PA increases production speeds

Irish sausage producer Arthur Mallon Foods needed to upgrade its top seal tray sealer and was looking for a machine that would offer an increase in output in line with its production target. Since the introduction of a PA tray sealer, Mallon Foods has been able to increase its production speeds by approximately 40 per cent.

The company purchased a fully electric eclipse SL4 tray sealer, which has been designed to address the environmental impact of packaging operations by reducing the user’s power consumption by up to 90 per cent. The in-line, fully electric SL4 is a small footprint machine, capable of sealing 75 packs per minute.

Featuring PA’s Powerdrive technology, the SL4 is a fully electric machine and operates without using any compressed air, therefore offering savings of up to 98 per cent of the running costs of conventional pneumatically operated tray sealers.

John Fyfe, production manager at Arthur Mallon Foods, comments, “The team at PA have been very easy to deal with, their response times and communication was excellent. PA actually installed the machine ahead of schedule. Since it’s installation, we have found the machine very easy to operate, very reliable, with tool changeovers being achieved quickly.”