Riggs Autopack’s single head depositor for hot mashed potato. Riggs Autopack, represented in Oceania by HBM Packaging Technologies, has developed a twin-head depositor for hot mashed potato in collaboration with a well-known ready meals producer in the UK.
A difficult to fill product, mashed potato has been deposited manually in the past, even on automated filling lines, which resulted in inconsistencies with weights, visual aesthetics and product positioning relative to the other products in the container.
The team at Riggs Autopack developed a solution for the customer that can provide semi or fully automatic operation, single- or multi-head depositors that incorporate an auger for consistent feeding and also includes a depositing nozzle with a decorating head that can be customised to meet the aesthetic requirements of individual customers.
The new machine can handle multiple-pack types including single-portion meals and multi portions of between two and 12 servings.
Riggs Autopack also has depositors that can fill hot and cold liquid, semi-liquid and suspended solid goods including a wide range of ready meal products such as soups, stews, casseroles or curries and are able to deposit fragile vegetables and cooked meats in sauce with particulates of up to 38mm cubed as standard. It is also possible for meal components to be handled straight from cooking kettles and chilled storage, as the systems are unaffected by temperature.
