Riggs serves up efficiency for organic food manufacturer

Increasing product demand led UK organic food manufacturer Rod & Ben’s to consider automating its filling line. As an organic food company, it was imperative that any automatic depositing machinery be highly accurate, damage free and able to provide superior weight control.

The filling line in operation.

Riggs Autopack supplied a model 1000 vertical transfer pump which was connected to an existing steam cooker. Hot soup is fed directly from the cooker to the hopper of the lower level twin head depositor, which includes a damage-free paddle agitation system. A lid press unit designed especially for tamper-evident lids was also supplied.

The new machinery fills a range of soups in 300 g single-portion plastic pots, as well as particulate soup into 600 g plastic pots, 1 L bottles and 5 L buckets.

The Riggs Autopack line.

“Riggs understood our production needs and has now provided us with a cost-effective and highly versatile machine solution,” said Rod Hall, owner of Rod & Ben’s.

“The equipment is easy to use with impressive changeover times, ideal for coping with our level of production. The depositing accuracy is excellent and we have been thoroughly impressed with the level of service received from their staff.”