date:May 08, 2014
re content of spinach varies greatly from batch to batch. Over-moist leaves tend to clump together as they fall from weigher to bagmaker. If not addressed, this could lead to product becoming trapped in the bag seal. Equally if the spinach becomes too dry it falls too slowly, so that it is difficult to attain the desired packing speeds.
An adjustable timing hopper between weigher and bagmaker helps overcome this problem, but Broersen can avoid either extreme by controlling the moisture of each