Industrial safety sieve with customised big bag dumping station helps nutraceutical manufacturer up-scale production whilst improving operator safety
Sports nutrition and the nutraceutical market has been one of the fastest-growing industries in recent years, as people focus on health and wellbeing. When a sports supplements producer expanded its production capacity to meet increased demand, the company turned to global leader in food, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sieving technology – Russell Finex – for a solution.
The nutraceutical sieving solution needed to be flexible enough to be used at two separate stages of the production process – when raw ingredients enter the factory and before the final product is packaged. For both stages, the company required a sieve with a big bag tipping platform that was capable of handling bulk bags of material.
After consultation with Russell Finex engineers, a bespoke version of the Russell Compact 3in1 Sieve™ was supplied, a safety sieve with sack tipping platform specifically designed to check screen nutraceuticals through safe low-level bag emptying.
The Russell Compact 3in1 Sieve™, usually supplied with a 600mm diameter sieve unit, was upscaled to 900mm in size to meet the required capacity. The larger surface area of the sieve provides efficient screening of nutraceutical powders at the requisite throughput of 2 tonnes/h, whilst the larger motor is powerful enough to ensure the fatty and sticky whey powders do not block the mesh, by transferring stronger vibrations to the mesh area.
Operator health and safety was a key concern for the company. With the larger bag tipping platform, operators can safely tip the 25kg bags of ingredients, meeting the Health and Safety Executive guidance on manual handling tasks. In addition, its integrated dust hood allows for connection to a dust extraction system, protecting operators from potentially harmful fine dusts during sack tipping.
A further key requirement for the sieving solution was ease of use and maintenance. With a quick-release clamping system, the Russell Compact 3in1 Sieve™ allows for tool-free access to the mesh ensuring minimal downtime for cleaning and inspection.
In addition, instead of a standard bag tip platform that is bolted directly on top of the sieve, the platform was modified for tool-free disassembly. The operator can then safely lift the whole tipping platform clear of the sieve unit to access the mesh.
The customised bag dump station fulfilled all of the company’s requirements, resulting in an order of 13 machines for use at facilities across the world.
By checking the quality of both the incoming raw ingredients and the final product before packaging, the customer can ensure that their product is of the highest quality and their reputation is safeguarded.
Russell Finex has more than 80 years of experience in providing high-quality customised sieving solutions for the food, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical manufacturers. The company works closely with process engineers to ensure their specific product requirements are met.
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About us
Russell Finex is a worldwide leader in fine mesh separation technology, designing and manufacturing vibratory sieves, separators, ultrasonic mesh deblinding systems and liquid filters.
With a wealth of experience Russell Finex strives to improve the product quality and productivity of companies processing liquids and powders. Our easily operable machines are simple to clean and provide excellent health and safety features to protect operators. All equipment is manufactured in an ISO: 9001 recognised environment and is authorised for use in areas regulated by the latest European ATEX legislation.
Our products are supplied to over 140 countries to a range of processing industries. Our state-of-the-art testing facilities at our UK, Belgium, USA and India offices allow customers to test their product on our machines prior to purchase, giving them total peace of mind that the recommended solution will solve their processing problems. Furthermore our products can be customised to suit each company’s individual requirements.
Where we supply to
UK Ireland, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America
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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