Food grade delivery to a brand new product line at KP Snacks
Customer
KP Snacks, a leading UK manufacturer of iconic maize, potato & nut based snacks & brands that millions of people enjoy every day.
Challenge:
- Provide delivery of 2 new ingredients (corn flour & corn starch powder) to an already congested production line
- Brand new snack product
- Space limitations
- Combustible powders
Solution:
- Two new ingredient vacuum receivers with loss-in-weight feeders to deliver corn flour & starch powder using our existing sack tip plus a new one.
- Existing exhausters used for vacuum pneumatic sending the product through a sieve onto a receiver
- One receiver & feeder assembly required a large filter and is made wide & stout to fit in 2.4m height with 20mm to spare. The other stands in the very small space available so is made narrow & tall
- Explosion panels & flame arrestors made to fit
- Level sensors note high & low fill points
Results:
- Effective & accurate delivery despite space limitations
- ATEX compliant & fitted with explosion protection
“Aptech designed a final solution that is un-complicated & very effective despite the severe space constraints” – Project Engineer for KP Snacks
- The WIDTH challenge – receiver & feeder assembly made narrow & tall
- The HEIGHT challenge – receiver & feeder assembly made to fit in 2.4m height with 20mm to spare