Automated 25 kG Butter Block Handling System |
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BestPump
Carron Way
Cumbernauld,Glasgow, United Kingdom
Press release date: November 15, 2007
BestPump of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, have recently designed, supplied, installed and commissioned an automated butter block handling system for Fox's Biscuits of Batley, West Yorkshire who are part of the Northern Food Group plc.
The project accommodates for 55 lb butter blocks at 41 degrees Fahrenheit to be loaded onto a conveyor with a capacity to carry thirteen blocks (715 lbs). From the conveyor the blocks are loaded into a chute feeding the auger chamber of the butter handling machine manufactured by BestPump's partner, Polar Process Inc. of Ontario, Canada. The Polar Machine is powered by a 10HP geared motor drive. The chute and auger chamber when loaded accept a further four butter blocks giving a fully loaded capacity of seventeen blocks or 935 lbs of butter.
Within the auger chamber, the twin 9" polished stainless steel, flighted, augers break down the blocks and convey them forward where the butter is received via a rectangler flanged inlet, into a 4", cicumferential piston, positive displacement pump. The pump with an operating pressure of up to 450 psi and running at a speed of 56 rpm can supply 13,200 lbs of butter per hour. The pump is powered by an 15 HP geared motor drive.
From the pump, the butter is conveyed via a 4" jacketed stainless steel pipe system, to five discharge points in the recipe mixing area of the factory, some 150 feet away. Each discharge point has automatic valves, to allow butter to be on tap and accurately weighed for any particular recipe. This automated butter supply system, eliminates almost completely, the intense manual labour previously required in butter handling within the factory and frees up staff for more important tasks, thus increasing efficiency, productivity and safety in the workplace.
For further information please contact BestPump: Tel; 01236 449810 Fax: 01236 449606 Web: www.bestpump.co.uk
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