Save money with quality control and correct filling www.mt.com/sqc-calculator Eliminate unnecessary costs during formulation and maximize your profitability! www.mt.com/formulation-calculator Download Comprehensive Product Documentation Food and Beverages Brochure Solutions to improve food safety, product quality and productivity www.mt.com/ind-food-brochure PowerPhasePRO Metal Detectors METTLER TOLEDO Safeline’s PowerPhasePRO Metal Detectors provide the ultimate in metal detection performance. They help manufacturers increase productivity, reduce overall manufacturing costs and improve competitiveness. www.mt.com/safelineus-powerphasepro Know-how – Tips & Tricks for Daily Work Improvements As an industry leader, METTLER TOLEDO have a wealth of material to help educate and inform you about product inspection and industrial weighing solutions. New X-ray Inspection Web-pages Now Online! The new web-pages about x-ray inspection are available in 18 languages and make it easy for food and pharmaceutical manufacturers to choose the x-ray system suitable to their application. www.mt.com/safelineus Avoid Contamination Hygienically Designed Equipment helps you improving food safety and to comply with food safety standards like IFS, SQF, BRC, ISO 22000 or HACCP. www.mt.com/ind-hygienic-design EHEDG NSF METTLER TOLEDO Bulk Foods News 10 11 Interpack Trade Fair The world’s most important trade fair for packaging and processes in Dusseldorf, Germany Come and see METTLER TOLEDO in hall 11 on stand number B55 where we will be exhibiting a wide range of our weighing, checkweighing, process and quality control systems. This includes weighing technology: bench portables and floor scales, dynamic checkweighers and static scales, sophisticated metal contaminant detectors, cuttingedge x-ray based inspection technology and Vision Inspection Solutions, the newest addition to the product inspection portfolio, for maintaining product and brand integrity. For further details on METTLER TOLEDO product inspection solutions, please visit www.mt.com/pi For information regarding Interpack, and how to register for tickets, please visit www.interpack.com Register for Free On Demand Seminars: Webinar: Food Regulations Learn how to comply with food regulations and improve your productivity. www.mt.com/ind-food-ondemand www.mt.com/pi-ondemand USA Mettler-Toledo, Inc. 1900 Polaris Parkway Columbus, OH, 43240 Tel. (1) 800 523 5123 USA Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed 5 Barr Road Ithaca, NY, 14850 Tel. (1) 800 836 0836 USA Mettler-Toledo Safeline 6005 Benjamin Road Tampa, Florida, 33634 Tel. 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