Dumpling business expands
The introduction of an Ishida mulithead weighing at Monolith Fleisch und Teigwaren has enabled the company to substantially increase output.
Based in Schwabach, Germany, Monolith Fleisch und Teigwaren is a wholesaler of east European specialities, including Russian-style filled dumplings known as Pelmeni. Originally the dumplings were fed into a bagmaker via a linear weigher. The accuracy was not ideal, but the main problem was the low speed, which meant the packing process was becoming a major bottleneck. However, adding more weighers of the same type was simply not an option because of space constraints.
The Ishida solution was to install an Ishida multihead weigher as a drop-in replacement for the linear model, leaving the rest of the line in place. This has doubled production output from eight to 16 tonnes of Pelmeni per day.
Brought to the top of the weigher in a flighted elevator with plastic contact parts, they are channelled via a funnel and a plastic collar onto the plastic-coated dispersion table. On exiting the weigh hoppers, the dumplings, each weighing about 13g, are prevented from colliding with each other by a shock absorbent plastic pole suspended in the discharge chute.