Net-content control is a common concern in many industries, but it doesn't have to be complicated. Consider four steps to an economical solution that meets compliance regulations and eliminates costs associated with overfilling.
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Legal requirements regarding fill quantities of prepackaged goods exist in practically every industrialized country. But how do you comply as a small- or middle-sized food manufacturer with only a few hundred or thousand packages a day?
The classic approach is to manually take samples, check the weight and store the results. But for a more economical approach, the following considerations may help in your decision-making process:
- Compliance
The control system should satisfy all legal requirements, especially the obligation to record and prove compliance in EU countries, the USA and other countries. - Easy operation
A modern control system should be designed to make the job of control operators as easy as possible. If at all possible, the routine sampling inspection should be performable without the need for additional function-switching to keep incorrect operation to a minimum. - Immediate feedback
The result of the sampling inspection including the statistics should be displayed and/or printed out directly at the weighing station immediately following a sampling procedure. The operators at weighing stations should know the result of their actions instantly so that inadvertent errors can be detected and corrected without undue delay. - Harsh and wet industrial environment resistance
Consider common sanitation rules for production. Installations should be easy to clean and resistant to common washing procedures.
Packaging and filling quality control
The IND890SQC terminal is a stand-alone compact solution that has been developed for manual random sampling for net-content control. It helps to ensure correct packaging of high-quality products in line with international and national net-content legislation as well as global guidelines, such as IFS or BRC standards. The SQC-890 application helps rule out illegal underfilling, reduce overfilling costs and allows easy data storage and documentation for audits.