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News Release from: Mettler Toledo | Subject: Butlers Cheeses
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 April 2007
Accurate cheese production checkweighing
Mettler Toledo have provided Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses with an exceptionally rugged industrial floor scale, to provide checkweighing of dairy products at various stages of production and shipping
Leicester-based weighing technologies specialists, Mettler Toledo, have provided Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses, of Lancashire, UK, with an exceptionally rugged 1500mm x 1500mm industrial floor scale solution to provide checkweighing of their dairy products at various stages of production and shipping A family company, committed to maintaining a tradition of quality - an ethos that translates across every facet of the Butlers cheese making process - Butlers supplies quality cheeses to the majority of Britain's leading supermarkets as well as numerous specialist stores
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Butlers recipes have been handed down through the generations.
All their cheeses are made by hand and the company allows every cheese the time it needs to mature naturally to the peak of perfection, a process that typically takes in the region of nine to ten months.
Acutely aware of the importance of closely monitoring the production process, in order to achieve the highest levels of stock control, eliminate unnecessary wastage and remain as competitive as possible, Butlers approached Mettler Toledo for a solution that would enable the bulk checkweighing of 20 kilo cheeses during the manufacturing process at their Inglewhite Dairy site near Preston.
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This process would then be followed by further bulk checkweighing once the matured cheeses had been cut and prepared for packaging at their Longridge packing, storage and distribution site some months later.
The solution provided by Mettler Toledo comprises of a stainless steel pit-mounted VLC scale with digital IND456 weighing indicator for data logging in the food manufacturing area of the Butlers Wilson Fields site, and a mild steel VLC pit scale plus IND465 weighing indicator at the Shay Lane packing and distribution centre.
Together, the equipment provided by Mettler Toledo enables Butlers to precisely monitor production information between manufacture and dispatch - and identify issues of lost yield resulting from production and administrative inefficiencies.
Commented Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses Production Director, Alan Whiston: "At Butlers, we are dedicated to producing traditional cheeses of the very highest quality and place great importance on stock control and yield analysis.
In the past, it was sufficient for us to simply count product manufactured, packed and distributed and use assumed weights.
As our family business grew, however, we found ourselves in a position where a more scientific approach to yield control was required, especially as the milk varies throughout the seasons.
With significant numbers of cheeses allowed to mature for up to a year before processing, Mettler Toledo weighing technologies have been allowed to precisely identify how even small changes in milk yield can affect the weight of finished products.
"The solution provided by Mettler Toledo," he continued, "enables the checkweighing of pallet/dolly loads of product during various stages of manufacture then again prior to dispatch.
With IP68-rated load cells, the stainless-steel pit scale solution fitted on the cheese production line will withstand the very highest cleaning regimes as expected in a food manufacturing environment".
As a result of selecting Mettler Toledo equipment, Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses are now enjoying the use of technically superior, highly robust equipment that offers the highest levels of reliability.
For additional piece of mind, the Mettler Toledo equipment installed at Butlers is covered by a highly comprehensive service and calibration contract to ensure that the cheese producer continues to receive accurate, verifiable data that may be used to maximise production efficiencies.
Offering approvable and GMP-certifiable quality, the Mettler Toledo IND465 weighing terminal is just one model in a range that is distinguished by rugged design, outstanding quality and considerable flexibility.
Comprehensive printer options are available for product labelling with date, time, batch and other ID codes, whilst connectable digital and analogue weighing sensors allow for a huge assortment of weighing platforms to be incorporated into the final checkweighing solution.
The VLC range of industrial floor scales are designed to withstand the daily rigours of the most demanding industrial applications: these units are fully electronic and feature a low profile that makes them easy to use with forklift, pallet truck and dolly traffic.
Ideal for withstanding the concentrated load applications common to shipping and receiving operations, VLC scales are available in carbon steel, 304 stainless steel for use in washdown and corrosive environments and 316-grade stainless steel for extreme cleaning applications.
Available in 1000mm x 1000mm to 1500mm x 1500mm platform sizes, all VLC scales are equipped with stainless steel load cells that are hermetically sealed and NEMA 4X/IP65 stainless steel junction boxes. Request a free brochure from Mettler Toledo ...
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