Packaging presents many different challenges. As the final part of the production process a business needs to get the right combination of components into a bag or box, or package things up to an exact weight. Easier said than done. Thankfully they can use a multihead weigher to automate this potential block to efficient distribution.
Multihead weighers were first developed back in the 1970s and the technology has become ever more sophisticated, reliable and accurate since then. Thanks to computer controlled weighers like this, anything can be weighed and then dropped accurately into a bag or a packet. The use of a multihead weigher can transform packaging from something that’s slow, inaccurate and labour intensive to a process that’s fast, slick and efficient.
Multihead weighers were originally developed and pioneered by Ishida and the company still has a formidable presence in the market today. Never one to rest to rest on its laurels, the company continues to drive the evolution of these systems some forty years after they were first developed. That’s some feat.
Their use is particularly prevalent in the food industry and it’s not hard to see why. The way people live today, with busy schedules and more singletons, means ready meals are more popular than ever. Consumers take it for granted that their meal is the right size with a precise mix of different ingredients, but for the manufacturer that presents a huge challenge. Thanks to the latest weigher technology however, they can quickly and easily balance pre-packaged ready meals with exactly the right amount of different foodstuffs.