The Ishida Flex-Grader is a system for packaging meat, poultry and seafood. The machine has now been further optimised with a newly developed weighing platform. The Slack Belt technology helps to achieve even greater speed and precision.
The Ishida Flex-Grader sorts products of different sizes and shapes according to weight and quantity. To do this, the system combines a checkweigher with a modular distribution system. The new Slack Belt weighing platform improves product transfer on both sides of the weighing belt.
Thanks to the more stable weighing environment, accuracy increases. In addition, a scraper removes product build-up in order to achieve constant zero-point setting of the load cell. Slack Belt has a hygiene-friendly design and is waterproof in accordance with protection class IP68. This makes the component ideal for use in particularly harsh production environments. The belt can be easily removed for cleaning purposes. The standard equipment also includes a draft shield.
Flexible sorting
The Ishida Flex-Grader sorts according to specifications such as fixed weight, minimum weight or quantity. Multiple target weights with tolerances and priorities are also possible. The weigher calculates optimum weight combinations for transfer to the downstream modular distribution system. The products are transported via a conveyor belt with deflector arms into up to 32 collection containers, which can be individually configured. Product pieces from 100 mm to 400 mm in length can be processed at speeds of up to 500 cycles per minute.
Source: Ishida
