Packing poultry

Monday, 12 October, 2015 | Supplied by: Heat and Control Pty Ltd

Packing poultry

Wipasz, a leading Polish poultry processor, more than doubled its processed output to over 90,000 birds per day after completing a major automation project. The facility in Mlawa utilised the weighing and packing expertise of Ishida Europe, mainly in its fixed weight MAP (modified atmosphere) packs.

Ishida installed four packing lines, one each for wings and fillets and two for different leg cuts. The lines, which give Wipasz the flexibility to respond to market needs in terms of pack and product variations, combine accurate weighing technology and top-of-the-range tray sealing with a variety of pack inspection and testing systems, including X-ray, seal testing and vision inspection, to ensure the highest quality standards.

Each line begins with the feeding of pieces from the cut-up line to an Ishida multihead weigher, in most cases a screwfeeder model which gently but firmly propels the sticky fresh chicken into hoppers fitted with scraper gates. Accurate portions are then deposited onto one of the lanes of a weigh batcher and sent to operators for packing and styling in the trays. The outstanding weighing accuracy of the Ishida is crucial in reducing giveaway, helping to maximise the yield of the fixed-weight packs from a given bird input.

For quality presentation, the advanced Ishida traysealers offer good tray appearance while the vision system ensures correct branding and label placement.

Product quality is maintained through the use of X-ray systems combined with metal detection which exclude metal and other contaminants (including bones in fillets), while other traysealer features check that the correct modified atmosphere is used for each product. Ishida seal testers then ensure that the atmosphere is securely maintained by excluding any packs at risk of leaking.

All information printed onto the sealed packs and their labels is also inspected by the integrated seal testing/vision systems and checked against information from the line equipment and the company’s factory and enterprise-wide data resources. This provides full data integrity including weight accuracy, shelf life and other figures.

This project marks the first phase of a major strategic investment by Wipasz aimed at transforming its operations to among the best and most modern in Europe. Phase Two (which is already underway) will deliver a capacity of 13,500 birds per hour and one of the most technological advanced poultry plants in the world.

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