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R Series Multihead Weighers

R Series Multihead Weigher

With the development of the new R-Series, Ishida offers you the world's fastest and most accurate multihead weighers. Their new, rapid combination calculation system delivers higher speeds and increased efficiency. It also means significantly greater accuracy, enabling these Ishida weighing machines to break new ground in reducing product giveaway.

R-Series mutlihead weighers offer you:

  • Speeds of up to 200 wpm on a 14-head single-discharge weighing machine
  • 16-, 20- and 24-head models proportionately faster
  • Reductions in product giveaway of up to 0.5%
  • Improved efficiency: ‘missed cycles’ virtually eliminated
  • Greater ease of networking/integration (Windows XP®-based platform)
  • Simpler sharing of software, presets and other data across weighing machines and sites
  • Easier, faster operator training, with improved 'Assistant' and Help functions and on-screen manuals and tutorials.

 

Literature

PDF Ishida and the Multihead Weigher - Non-stop Innovation (2,534KB)

11/12/2007

This brochures outlines how major advances as well as day-to-day improvements have enabled one company to remain at the forefront of the field for many years

PDF Ishida Training (1,291KB)

10/08/2007

The key to improved efficiency and profitability.

PDF R-Series (2,065KB)

09/08/2007

The R-Series: new technology delivers greater speed and accuracy with less giveaway.

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PR Stories

Ishida Provides the Right Solution for Frozen Food Lines

14/07/2010

Ledo, the largest supplier of frozen food products in Croatia, has benefited from the expertise of Ishida Europe in the installation of three weighing and packing lines for frozen vegetables, fish and pastry that have enabled the company to reduce product giveaway, increase production capacity and tighten production control.

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Advanced Automation and Complete Traceability from Ishida

04/06/2010

Ishida Europe has designed and installed a complete packing line enabling three to four operators to produce prepared salads at up to 40 trays per minute, whilst automating inspection and making every pack traceable to a stored X-ray image.

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Mike Heffernan to Head up Ishida Europe Sales

28/04/2010

Ishida Europe has appointed Mike Heffernan as Director of Sales - Core Products to lead the company in the next stage of its growth programme. Mr Heffernan will be responsible for sales of Ishida's extensive range of weighing and associated equipment, including its world leading multihead weighers, checkweighers, X-ray systems and snack food bagmakers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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Fast Payback for Ishida Nuts Line

08/04/2010

A major German nut processor has cut average giveaway from 2g to 0.4g per 200g can of nuts by switching from volumetric methods to Ishida multihead weighers.

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The Future Looks 'Tray Bien' at Marie

08/03/2010

Leading French food manufacturer Marie Surgelés has selected Ishida to design and install a new line for the weighing and packing of ready meals into microwavable trays.

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Ishida Leads the Way For Salad Packing In Denmark

19/05/2009

Leading fresh produce supplier Lykkegården Aps, based in Auning, Denmark, has become the first Danish company to install multihead weighers for salads with the purchase of two of the latest Ishida weighers through Ishida's Danish agent TH Consult.

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Ishida at Heart of McCain's Expansion in South Africa

17/03/2009

McCain Foods has expanded one of its key plants in South Africa with the addition of three new packing lines, each based around an Ishida R-Series multihead weigher.

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Ishida Helps Gruninger to Cut Costs and Increase Capacity

19/08/2008

Wholesale butcher Eugen Gruninger Großmetzgerei GmbH & Co. KG, has introduced a second Ishida multihead weigher at its plant in Freiburg/Breisgau, enabling it to expand its production capacity substantially while dispensing with expensive night working.

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Goldfish Doubles Packing Speeds

19/06/2008

The purchase of two new R-Series multihead weighers from Ishida Europe has doubled the packing speed at leading fresh and frozen shrimp supplier Goldfish B.V.

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New Weighers Reduce Puff Pastry Rejects

27/05/2008

The installation of two Ishida multihead weighers and two checkweighers at leading puff pastry manufacturer Cansimag France SA has halved the rate of product breakages as well as increasing weighing speed and accuracy.

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Aviko Impressed by Benefits of Ishida Mulltihead Weighers

14/04/2008

High speeds, increased throughput, low giveaway and gentle product handling, all of which have led to fast payback, are among the reasons why Aviko, Europe's second largest potato processor, uses Ishida multihead weighing equipment to help meet its production targets.

