Food Processing Faraday has been short listed for the iNet Most
Innovative Business in the Wider Food Sector award for their new
and pioneering Hygienic Quick Change Depositor (HQCD).
The Faraday's Innovation Consultant David Walklate worked
closely with an inventor known to the Faraday and Sapcote
Engineering Ltd, a trusted, inventive engineering company, to
design the new innovative HQCD. The design is based on a 'milking
principle', where only the interchangeable hopper and tube come
into contact with the food product. This truly innovative step
allows for near instantaneous changeover between food products,
eliminating downtime and the possibility of transfer of allergens
between products.
This HQCD is the only one of its kind on the market and offers
food companies a fantastic opportunity to enhance their business
operations; improving efficiency by reducing changeovers, reducing
costs by minimising and simplifying the cleaning process and
allowing for better hygiene. Each unit will save a manufacturer the
equivalent of 34.8 Tonnes of CO2 through reduced waste, energy and
water.
The depositor is now undergoing promising trials with major food
companies within the East Midlands, with a waiting list of
companies who wish to trial the technology. The East Midlands is
not yet famous for providing food equipment so the design and
implementation of the HQCD would start to improve this scenario and
open up the opportunity for East Midlands engineering companies to
be placed on the world stage.
"This depositor has challenged the 50 year old current depositor
design and addresses the needs of the food manufacturers. I have
been there and I know the issues with the current design. The
Faraday is really innovative and passionate about serving the food
industry and making sure its needs are being met by challenging the
status quo and developing unique applications to assist the sector.
It is really great to be short listed for such an award and for
this innovative design of depositor to be recognised as an
innovative technology that can change the UK's manufacturing
process" comments David Walklate.