Food Manufacturer's New Batching, Feeding, and Blending Equipment Saves More than Just Peanuts
When manual equipment for processing peanut butter wasted raw materials and required a lot of labor, the manufacturer installed automated processing equipment.
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Workers empty dry peanut butter ingredients into bag-break stations positioned above volumetric refill feeders for automated feeding and blending.
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Loss-in-weight feeders meter the peanut butter ingredients to on auger preceding a blender that combines the ingredients before milling.
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A controller oversees the entire botching and feeding system's operation, providing quick formula changes and variable production rates.