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SMART PRODUCTION

Smart production: reducing costs technology can handle faster production at speeds of up to 900 pieces per minute. This
and increasing output capacity technology boosts production capacity, improves quality control, and reduces errors, allowing
Automation technology is somehow assisting beverage companies to easily deliver high-quality products to customers while lowering
many beverage manufacturers in achieving their production costs and staffing.
benefits and greatly increasing their production In brief, checkweighers can connect to the network and link data, providing businesses
capacity, allowing them to ensure that the with an online platform for the entire production process. This can also help to increase
products delivered to customers are of the productivity by allowing manufacturers to respond to errors in a timely manner before they
correct quantity and amount. However, in the cause bigger problems. Additionally, checkweighers can also record and retrieve product
non-alcoholic beverage industry, accurate information for future production benefits.
weighing is very important as well and is
usually expected by consumers, so
checkweigher has been widely used to
determine the proper weight of each product More Information Service Info C004
during the manufacturing process. For
example, if the filling quantity exceeds the
specified amount, the production department
will immediately identify the packing
abnormalities without requiring employees to
inspect the products. This should allow the
manufacturers to resolve the issue in a timely
manner, which in turn lowers their production
costs and increases employee safety.

Not to mention beverage recalls, which
can occur occasionally for a variety of reasons,
such as consumer complaints, orders from
retailers or governments, when the product
weight does not meet the standards, or the
products are out of specification (not packed
according to the specified quantity or amount).
Indeed, the last two scenarios are especially
common if manufacturers do not weigh every
product during the process or continue to rely
on human labor. This is another reason why
the use of checkweigher is extremely beneficial
in assessing the weight of each product, as it
not only allows for a reduction in employee
numbers but also improves production
capacity and quality, as well as reducing the
risk of product recalls.

Inc r e as e d c onsum ption
necessitates quick production
Recently, many non-alcoholic beverage
producers have been forced to increase
production capacity due to the industry’s rapid
growth and rising consumer demand. But how
can they do so without affecting packaging
quality? The secret is that today’s checkweigher

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