Hygienic conveyor enhances food quality and safety

26 August 2019

The new hygienic OC Conveyor from Proseal incorporates features that avoid potential food traps.

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The fully folded construction of the conveyor has removed any box sections or tubing – areas where food can become trapped. Sealed tubes in particular have the potential for bacteria to develop if the integrity of the tube is breached.

Similarly, the conveyor has replaced the more commonly used wire bundles with wiring looms to avoid potential food traps and to provide easy access for the cleaning of individual cables.

The design has also replaced moving belts with a new wash-through chain transport system to avoid potential food traps and speed up cleaning as well as eliminating belt maintenance costs.

This latest version of the OC Conveyor retains all of its existing benefits including a modular design that allows customers to specify length, width and tray pitch for precise integration into the production line. It is capable of up to 60 packs per minute in single lane configuration and 120 packs per minute in twin lane. A user-friendly, menu-drive control panel ensures ease of operation and fast set-up and changeovers.

The introduction of the new model reflects the trend towards increasingly stringent legislation and retailer standards in terms of food quality and safety, as well as more demanding consumer expectations.