published on 03/03/09
Contract engineers are working closely with Norwich-based Redpack Packaging Machinery who are targeting tomato packagers with an automatic feeder which can be attached to its P325 flow-wrappers.
The stainless steel feeder features a bulk tomato hopper, two feeder chutes and a head control and monitoring facility, the machine is installed quickly and efficiently by contract engineers which is able to feed tomatoes fed to the flow-wrapper at speeds of 60-80 tomatoes a minute.

The feeder can handle tomato grades 47-52 and 52-57 and if the tomatoes are to be packed onto plastic or biodegradable trays, an automatic carton dispenser is included within the flow-wrapper configuration. It can also be used with Redpacks P325 trayless flow-wrapping machines, which are also installed by the contract engineers and pro actively or re actively maintained by the team of contract engineers as needed.
Smith said the feeder was only available to handle tomatoes, although the P325 flow-wrapper can also handle apples, kiwi fruits and plums.
Redpack has been supplying flow-wrappers to international tomato growers and packers for 30 years.
Its machines include conventional bottom seal flow-wrappers, top seal flow-wrappers, top seal flow-wrappers with film infeed, and flow and shrink machines. They are available with stainless steel or powder-coated finishes, and with either single axis drives, or fully electronic 3-axis drives with touchscreen control panel.

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