Autopack Group, the leading independent packaging machinery supplier, has unveiled its new, handling, weighing and inspection division, Autoweigh. The new addition to the Autopack family showcased its range of British-manufactured equipment at this year’s PPMA Show, including one of the show’s stars, a 12-head multihead weigher, potentially the world’s smallest.
The bespoke low-level machine is designed for ready meal applications and is suitable for products such as herbs, breadcrumbs and various toppings. The belts feed into six top boxes and the product is then transferred into 12 weigh pans. The machine decides on the quickest combination for the right weight of product to move onto the ready meals.
In addition, the scalable, mobile and compact solution has a unique drive and control system allowing it to drive six belts individually delivering precision control with minimal space. The design has several patents pending.
“This is a brilliant demonstration of British engineering at its best,” said Autopack Group Managing Director Wayne Kedward. “We don’t know of any smaller machine of this type on the market and it’s the result of us listening to a key customer and responding with a highly innovative solution. We are really pleased with how well the weigher was received and it has created a lot of interest across many applications.
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