Promise of freshness at the point of sale

WOLFERTSCHWENDEN, Germany -- At the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, Multivac will be presenting its Special R 175 CD for the production of 'Darfresh' vacuum skin packages. The R 175 CD is an efficient machine for the entry into automatic thermoforming packaging and one which is designed for small to medium sized batches.

Thanks to its ground-breaking Multivac Hygiene Design and its patented, hygienic chain guide design, the R 175 CD sets the standards for food safety and consumer protection.

Manufacturers and packers can give their high value fish products the maximum shelf life with Darfresh. With this process special skin films are used, which enclose the fish, the portions of fish or the seafood without tension like a second skin, and which seal to the full surface of the lower web. Shape and structure of the sensitive products are maintained in this way, and a first-class pack presentation is also ensured at the point of sale.

With the T 300 traysealer, Multivac will be showing a machine model, which enables processors to make the entry into the automatic packing of fish, fish meals and seafood in trays. Its good price-performance ratio, its easy-to-understand operating principle and its simple and intuitive operation speak for themselves. The T 300 seal approximately 20 packs a minute. This machine model is also very energy-efficient thanks to the use of electric lifting units.

A similarly efficient, but semi-automatic traysealer model is the T 250, which seals 16-20 trays per minute. Its tray drawer is particularly large at 435 x 365 millimetres and this can be divided very flexibly, so that both large fish and smaller portions can be packed.

Both traysealers can process different plastic, board and aluminium trays as well as the widest spectrum of upper webs. The range of applications comprises air packs, packs with inert gas and vacuum packs.

Also to be showcased at the European Seafood Exposition is the iC 450 double chamber machine to those manufacturers and contract packers, who are looking for a cost-effective solution for packing larger fish or bigger fish volumes. With its two chambers and four sealing bars, the C 450 provides very efficient working: while the one chamber is being evacuated and sealed, the other can be refilled with pouches. Since the individual settings can be saved as recipes in the machine control, reliable and reproducible results can always be achieved. Fish and seafood are packed particularly gently thanks to the automatic and progressive ventilation of this double chamber machine.