Marr Foods'' purpose-built smoked fish plant in Hull has recently undergone a £2 million investment programme. The result is a centre of excellence for smoked fish, with products smoked, handled and packaged to assure maximum quality.
In line with its commitment to quality -- from the trawler to the table -- Marrs has invested in the very best buildings and equipment. This includes the installation of the latest Delford & Sortaweigh systems as part of an automated grading, checkweighing and labelling line for vacuum packs.
Heart of the new line is a Sortaweigh Optimiser 20 channel grading system.
Product from the smoking room is hand-fed onto a specially designed flighted conveyor that separates and positions it for accurate weighing at speeds of up to 140 pieces per minute. The sophisticated Sortaweigh software then carefully grades the individual pieces for packing in fixed weight packs, minimising giveaway.
After vacuum packing, all packs are verified using a Delford Guardian 1000 Checkweigher and labelled on a Delford Concept 500 Label Applicator, which ensure that all products leaving the factory are to the correct weight and appearance.
