3Industrial Weighing and Measuring

Convenience Food News

New Drive-Through Scales Stainless Steel – No Costly Pit Model

The new PUA579 floor scales are designed for all weighing

applications in heavy wash down areas, where the mobility of

the scale and the lowest passage height is an absolute must.

EHEDG

Manufacturing inhygienic sensitiveare-asdemands suitable equipment.WhetheryouareworkingaccordingtoHACCP,BRC,IFS or ISO 22000, the PUA579 drive-through scalesmeet thehighest require-ments related to hygienic design andingressprotection.

Hygienically designed with EHEDGThe stainless steelweighingplatform isprotectedaccordingtoIP68forprolongedsubmersionanddesigned foruse inwetareaswhereheavywashdownproceduresarethestandard.ThePUA579-CSand-FLarethefirstfloorscalestoconformtotheEuropean Hygienic Engineering andDesignGroup(EHEDG)guidelineswhichsetthestandardsinregardtohygieneinfoodindustries.EHEDGapproved thevalueof

theopen,easy-to-cleandesignwithnohid-denholes,theoptionallyavailablesmoothsurface (average peak-to-valley height:RA<1μm)fortrouble-freecleaningandthe full stainless steel 1.4301 / AISI304construction(optional:AISI316).

Standard- and free-size dimensionsThefloorscales–suitablefor loadsfrom300kgto1500kg–areavailableindiffer-entstandard-andfree-sizedimensions.Thelowheight(35mmto45mmrespectively)andshortapproachramp,makeiteasytodriveoverthescales,providingsignificantversatilityandsavingfloorspace.Apitin-stallationbecomesredundant.

Duetoextendedproductoptionsandawiderangeofaccessories,thePUA579canbevery

METTLER TOLEDO Convenience Food News 32

PublisherMettler-Toledo AGIndustrialHeuwinkelstrasseCH-8606 NänikonSwitzerland

ProductionMarCom IndustrialCH-8606 NänikonSwitzerland

MTSI 44099221

Subject to technical changes© 09/2007 Mettler-Toledo AGPrinted in Switzerland

PUA5

79 D

rive-

Thro

ugh

Scal

es Your benefits

• No costly pit model and civil works• Easy-to-clean, reduced biological and

chemical contamination risks• Highly configurable to meet your demands• Wide range of application due to various

weighing terminals• Mobility, flexible in positioning throughout

the production

welladaptedtoyourdemands.Whetheryourequireapproach ramps, a lifting systemwithgasfilledspringsorthewiderangeofweighingterminals–youdecide.

The optimum weighing solution with a suitable display unitTheweighing process determineswhichdisplayunit you select. Awide range ofweighing terminals–EHEDGapprovedand IP69k protected – are availablewith a digital or analog scale interface.Inadditiontothestraightforwardweigh-ing function, the display units can be

PUA579 with lifting system, approach ramp and IND439 display unit

configured individually depending onyourapplication:•Availabledatainterfaces:

CL,RS232,RS485,Ethernet,Profibus•Additionalsoftwaremodulesfor

formulation/recipeweighing,dosing,filling,totaling,etc.

•Peripheraldevicessuchasbarcodereaders/printers,externalkeyboard,etc.

Alloftheabovebenefitsarenowavailablewithouthavingtoinvestinamorecostly,difficult tocleanpitscale.Thisenablesamoreflexiblepositioninginproduction.

Short, detachable approach ramps for easy cleaning

IND690 display unitup to 4 weighing platforms connectable

Resolution e:3000e

Capacity Height

300 kg 600 kg 1500 kg

Platform Size (mm)

CS: 850 � 850 100 g (EHEDG) 200 g (EHEDG) – 35 mm

E: 1500 � 1250 100 g 200 g 500 g 35 mm

FL: from 750 � 400

to 1250 � 1000

100 g (EHEDG) 200 g (EHEDG) – 35 mm

FM: from 1000 � 1000

to 1500 � 1250

100 g 200 g 500 g 35 mm

FH: from 1500 � 1250

to 1500 � 1500

– – 500 g 45 mm

Optional 2� 3000e MultiRange, 3� 3000e MultiRange,

2� 3000e Multi Interval, 1� 6000e, fino a 30 000d

METTLER TOLEDO Convenience Food News 3 3

Oerlemans Foods has its roots in the south of the Netherlands. As a grower,

producer and supplier, Oerlemans Foods specializes in ‘freshly frozen’ veg-

etables, fruit and potato products. The innovative assortment consists of

more than 1000 products and varieties.

advantages of equipment designed af-ter theEHEDGandNSFguidelines.Thecomplete stainless steel constructions(AISI304,1.4301)withnohiddenholesandasmoothhygienicsurfaceareeasy-to-cleanhelping to improve food safety.WiththeIP69kprotectiontheywithstandhighpressurewaterjetcleaningandarecompletelydustproof.

