Processing & Refrigeration – Page 51

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    Scanvaegt brings Scandinavian fashion to batching

    2005-04-20T09:15:00Z

    Scanvaegt says it invented the multi-channel grader in 1978 and after selling ScanGraders and ScanBatchers to more than 2,000 plants worldwide it has now made a ''quantum leap'' with its ScanGrader/ScanBatcher 4700'' with a user-friendly, eye-catching Scandinavian design.

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    Air Blast Technology for Versatile Labeling from AEW Delford

    2005-04-20T09:15:00Z

    AEW Delford Systems a UK manufacturer of weighing, grading, labelling, packaging and slicing equipment, has extended its labelling range with the launch of the Concept A500 Air Blast Label Applicator.

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    Fomaco needles Brussels

    2005-04-20T09:15:00Z

    Denmark''s Fomaco will be presenting its new M3 generation of fish injectors in Brussels, with two needle bridges for an ultra close needle pattern. It says this gives the best possible brine distribution in the fish at low brine pressure, so avoiding any damage to the delicate fish meat whether ...

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    Automated Traymaster freezers

    2005-04-20T09:15:00Z

    UK-based Jackstone Froster will be putting their ''Traymaster'' on show at Brussels International Seafood fair and the company says it is the only automatic plate freezer on the market that applies high pressure to the product during freezing. It ensures completely square blocks, avoiding offcuts which affect yield.

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    Starfrost tunnels into Brussels from UK

    2005-04-20T09:15:00Z

    Starfrost (UK) Ltd will be running a compact pre-assembled Starlite HT (Hybrid Tunnel) system at SPE.

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    Heinen shows its Polaric at Brussels

    2005-04-20T09:15:00Z

    Heinen will be showing at Brussels its first compact and completely on a sub-frame mounted freezer from the new polaric series, following one and a half years of development.

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    Fish meal sector remains unstable

    2005-03-19T16:37:00Z

    Over the past years, producers have been facing numerous challenges, one of which is production. Last year 2004 was not an exception, although globally it improved significantly compared with the previous year 2003. But, again, the challenges come from many fronts, both production and market wise. And contrasts between the ...

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    Fishmeal plants inspected in Chile

    2005-03-19T16:37:00Z

    The regional ministerial secretary of Health in Concepción (Chile) Patricia González, has filed an accusation against five fishmeal plants, after having detected serious defects in their production processes and in the handling and storage of their raw material, according to FIS.

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    Deepchill success in Norway

    2005-02-19T13:55:00Z

    For over 25 years since first introducing slurry ice technology to the seafood industry, Sunwell Technologies Inc. of Canada has worked with fishermen and companies in the seafood processing industry to develop and implement total quality control processes using Deepchill Variable-State Ice.

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    Ice machine cuts turnaround time

    2005-02-19T13:55:00Z

    Ziegra Ice Machines (UK) Ltd., has made Sandy West a happy customer with a StreamIce system on his vessel ''Virtuous''. His earlier problem had been buying ice before each trip.

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    York & Optimar Iceland launch new slurry ice business

    2005-02-19T13:55:00Z

    York and Optimar have joind forces and will be manufacturing slurry ice units in Iceland to be sold worldwide. The Slurry Ice machines will be marketed under the joint brand name Sabroe Optim-Ice.

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    New whitefish machine

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    FTC Sweden is working on a new design to replace its whitefish machine FDS3N. The idea came after building in 2004 a special FDS3N for I&J in Cape Town. The purpose was to increase yield compared to its existing machines.

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    New 'Deli Area' brings factory to cutting edge

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    A new £1.5m added-value seafood speciality production facility is now fully operational at Macrae Foods in Fraserburgh.

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    Faster packing with TS250 MAP

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    AEW Delford has launched TS250 MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) Tray Sealing System.

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    New tub handling system launched in Europe

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    The Icelandic company 3X-Stál, which specialises in technical solutions for the fish processing industry, is now promoting its new Tub handling system in the European market. This new system has been developed and tried with excellent results in some of Iceland''s largest fish processing factories. Trials using the system have ...

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    New Checkbin Grader

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    Marel from Iceland has developed a new grading system designed to meet the growing demand for highly accurate net-weight batching and packing equipment. The new Marel CheckBin Grader is a robust, sophisticated system that uses intelligent grading to produce accurate batches for packing.

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    Excess weight solution

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    Danish company Scanvaegt says that its ScanGrader can eliminate the 3-5 per cent excess weight contained in packaged fish products. The new solution is also programmed to automate and streamline the entire production at the same time, resulting in improved quality, lower production costs and higher earnings.

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    Cabinplant develops roe seperator for shrimps

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    Cabinplant has developed a new machine, a so-called roe separator, to solve a seasonal problem faced by producers of cold-water shrimps. Using this roe separator, it is no longer necessary to employ extra staff in the shrimp factory during the spring spawning period, where the quality control of the mechanically ...

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    Machine needed to combat sardine waste

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    Too much sardine may be going down the waste chute and fisheries consultant Ulf Groenqvist, from the Island of Öland in Sweden, working for AB Seac, says the reason may be that there is no decent machine available to pre-sort the fish before the processing machines get hold of it.

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    VMK upgrade its processing machines

    2004-12-01T13:46:00Z

    Two Norwegian pelagic factory ships have installed monitor system to speed up the entry of fish into their filleting machine.