Viking Food is bringing automated vacuum packing to the masses with its newly launched vacuum sealer aimed at small to medium-sized meat and cheese operations.
The Viking 1020 Automatic Belted Vacuum Packer is being demonstrated at AUSPACK for the first time.
At around $50,000, the Viking 1020 is half the cost of a traditional automatic vacuum packer, according to Chester Mead, Viking Food sales executive.
The Viking 1020 can be used to package cheese, meat and poultry products.
It suits a larger boning room, meat wholesalers room, as well as butchers wanting to produce their own vacuum packed product range.
The Viking 1020 offers a significant step up in speed from manual processing but is much more compact than a large inline machine, according to Mead.
“This suits an operation that’s looking for more than a manual solution, but which isn’t in the market for a fully automatic solution,” Mead says.
Hardwick Meatworks in Victoria is the first Viking 1020 customer.
