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News Release from: Gough Engineering | Subject: Swinglink Bucket Elevator
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 July 2003
UK engineering improves pistachio
production
Gough Engineering, an industry leader in effective, low-cost solutions to difficult materials handling problems, has designed a bucket elevator system to improve pistachio nut production efficiency
Gough Engineering, an industry leader in providing effective, low-cost solutions to the most difficult materials handling problems, has designed and manufactured a latest technology bucket elevator system to improve production efficiency for Zeina Foods, the leading UK importer and producer of pistachios, cashews and other luxury nuts Zeina Foods UK PDS10m-a-year business has invested heavily in the latest and most scrupulous and precise cleaning and grading technologies, largely because UK safety checks in screening for aflatoxin-producing moulds are amongst the world 's strictest
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Zeina process and pack approximately 3000 tonnes of pistachio nuts per annum at its factory in Ossett, near Wakefield.
The Swinglink Bucket Elevator technology developed by Gough is designed to reduce the risk of unscheduled downtime and eliminate product spillage.
The system, which consists of an all stainless steel construction with plastic chain and 9 inch buckets, has a maximum capacity of 3200cuft/hr.
It is especially efficient at handling high volume throughputs where the elimination of spillage and contamination is critical.
At the Zeina Foods Ossett factory, which receives sacks of raw nuts, mainly from Iran and California, for light brining, roasting and packaging for retail sale, pistachio nuts are graded to a precision of plus or minus one nut per ounce.
Zeina Foods General Manager Safa Ali said: " We have invested continually and conscientiously in the most scrupulous and precise cleaning and grading equipment and this commitment to technology is reflected in our decision to install the Gough Engineering Swinglink Bucket Elevator system.
It is trusted technology, which is vital in this business".
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