A major Italian yoghurt manufacturer approached Enercon with 3 questions:
- Will hermetic foil sealing improve the quality of the seal without damaging the yoghurt product, contained in a glass jar, beyond that which is already being obtained with Hot Plate contact sealers?
- Is it possible to improve the production line speed from 11,000 glass jars per hour?
- Were there any other benefits and/or best practice that could assist this production process?
Solution
Enercon's Contact Induction Top Belt Pressure Sealer:
- did not damage the yoghurt product
- it reduced the sealing time from 2.8 secs to 0.8 with the overall sealing process reduced by 2 secs for each cycle
- and created a saving of some 70% per unit cost--Resulting in an yield of 20,580 units per hour
What a difference Enercon makes: An estimated cost saving benefit of over 1 million Euros to this line per annum!
Conclusion
Albeit glass or plastic the ever growing yoghurt market can delight in the savings to be made from the induction heat sealing process:
- up to 30% increase in output
- better quality seal with a longer life
- significant saving in foil used
- massive costs savings
Profits up--scrap down!
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