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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
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PublisherMettler-Toledo AGIndustrialHeuwinkelstrasseCH-8606 NänikonSwitzerland
ProductionMarCom IndustrialCH-8606 NänikonSwitzerland
MTSI 44099221
Subject to technical changes© 09/2007 Mettler-Toledo AGPrinted in Switzerland
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• 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
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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
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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.
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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)
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Example: Food industry – overfilling cost before and after FreeWeigh.Net® system introduction
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System introduction
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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.
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Reci
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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.
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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
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