Problem:
A large U.S. snack food manufacturer utilized a wire mesh conveyor belt with chain and sprockets to unload fried potato chips and corn chips from a continuous fryer. Small pieces of metal fouled the product, resulting in rejected packages of the chips.
Solution:
Eriez supplied
Super Strength Rare Earth Plate Magnets
for suspension mounting over the product flow. The magnets successfully removed most metal contamination from the process, which dramatically reduced downstream Metal Detector trips. The company was pleased with the resulting decrease in rejected packages and product loss. Also, the magnets allowed maintenance personnel to more easily identify the source of the contamination.