A round-the-corner ‘Spiroflow’ Aero Mechanical Conveyor loads ingredients into mixers for Butcher’s Pet Care
Spiroflow conveyors – fit as a Butcher’s dog!
Butcher’s Pet Care Ltd chose a ‘Spiroflow’ round-the-corner Aero Mechanical Conveyor for their new £38 million, state-of-the-art factory in Crick, Northamptonshire. At their previous premises, there was a first floor from which minor ingredients where loaded into two mixers to be combined with the main bulk meat products. Their impressive new factory is a high roof, single story building. As the mixers are mounted on a raised platform, a means to load the rice and dried peas ingredients from ground floor level was required. Cue Spiroflow!
Spiroflow, who was already known to Andrew Pynn, Senior Controls Engineer, were; along with others, invited by Butcher’s Pet Care to offer a suitable conveying solution. From their portfolio of mechanical and pneumatic conveying systems, Spiroflow proposed one of their Aero Mechanical Conveyors in which materials are moved through the partial vacuum created by a series of discs travelling at high speed within an enclosed tube.
Engineers from Butcher’s Pet Care witnessed trails at Spiroflow on an Aero Mechanical Conveyor using samples of their rice and dried peas ingredients. They organised similar trials with a vacuum conveyor specialist and, with nothing to choose between the two on price, the ‘Spiroflow’ Aero-Mechanical Conveyor was deemed to offer the better performance in terms of conveying rate and minimal product damage.
Butcher’s Pet Care is a family owned business and celebrates 25 years of pet food manufacture this year. Their new 25,150 square meters factory, required to meet the company’s remarkable growth rate, become operational a year ago and was officially opened in March this year. They employ over 200 people many of whom have served for 20 years and more, producing over a million cans of pet food a day! They are now the second largest supplier of wet canned dog food in the UK.
The ‘Spiroflow’ Aero Mechanical Conveyor is of all stainless steel construction and complete with an integral sack tip hopper. From the hopper, materials are lifted some 4.5 metres then conveyed horizontally for 3.5 metres before empting into an existing hopper. This hopper has a reversible auger at its outlet so that ingredients can be delivered to either one of the two mixers. Dependent upon the particular recipe, three to four mixes are produced every hour, 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.
Andrew Pynn comments, “Our own engineers installed and commissioned the ‘Spiroflow’ Aero Mechanical Conveyor about a year ago now and it has performed well ever since”.
For more information about Butcher’s Pet Care, their history, their products and their charitable work in the local community, go to www.butcherspetcare.co.uk.
For more information about ‘Spiroflow’ Aero-Mechanical Conveyors, and their ranges of Flexible Screw Conveyors, Tubular Drag Conveyors, Pneumatic Conveyors and Vacuum Conveyors and also about their Big Bag Fillers and Big Bag Dischargers too, visit their web site at www.spiroflow.com or call them on +44 (0)1200 422525 to discuss your specific requirements or E-mail: sales@spiroflow.com
Spiroflow Limited
- 01200 422525
- sales@spiroflow.com
- http://www.spiroflow.com
- Lincoln Way, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1QG GB
About us
Continuous product development allied to a thorough understanding of customers" process needs and objectives has kept Spiroflow at the forefront of the bulk handling industry since the mid 1970s. From our early beginnings supplying flexible screw conveyors, mainly to the plastics industry, Spiroflow is today one of the world"s leading manufacturers of a full range of equipment for handling dry bulk solids and ingredients in powder, granule, pellet and flake form, across the whole spectrum of process industries.
Commitment, quality, reliability and service Spiroflow conveying and weighing systems are in operation worldwide and are acclaimed for their outstanding versatility and prolonged working life in the most demanding environments. In food and pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and chemicals, minerals and plastics, Spiroflow"s experience and proven capability is providing the answer to every conceivable handling need. The leading design principles behind all Spiroflow equipment are: dust-free handling and hygienic operation.
Our range includes not only the latest automatic conveyor systems, but also fully compatible weighing equipment for a wide variety of applications, from batch processing of ingredients, to the filling and controlled emptying of bulk bags or sacks. Behind all Spiroflow products is a dedicated design, manufacturing, testing and installation facility, backed up by a rapid spares and service network. Our high standards are sustained through an on-going development programme utilising CAD design facilities and material testing procedures.
Our conveying and weighing systems are designed with a minimum of working parts for maximum reliability in operation. Simple to operate and easy to clean and maintain, their robust construction ensures a long working life with minimum downtime. Willingness to meet customer"s specific needs A cornerstone of our success is our eagerness to design and develop equipment to meet the needs of individual customers. Not only has this enabled our customers to operate in ways that best suit them, it has been the driving force behind our product range today. Our Engineers like nothing more than a challenge!
Where we supply to
Europe
Industries we supply to
Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater
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