With METTLER TOLEDO weighing so-lutionsdedicated foruse inharsh envi-ronments,OerlemansFoodhas the free-domof fastandpreciseweighing resultscombined with a maximum uptime.Mr. YvesHuÿbnegt,Headof theTechni-calDepartment, confirms: “Weare verysatisfied with the performance of theMETTLER TOLEDO scales and termi-nals in our demanding cold and wetproductionenvironment.”

Wet and Frosty Production Environment?No Problem for Our Scales and Terminals

Fast facts IND449

• Stainless steel, IP69k weighing terminal • Checkweighing, totalizing, user identification, date & time• Foil-keypad, scratch resistant, numeric block• Display, LCD backlight, bargraph• Optional battery pack• Interfaces RS232

optional: RS422, RS485, Ethernet, WLAN, USB (Slave), Digital I/0

• Connect up to 2 scales

IND449 weighing terminal DNE1500 floor scale BBA330 bench scale

OerlemansFoodsisa‘globalplayer’,withsales in over 50 countries. A significantpartoftheweekly800tonsproductionvol-umeoftheplantinWaalwijkisexportedtoGreatBritain.

Strict quality controlIncomingvegetablesunderlieastringentquality control. Parameters like mois-tureornitratecontentaredeterminedtoguarantee quality, fulfilling regulatoryrequirements.WiththeBBA330operatorshaveasimple-to-operateandprecisecom-pact scale to determine the baseweightforprobes.

Production in the refrigerating house After quality control vegetables arewashed,cut,mixedandfrozened.Atthemixing station a METTLER TOLEDODNE1500floorscalewiththenewIND449weighing terminal check if the correctamountofvegetablesisbatchedintothemixingmachine.Thedarkandextreme-ly cold environment in the refrigerat-inghouserepresentsnoproblemfortheterminal. In contrary, the large backlitLC display with +/- checkweighing bargraphenablesacomfortablereadingofftheweightbythepallettruckdriver.Andthe terminal withstands the extremelyfrostyenvironment!

Scales and terminals for harsh environmentBoth the BBA330 bench scale and theIND449weighing terminal combine the

METTLER TOLEDO Convenience Food News 34

Keeping Control Over Production Costs Despite Rising Raw Material Prices

As a result of open globalized markets, food manufacturers have to operate under

constant price and cost pressures. They are forced to offer high-quality products at

competitive prices in order to survive in the face of critical consumers and aggressive

competition. This is made all the more difficult by the upwards trend in raw material

prices, which poses a serious threat to the profit margin. A comprehensive METTLER

TOLEDO quality and production control system, which is fully integrated in the produc-

tion process, helps to monitor and optimize these costs without having to compromise

on product quality.

Cont

rol O

ver P

rodu

ctio

n Co

sts

Increasing raw material costsAglanceatthecurrenttrendsinrawma-terialpricesandstatementsfrommarketexperts paint a clear picture. Prices areunstable and future price developmentsareunpredictable.

Whilethepricetrendsforcoffeeandsugararecurrentlyonthedownturn,furtherin-creasescanbeexpectedinthenearfutureforotherrawmaterials.Forexample,thepriceofcocoaiscurrentlysoaring,asarethepricesofrapeseed,soya,andwheat.Theincreaseduseofcornandsoyaasrawma-terialsforenvironmentallyfriendlymotorfuelsmeansthatthesecerealswillcontinuetobecomemoreexpensiveinthefuture.

Withafewexceptions,itcanbeassumedthatmanufacturerswillhavetocontendwithhigher costswhenpurchasing rawmaterialsforfoodproduction.

