Site report | IDM The plant in Sem is one of TINE’s larger liquid milk facilities, processing 35m litres of milk p.a. producing 33.5m packaging units. Out of 140 employees, 44 work in production. The products – liquid milk and cream, both standard and organic, and sweet curdled milk and cream – are distributed in a 150 km radius. All products are pasteurised and have a 14 days shelf-life. Via this QR code, you can access a video of the Shikoku flex filling machines 9 2016 | international-dairy.com · 35 chosen a new concept. Gaseous H2O2 (2% concentration) is blown into the empty package followed by a much stronger UV-C treatment than previously used in Elopak fillers. This has a number of advantages as much less disinfectant is used and complicated technology to remove residual H2O2 from the package and the environment is not required. Compared to the old Elopak fillers, hygienic design was improved in as much as 100 individual details. The closures are evenly disinfected by UV-C and welded from the inside of the package by means of ultrasonic. A new top sealing design makes sure that the machine can produce different package formats. The Pure Pak Sense carton All new platform machines can produce the Pure Pak Classic carton as well as the new Pure-Pak Sense carton that comes with a rounded smooth front panel without score lines and an embossed head zone for a unique first touch feeling. The package also has folding score lines for a complete emptying just like a tooth paste package. Swedish Skånemejerier made the start for Sense in 2014 highlighting exactly what the positive effects are of a package that completely empties were. Meanwhile, Pure-Pak Sense has also hit the markets in Norway, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands and Estonia. For more info on the new carton, look at http://purepaksense.com/. Performing as expected TINE runs the 2-lane filler at 13,000 packages per hour while the one-lane machine produces 6,500 mostly small packages of cream per hour. One operator is required for each lane as they also have to run the trolley loaders. The installation of the new fillers that replaced two 2-lane machines took place over a weekend. As TINE chose to re-design the complete filling operation, the plant stood still for one calendar week in 2015. Since then, the two machines that together have three lanes have been operating smoothly. Petter Bjelland, Technical Manager at the Sem plant, told IDM that he is very satisfied and that the machines perform as he had hoped. They even came through the Easter season with its extreme production peak without any problems. All in all, the plant has gained more flexibility and product output eventhough it now uses one filling lane less than before. TINE TINE SA is a co-operative that collects 80% of the milk in Norway. Having a regulator status, the company has to provide competitors with raw material as well as it must buy surplus milk from them. TINE employs about 5,300 staff in 31 plants spread all over the country and collects 1.454bn litres of cow’s milk from 12,100 farmers. TINE manages milk collection and the complete distribution of products using its own fleet of trucks and vehicles. The sales figure of 2015 stood at NOK22.2bn. Olav Klonteig, Director EQS Application at Elopak: Main characteristics of the new Flex machine platforms are standardisation and simplification of the machine construction, greatly improved hygienic design, increased efficiency in terms of TCO and overall greater flexibility (photo: IDM) Petter Bjelland, Technical Manager at the Sem plant: I am satisfied with the Flex machines, they perform as I have hoped (photo: IDM) The two-lane S-PSF130UC machine can fill two different products simultaneously (photo: IDM)
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