How Food Checkweighers Can Help You Drive Process Efficiency

Productivity is one of the most important drivers of today’s manufacturing environment. Process engineers have less time to accomplish more work than ever before. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the modern food industry which seems beset by infinitely increasing demand. Researchers believe that food consumption will increase by anywhere from 59 – 98% by 2050.

Driving process efficiency through technological innovation will prove critical to protecting the bottom line in food production as the global population continues to climb. However, it is not enough merely to scale-up output to meet demand, as process engineers run the risk of diminishing product quality. So, what innovations can be integrated into food quality control lines to help process engineers scale production?

What is a Food Checkweigher?

As the name suggests, a food checkweigher is equipment used for reliable weight control to check and confirm that the weight of food goods inline or after packaging during final inspection against a predefined weight limit specified on the package. They can also count and reject for a seamless quality control solution even in rugged plant environments.

Food checkweighers are ideal solutions for process managers looking to push profitability without compromising on quality. They provide a repeatable and precise measure of food weight to minimize product giveaway and ensure that the customer is getting the amount of product they’re paying for. Additionally, using a food checkweigher helps ensure that your products match the as-stated weight on packaging labels, thus ensuring compliance with regional and international package weight standards.

On the subject of compliance, checkweighers are useful for qualitative food inspection as significant variations in product weight may be indicative of missing components. Other inspection equipment may be required to determine the genesis of these contaminants, but the food checkweigher itself provides a reasonable measure of certainty for rejecting products on the basis that they may be unfit for consumption. This minimizes the risk of extremely costly product recalls.

How Food Checkweighers Add Value

Ultimately, food checkweighers support productivity and throughput by ensuring accurate weight control. This can help you minimize waste, prevent errors, and reduce the risk of regulatory non-compliance.

Food checkweighers can support reliable weight control of a wide range of packaged products in a range of packaging materials to save you both time and money while helping to support brand reputation. Whether you are scaling up production or looking to maximize profit yields from existing lines, a reliable checkweigher can provide tangible returns on investment by driving efficiency and reducing giveaways.

Source:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/agec.12089