SWEET TEC GmbH is one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality sweet specialities in Europe. Today, around 15 tonnes of confectionery are produced and packaged every hour at the plant in Boizenburg. Only multihead weighers from MULTIPOND are used for weight-accurate filling into the packaging.
In 2015, the plant in Boizenburg an der Elbe was further expanded and the company ventured into the fruit gum market. With this step SWEET TEC to the fifth largest confectionery supplier in Germany. „The market figures speak for themselves. The fruit gum market continues to be the fastest-growing sector in the confectionery industry. The new plant is the most modern confectionery plant in the world,“ explains Michael Kirk, Head of Technology in Boizenburg.
When it comes to filling the fruit gums into the packaging with precise weights, Michael Kirk and Ingo Burmester, Technical Project Manager, rely exclusively on MULTIPOND, the manufacturer of customised multihead weighers: „We have years of experience with the company's systems. Our plant now has a total of 21 MULTIPOND scales installed. There are never any problems with the systems, they are definitely among the most reliable machines we know. When planning the new plant, the issue of multihead weighers was never in question for us. It was clear from the outset that we would rely exclusively on MULTIPOND.“
Customised weighing systems
Since its foundation over 70 years ago, MULTIPOND has been an owner-managed German company. Its success is based on the high quality and technical standard of its weighing systems. The company deliberately focusses on High vertical range of manufacture and the Production exclusively in Germany. The specialists have made this their company maxim. A team of more than 250 employees worldwide does everything in its power to always offer customers from the food and non-food sectors the optimum, customised solution, precisely tailored to their requirements.
A total of eight weighing systems were installed at the new plant in Boizenburg for precise weighing of the fruit gum products: MP-1601-S5 storage scales, 22-head MP-22-1000-400-H scales and 28-head MP-28-400-400-C scales. The fruit gums are fed to the weighing systems via MULTIPOND vibrating chutes.
The entire design of the machines was conceived in such a way that Sugared goods weighed can be produced. Various sugar separators and dust enclosures are used for this purpose. A big plus point in the design of the scales are the detectable plastic containers.
Maximum precision and system availability
Pack sizes from 200 to 500 grams are weighed on the 22-head scales at up to 160 weighings per minute. Small bags from 15 to 25 grams are weighed on the 28-head scales at up to 2 x 250 weighings per minute. The average value, which is decisive for the give-away, corresponds to the nominal filling weight.
„We fully utilise the potential of the machines. The outstanding output combined with maximum precision and system availability is the basis for maximum efficiency,“ emphasises Ingo Burmester.
MULTIPOND was launched very early in the Planning process of the new plant. „We drew on MULTIPOND's accumulated expertise in the fruit gum sector throughout the planning process. They were on hand to advise us as a partner. The constructive collaboration was very straightforward. The company's short communication channels and instances are another big plus point,“ adds the technical project manager.
Convincing service
Thanks to close involvement in the planning process at SWEET TEC and the Kurtz planning office in charge, the realisation according to plan and prompt delivery on the installation dates without any incidents or delays, which is not always a matter of course for projects of this size.
