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Sesotec’s RAYCON garantees reliable detection The business of Sesotec´s reference customer Khao Shong Group Co.,Ltd. is the coffee blending. Over the years, developed Khao Shong the perfect manufacture process to ensure the optimal flavour of the coffee. Committed to nature and to the efficient use of resources this customer also strives to achieve highest quality. He thus was able to establish himself on the market and to win the confidence of various OEM customers for whom he produces today. In the production of coffee mix 3in1 (instant coffee, milk powder and sugar) broken metal particles from processing machines might contaminate the product. And if this coffee mix – as is the case with this customer – is packed in metallized packs it is difficult to detect such metal particles with conventional methods. Therefore, this company was looking for alternative methods for contaminant detection. The RAYCON X-Ray inspection system from Sesotec is able to detect even smallest metal particles in metallized

Savings of more than 100,000 euros per year, a ROI of nine months and lower labour costs The additives and flavourings manufacturer VAN HEES GmbH is delighted with its five HSM baling presses, which are helping the company to avoid transport costs as well as optimise internal processes. The company now find themselves earning money from its waste. Marc Wohlbold directed the company’s focus towards the issue of waste, “probably not the most fascinating subject,” he says, “but one that has huge savings potential”. Especially when dealing with as much waste as VAN HEES. The company’s 4000 products are manufactured in Walluf according to 1400 recipes, and all are packed either in Big Bags or sacks. Given the raw materials, annual waste volumes are huge: 113 tonnes of Big Bags, 90 tonnes of film, 90 tonnes of cardboard and 60 tonnes of paper. Wohlbold‘s first step in waste management was to get the company to begin separating into different categories. VAN HEES then switched to a different disposal company and immediately received money from its recyclable

Significant increase in throughput at the same opening and emptying rate. All over the world Matthiessen bag openers are working in the first phase of many recyclables processing plants. Their field of application covers various feed materials such as household waste, MSW, Yellow Bag, light packaging, organic waste etc. The special feature of our bag openers is that recycling sacks of different sizes are ripped open and almost completely emptied. Their contents are loosened up and conveyed to the downstream preparation processes in constant dosage. The recyclables are neither crushed nor ground - a great advantage in subsequent sorting processes. Equipped with state-of-the-art control technology, Matthiessen bag openers not only contribute to an enormous ease of work and improved product quality, but also guarantee considerable energy savings in operation. Matthiessen has developed the active rotor comb (ARK) for the bagsplitter model series in order to further optimize the use of the bag openers as feeders at the beginning of modern