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Ishida Weigher Boosts Yield for Packed Salad

07/12/2007

Increased yield - at a level previously considered unattainable for salad products - is one of the major benefits that Gartenfrisch Jung GmbH has experienced with a 14-head multihead weigher from Ishida's new, advanced R-Series.

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New Multihead Weighers Bring Maximum Benefit for Small Size Packs

12/11/2007

Ishida Europe has further extended its R Series range of advanced multihead weighers with the introduction of two new versions specifically designed for the fast and accurate weighing of small target weights.

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Ishida Grows in the Middle East

06/09/2007

The opening of new purpose-designed premises in Dubai is underlining Ishida's ongoing commitment to its customer base in the Middle East and Africa.

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Strategic Cooperation Between Multivac and Ishida Packing Line Solutions from Two World Leaders

04/09/2007

Two of the world's leading companies in the packaging industry, Multivac and Ishida, have agreed upon a strategic cooperation to provide customers with fully integrated, best-in-class packing line solutions.

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Report says the Right Supply Partner can Maximise Benefits of Automation

03/07/2007

Food manufacturers should benchmark their own level of automation against the industry standard to ensure that production efficiencies do not fall behind the competition, according to a new report published by the University of Lincoln and supported by Ishida Europe.

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Ishida Weigher Boosts Yield for Packed Salad

06/06/2007

Increased yield - at a level previously considered unattainable for salad products - is one of the major benefits that Gartenfrisch Jung GmbH has experienced with a 14-head weigher from Ishida's new, advanced R-Series.

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Improved Salad Performance with New R-Series Multihead Weigher

01/05/2007

A special 14 head salad version of Ishida's newest R Series multihead weigher has helped to increase production at Vega Mayor S.A. in Navarre, Spain, part of the Florette group, a leading supplier of fruit and vegetables with 15% of the European supermarket sector.

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Aunt Bessie in Safe Hands with Ishida

01/03/2007

Ishida Europe has devised and installed a bespoke weighing and packing solution that has enabled leading food manufacturer Tryton Foods to automate the packing process of its famous Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Puddings.

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Ishida Unveils Revolutionary Traysealer

01/08/2006

At Scanpack, Ishida Europe will unveil a brand new traysealer capable of sealing speeds of 200 trays per minute, an innovative X-ray inspection system, a new multihead weigher specifically developed for fresh meat and an integrated mini packing line for fresh products and ready meals. In addition, the company will demonstrate models from its latest groundbreaking multihead weigher and checkweigher ranges.

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Pioneering Technology on Show.

13/07/2006

Examples of Ishida's advanced technology will be on display at the PPMA Show where the company will demonstrate its latest high-speed multihead weigher range, a tray sealer with integrated checkweigher and a new checkweigher with colour touch screen.

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First R-Series Achieves 'Grater' Accuracy for Cheese

26/05/2006

An Ishida R Series multihead weigher installed at leading cheese processor and packer The Kerrygold Company of Leek, Staffordshire, is delivering higher speeds and improved efficiencies in the packing of grated cheese.

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Frozen Lardons at 208 Twin Packs Per Minute

26/04/2006

An Ishida weighing and distribution system has enabled Dutch meat processor Compaxo to produce twin packs of frozen lardons at very high speeds.

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Winning Reliability for Potatoes

04/04/2006

Complete reliability, accurate weighing and ease of use are key benefits of three Ishida multihead weighers installed at leading German potato producer Friweika's factory in Weidensdorf, Saxony, which form an integral part of the company's continuous processing and packing system for both fresh and ready-prepared potatoes.

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Frenzel Benefits From Ishida's 'Retail Ready' Solution

15/09/2005

Leading German frozen food manufacturer Frenzel has installed an Ishida Retail Ready Line at its factory in Thuringia to provide a comprehensive packing system for a new range of trays that enable frozen meals to be steamed cooked in the microwave.

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PPMA Show Preview, Ishida Europe, Hall 12 Stand 12231

21/07/2005

A number of new machines on display on the Ishida Europe stand at the PPMA Show will demonstrate the company's pioneering technology and ability to offer complete packaging solutions. The new equipment includes Ishida's QX Tray Sealer with integrated checkweigher, the UK debut of the groundbreaking R Series multihead weigher and the company's new Atlas bagmaker, which will also be shown as part of an ITPS (Integrated Total Packing System) for snacks.

