For more information contact:
Russ Williams
Marketing Manager
(770) 534-0703
russwilliams@gainco.com
. . . For immediate release . . .
Gainesville, Ga., November 27, 2007 — The new AccuFill™ Quad-Batching System for red meat from Gainco, Inc. provides the most efficient, high-speed way to collect and group red meat items such as loose meats, finger meat and variety meats for downstream bagging procedures. Introduced at the Worldwide Food Expo held in Chicago on October 24-27, 2007, the system combines superior weighing accuracy with efficiency improvements, resulting in significant labor savings and a more streamlined process.
Suitable for processing whole muscle meats as well as further processed products, Gainco’s AccuFill™ Quad-Batching System collects, weighs, batches and can count four separate streams of incoming product. The finished batches are then indexed and moved to a downstream bagging operation for final handling.
The design of Gainco’s AccuFill™ Quad-Batching System offers many benefits to food processors. Logistics and process efficiencies are improved, while labor savings of three-to-four full-time employees per work shift are attainable. The labor savings alone enables the system to deliver an ROI of less than 12 months.
An important feature of the Quad-Batching System is Gainco’s own Infiniti™ Plus programmable controller, providing today’s best protection against washdown water and condensation thanks to a highly durable polymeric housing that protects the weighing apparatus equally well in cold work environments or during hot washdowns and high-pressure washing. Likewise, the housing is impervious to the harsh chemicals typically used in washdown procedures in meat, poultry and seafood processing environments. The unit is NTEP-certified, and third-party tests show that the controller’s performance meets the stringent IP69K washdown standard.
Further enhancing the effectiveness of washdown activities is the “sanitary” open-frame construction of the AccuFill™ Quad-Batching system. In washdown mode, all weight hopper buffers are opened and the conveyor is run, facilitating a time- and cost-efficient cleaning cycle, thereby dramatically simplifying sanitation procedures. The open-frame design also simplifies access to the equipment for performing maintenance procedures.
Gainco’s Dataman® Data Collection System, available for use with AccuFill™ Quad-Batching Systems, is a software/hardware combination allowing for the integration of all remote units on the production floor. Operators can set parameters for individual pieces of equipment, monitor yield and throughput, and create customized reports – all from a single location. The data is provided to plant managers and corporate executives via a network interface. The raw data can then be moved to popular databases such as Oracle, SQL Server and DB2.
Gainco’s new AccuFill™ Quad-Batching Systems for red meat integrate seamlessly into existing meat production operations. For more information, contact Russ Williams at (770) 534-0703 or e-mail your request to info@gainco.com.
Since 1984, Gainco, Inc. has been a leader in the development of online electronic weighing, sizing, sorting and distribution systems to increase yields, productivity and efficiencies in meat and poultry processing plants. Gainco manufactures a full range of bench and floor scale equipment as well as automated weighing systems and equipment. The company’s extensive product line includes in-motion portion sizing equipment, high-speed sorting and counting systems for meat, poultry and seafood applications, as well as batch weighing equipment for processing parts into bags and/or boxes.
Gainco systems and equipment are installed in the facilities of major U.S. meat and poultry processing companies, as well as numerous international processing facilities. The company is a subsidiary of Bettcher Industries, Inc. Web site address: www.gainco.com.
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The New AccuFill™ Quad-Batching System from Gainco provides high-speed operation, superior accuracy and labor savings for red meat processors.
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