A recipe for success

Delta Food Systems has worked in partnership with Watson-Marlow Pumps on the implementation of a pumping production station designed to transfer viscous meat mixes for savoury products.

The machine's chassis supports a hopper that holds 250kg of meat at maximum capacity. This is fed to an auger box before entering a pump that feeds material into a 10- lane distribution head which deposits the mix into 10 equal portions in either spot deposit or continuous mode.

As the viscous meat mix and solid particulates are to 30mm in size, Delta turned to a pulse-free MasoSine pump from Watson-Marlow.

The MasoSine SPS series is suitable for industrial and sanitary applications involving high pressures (up to 15 bar). Capacity is up to 91.2m3/hr. The single rotor design helps preserve and maintain product integrity and eliminates the need for fragile timing gears.

The company worked with Watson-Marlow to fit the MasoSine SPS2.5 with servodrives able to stop and start the pump in a controlled way and create individual portions.

Alternatively, the system can deposit and leave a gap if required, before depositing again. The whole machine is PLC controlled with a userfriendly HMI that allows operators to