Avoiding material wastageOne strategy that offers promising andworthwhile results in the short to me-diumtermistheuseofsuitabletoolsto

preciselymonitortheuseofrawmaterials,andtomaintaincontrolovertheirusetooptimizeconsumptionwithouthavingtocompromiseonproductquality.

METTLER TOLEDO offers sophisticatedsystemsintheareasofbothformulationandfillingprocesscontrol,whichenablescompaniestooptimizetheutilizationofrawmaterialsandendproductsthroughincreasedaccuracyinallprocesssteps.

Efficient formulationFormWeigh.Net® is a flexible and net-workedformulationsolutionthatcontrolsandmonitorstheformulationprocess,en-ablingmaximumprecisionandflexibilityintheuseoftheavailablerawmaterials.This therefore guarantees transparentmanagement of the available materials,cleartraceability,andconsistentproductquality. The consumer can rest assuredthat the product he is buying does notcontain anyhidden surprises,while theproducercanbesurethatnotasingledropisunnecessarilywastedduringthemanu-facturingprocess.

Key customer benefits of FormWeigh.Net®:

• Right mixture reliably documented• Graphical support to avoid incorrect

mixtures• Prevention of material wastage• Acquisition and verification of batch

information• Clear, concise representation of the

weighing process• Maximum process reliability• Seamless traceability• ERP integration• Fast ROI (<12 months)

4

METTLER TOLEDO Convenience Food News 3 5

Example: Food industry – overfilling cost before and after FreeWeigh.Net® system introduction

105.00

104.00

103.00

102.00

101.00

100.00

40’000

32’000

24’000

16’000

8000

0

Overfill [US $]Overfill [%]

April

200

5

May

200

5

JUne

200

5

July

200

5

Aug.

200

5

Sept

. 200

5

Oct

. 200

5

Nov

. 200

5

Dec

. 200

5

Jan.

200

6

Feb.

200

6

Mar

ch 2

006

April

200

6

May

200

6

June

200

6

FreeWeigh.Net®

System introduction

6’4667’237

30’392

15’849

25’777

19’385

9’996

21’754

9’281

3’854 3’732 5’028

7’6688’846

32’456

Reduction of overfill costsAccuracyandtheminimizationofvariationarealsoofparamount importance in theareaoffillingandpackaging.Rawmateri-alsmustbeusedaseconomicallyaspossi-blewhileremainingwithinlegallimits.

METTLERTOLEDOSQC(StatisticalQual-ityControl)systemsactasextremelyvalu-able information sources since they canprovideinformationatanytimeaboutthecurrentfillquantitybasedontheevalu-ationofsampledatafromtheproductionline,andthereforehelptooptimizethefillquantitywhileavoidingunderfilling.

The METTLER TOLEDO SQC productrangeincludescompactstandalonescale-basedsolutionsaswellasthenetworkedand flexibly extendable FreeWeigh.Net®softwaresystem.FreeWeigh.Net®offers,inadditiontofillingprocesscontrol,avari-etyof furtheroptionsforqualitycontrol

Key customer benefits of FreeWeigh.Net®:

• Significant reduction of product over-fill cost

• Compliance to legal fill requirements• Standardized and simplified processes• Online monitoring and alarming• Short reaction time in production• Automated reporting• Scalable system implementation and

enhancement• ERP integration• Fast ROI (<12 months)

suchasdocumentingsensorytestsand/orintegratingmeasuringdeviceslikecheck-weighers,moisture analyzers andmetaldetectors.

Process control andoptimization in thearea of formulation and filling processcontrolhelp foodmanufacturers toopti-mizecostsandhencetoremaincompeti-tiveandprofitable,despiteuncontrollablefactorssuchasthepriceofrawmaterials.

METTLER TOLEDO offers appropriateprocesscontrolsolutionsthatcanbeeas-ilyexpandedtosuitbusinessesofallsizes.The investment iseasily justifiedby im-provedprocesscontrol,andpaysforitselfwithinamatterofmonthsduetothesav-ingsthatcanbeachieved.

www.mt.com/formweighnet www.mt.com/freeweighnet

METTLER TOLEDO Convenience Food News 36

Reci

pe W

eigh

ing Enhance Traceability of Raw Materials

Used During Recipe Weighing

Do you want to minimize handling errors due to manual computation of recipes? Do you want to increase

productivity and improve traceability with an intelligent and PC based recipe weighing system?

