Quorn Foods, have been on a mission to produce vegetarian and vegan products since long before it ever became popular.
In the 1960s, a foresighted gentleman called Lord Rank commissioned some very clever people to produce a protein-rich sustainable food source which is low in saturated fat and contains no cholesterol.
From Quorn mycoprotein, a range of nutritious and tasty foods are produced including Crispy Nuggets, Falafels, Roasting joints and a selection of ready meals.
Rank was well aware that the success of Quorn depended on delicious flavour, and ever since then, Quorn have been crafting new, mouth-watering meals. Quorn takes on flavour very easily, so adding different combinations of natural herbs and spices can produce a whole range of different choices, to suit all palates. Quorn replicates the experience of eating meat but with far less impact on our environment.
When looking at reducing labour costs and increasing production speeds, Quorn looked to the UK’s leading manufacturer of Pick and Place Tray Denesting solutions, Partners in Packaging (Machine Systems) Ltd for a solution which would handle a range of different trays, and work with an existing high speed tray sealer and an automatic product loading system.
Quorn’s experienced production and engineering team chose Partners in Packaging’s A Series-three tray/tub denester-placer for their line. “What attracted us most to the A Series, is the ease of which trained operators can change from tray to tray in a matter of minutes without the need for any fine tuning,” said Shirley Vassallo, Quorn’s Senior Process Technologist. “It’s a simple job of changing the dedicated product magazine mask, which is set up by Partners to optimum settings for each tray and tub. The A Series also offers us the flexibility of using trays and tubs made from different materials such as card in the future, which will only require a new product mask.”
Partners worked closely with Quorn’s tray supplier to ensure the machine and trays were perfectly compatible, resulting in high operating efficiencies and reliability of the line.
“The A Series is an extremely versatile denesting solution available in different widths with a multitude of options to enable us to tailor the specification to each application using standard well proven modules,” said Partners director Duncan Macintyre. “We have a range of machines each of which offers a different method of product handling, each with specific benefits to the user”
Partners in Packaging (PiP Automation) are the leading UK manufacturer of Tray denesting-placing solutions and base card feeding and folding systems for the food industry.
For more information:
Website www.partnersinpackaging.com
email: sales@partnersinpackaging.com
Tel: 01706 369000