Eastern Country Foods
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Eastern Country Foods, based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, initially rented a PAGOSystem 80 with 2 pagomat 3 labelling heads to trial the application of front and back labels to a range of containers at speeds of up to 80 per minute.
The company have added to their purees of fruit and vegetables a range of cooking sauces, condiments, chutneys and pickles, and supply mainstream retail, catering and bulk products. The family company have been in farming in India and the U.K. for over 5 generations, the custom built production facilities, near Cambridge, includes hot and cold filling with a chilled ambient production area and generous storage.
They have now purchased the PAGO machine to apply labels to their Hot pepper and Sweet Chilli sauces, so adding flexible, reliable and accurate labelling for their customers. Eastern Country Foods produce their authentic recipes from around the World, the range of products includes Indian, African, Oriental, South American and European products. Customers can benefit from the expertise and commitment to innovation from their research and development team.
This PAGO machine has a substantial machine body and as the economical inline labeller from a leading producer has all the advantages of being reliable and well engineered, as well as using tried and tested label head technology. It labels left to right on the production line with a pitching mechanism which separates the product prior to being orientated through the chain mechanism. The speed is adjustable to vary the pitch of containers and the rubber coated roller can be adjusted across the conveyor as well as vertically to suit a variety of containers. The top hold assembly, mounted on twin support pillars above the conveyor, with a pressure pad to ensure a constant clamping force, completes the modules on this machine, with the 2 PAGOmat 3/170 labelling heads. The heads can accomodate 300mm external diameter reels of labels and a maximum web width of 170mm, the unit supports providing a solid and rigid mounting for the PAGOmats. Up to 9 products can be stored in the memory with multi access to the control system being password protected.
Eastern Country Foods added gap sensors, beak brush, conveyor mounted wipe down rollers and a self driven afteroll assembly to smooth the labels around the container.
The single belt conveyor driven by a separate stepper motor at a speed of 30 metres per minute, includes belt guides 100 mm wide running a 80 mm belt, which ensures smooth running of the product whilst labelling.The conveyor section is separated from the machine body to allow easy access for cleaning with crowned rollers for easy belt tracking.
Eastern are fully utilising their PAGO machine and their increase in production has matched their expansion into new markets. This addition to their equipment has added to their portfolio of services, so extending and facilitating their committment to a unique relationship with customers.