Ifacomponenthasbeenoverfilledares-caling function is used which correctsothercorrespondingcomponents.

Manage all recipe relevant information with unique ID #•Rawmaterialsdatabase•Recipedatabase•Handlingandinstructiondatabase•UserID

Fromrecordingrawmaterialstoprocess-ingrecipes–FormXPguidestheusereas-ily and clearly.Due tonumerous inter-connecteddatabases,thedisplaycanalsoshow information suchaswork instruc-tions,quantitiesandtoleranceswhiletherecipeisbeingweighed.

ThenFormXP formulation softwarehitsthespot!FormXPmakesyourformulationprocesseasier,fail-proofandefficient.Se-lectoneoftheavailablefillingsequences,easilycreate,manageandexchangerecipeandrawmaterialdata,and trackmate-rial usage with the embedded inventorycontroltool.

Select your filling sequence•Vertical filling: All components of a

recipearefilledinonecontainer.• Horizontalfilling:Eachcomponentofa

recipeisfilledinaseparatecontainer.• Batchfilling:Eachcomponentofarecipe

isfilledinaseparatecontainer.Thecom-poundisfilledasoftenasassignedinthenumberofbatches.If thecompoundisbatched,thenextcompoundfollows.

Vertical recipe weighing

Weighing all components into a single container

Horizontal recipe weighing

Weighing each component into a separate container

Process recipe

Select recipe type

Messages

Select raw material

Batch recipe weighing

Multiple weighings of separate components into individual containers

Edit recipe dataFormXP includes FormToolXP, a specialPC software which enables you to editmessage, component and recipe data. Amouseclick on yourPCgives youdirectaccesstotheIND690ortoahostsystem.

321

31 2 31 2

31 2

31 2

IND690FormXP display

METTLER TOLEDO Convenience Food News 3 7

IND690 weighing indicator

FormXP is a software pac that runs on any IND690 weighing indicator. The additional FormToolXP PC software allows you to handle smoothly any task from your PC.

Document and trace backFormXPprintsreportswithcustomer-spe-cificdata–providing themanufacturerwithseamlessdocumentationofwhatrec-ipewasweighedwhen,where, howandwithwhichrawmaterials.

Key customer benefits •Enhancedtraceabilityofrecipesbyas-

signinglotandrawmaterialsnumbers•Accurateandreproduciblerecipes•Minimal waste material due to bad

batches• Easierhandlingandreducedpaperwork

resultsinhigherproductivity• Increased safety by capturing compo-

nent data via a barcode scanner, dis-playingmessageswhileformulatingandensuringafail-proofworkingsequence

•Higherefficiencybyreportingthestockofrawmaterialandusingtherescalingfunctionwhenoverfillingcomponents

•Quickeradaptiontochangingproduc-tionrequirementsbyusingthePC-soft-wareFormToolXP

Barcode scanner

Label printer

Up to 4 bench or floor scales connectable

IND690FormXP weighing indicator FormToolXP PC Software

Customized reports

FormToolXP: Recipes and raw materials

www.mt.com/ind-convenience-foodFor more information

Mettler-Toledo AGCH-8606 GreifenseeSwitzerlandTel. + 41 44 944 22 11Fax + 41 44 944 30 60

Your METTLER TOLEDO contact:

colorWeight®

EHEDG

A Wide Range of Solutionsto Improve Processes

1.BBA449over/undercheckscalewithcoloredbacklight2.Safeline®metaldetectors3.Staticandautomatedweighpricelabelingsystems4.StatisticalQualitiyControlsystems

1.PUA579Lowprofilefloorscales2.StatisticalQualityControl/StatisticalProcessControlsolution3.FormWeigh.Net®-Formulation/RecipeWeighingsolution4.IndustrialCatalog

Share our Knowledge

Learn from our specialists – our knowledge and experience are at your

disposal in print or online.

Learnmoreaboutallofoursolutionsfortheconveniencefoodindustryatourweb-site.Youcanfindinformationonawiderangeoftopicstoimproveyourprocesses,

includingcasestudies,applicationstories,return-oninvestmentcalculators,plusalltheproductinformationyouneedtomakeaninformeddecision.

1

42

432

1

3