NDC gauging solutions bring high value to European snack maker

Snack manufacturing benefits from NDC.

Firing Industries Ltd. carries gauging systems by NDC Technologies. This manufacturer has specialized in infrared innovation for more than 50 years, during which time it has developed strong relationships with food-processing companies globally, including snack-food makers. NDC’s line of intelligent equipment adds high value to these production processes. The case study below demonstrates the solid relationship NDC has with a major snack manufacturer in Europe, one that produces a successful family of products.

The innovative Series 9 gauge

This company has used NDC’s on-line, near-infrared gauging systems for accurate monitoring of moisture and oil content in it snack foods during its extensive production operations for more than 20 years. These instruments have delivered dependable service at temperatures higher than 50 degrees Celsius and under the permanent influence of dust and oil vapour. While this approach was working locally, it was not always consistent with the manufacturer’s broad range of brands and locations. So some NDC locations were using competitors’ gauges.

The snack maker began several years ago to reconsider the way it was using measuring devices to reduce its reliance on manual testing and to standardize how gauges were used for process and quality control. As part of this process, the company decided to conduct a close assessment of NDC gauges and competing instruments.

The NDC applications technical-support team stepped in with feedback on its solutions’ outstanding performance. As a result, the customer continues to distribute company-wide instructions on how to measure oil and moisture in snack foods, with the only specifically named producer being NDC.

One of NDC’s most powerful products is the next-generation Series 9 gauge, which is available to Canadian customers via Firing Industries. This device has a new interface and simplicity of calibration that aligns well with this snack-food producer’s processes, so the customer bought a number of them for its European plants. This is ample evidence of the trust that this company puts in NDC and its solutions. The Series 9 gauge can deliver the same value to any snack manufacturing operations.

To learn more, contact Firing Industries’ application-sales engineers at ddubuc@firing.com or (877) 688-0974.

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