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R series takes weighing to the next level

07/06/2005

The newly-launched R Series range of multihead weighers from Ishida Europe are claimed to be the fastest and most accurate multihead weighing models ever produced.

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European Launch For New Multihead Weigher

04/05/2005

Ishida Europe is to launch its next generation multihead weigher at Interpack. The new R-Series multihead weigher range - “the fastest and most accurate multihead weighers available” - will be demonstrated alongside other recently-launched Ishida innovations including the Retail Ready Line (RRL) - a complete weighing and packing line for fresh foods- and the Fresh Food Weigher (FFW) that enables sticky fresh foods to be weighed automatically using the combination weighing principle.

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Retail Ready Line Provides Integrated Solution

28/09/2004

With growing legislative and retailer pressure on fresh product processors regarding product safety, hygiene and traceability, plus increasing cost pressures in a highly price competitive market, Ishida Europe has devised a fully automated solution for packing fresh produce, meat and fish into trays that maximises production efficiency, provides comprehensive quality control and offers a reduction in waste and manpower requirements.

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Ishida Speeds Up Potato Weighing

14/09/2004

An Ishida multihead weigher specially developed for potatoes has provided a cost-effective solution for increased packing speeds at a leading Irish potato grower and packer.

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Ishida Establishes Subsidiary Company In Germany

04/08/2004

Ishida Europe Limited is pleased to announce a major investment in the German market by setting up a full subsidiary company, Ishida GmbH, with effect from July 2004. The newly founded company will be responsible for Germany and Austria.

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Nyfrost Weighs In: Double Quick

28/06/2004

The installation of two Ishida multihead weighers at Nyfrost, the Danish fish and shellfish contract packer, has doubled weighing speeds at its Hirtshals factory. In addition, a DACS-H checkweigher permits fast, accurate pack weight verification after filling.

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Ishida's New German Business Demonstrates Wide-Ranging Capabilities

15/05/2004

The Ishida Europe stand at Fachpack will showcase Ishida's established world market leadership in multihead weighing and also highlight its expertise in the creation of complete packing line solutions for fresh foods.

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Ishida "clucks up" another success

27/02/2004

The installation of an Ishida multihead weigher at Broilertalo Oy, the largest poultry producer in Finland, has greatly reduced product giveaway, facilitated processing and afforded an impressive increase in line capacity.

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Automated packing of long sausages: now Tulip Food Company improves pack appearance and reduces cost with Ishida

01/01/2003

Steff Houlberg, now a part of Tulip Food Company, has partnered with Ishida Europe to automate the packing of long (165mm) sausages in plastic pouches. The new approach delivers a neater, more consumer-friendly pack, but also saves considerably on plastic film, manpower and giveaway compared with the previous manual/flow-wrap method.

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Twinings chooses Ishida to weigh loose tea at 100 cartons a minute

01/01/2003

Ishida has installed a twin discharge multihead weigher as part of a new packing line to enable Twinings to weigh tea into cartons at high speed. The new line replaces three linear weigher lines, greatly increasing accuracy and reducing changeover downtime.

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Finnish bake-off supplier finds Ishida is key to accurate packing

31/12/2002

In moving from serving only its own bakeries to supplying other companies and consumers, Vaasan & Vaasan Oy needed to find a more accurate means of packing frozen bake-off products. After testing different approaches, the company chose flat plastic bags as the packaging, and Ishida multihead weighers as the means of filling them. This has provided it with the ability to deliver accurately-filled packs, while also enabling it, without major manpower implications, to add capacity quickly in a fast-growing market.

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Ishida helps Vaasan & Vaasan to keep bakery production flowing smoothly

31/12/2002

A major Finnish baked products company, working with Ishida, has automated its packing of freshly baked products. A storage conveyor system, together with the speed and reliability of an Ishida multihead weigher, enables frequent product and film changes to take place, without disrupting production flow.

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Roach Foods doubles throughput with first lardon multihead weigher in UK

31/12/2002

The UK's leading supplier of pre-packed bacon and cooked meat to supermarkets has replaced a volumetric packing system with an Ishida multihead weigher and tray-filling distribution system. Speed has now increased to the top speed of the thermoforming system. Throughput has been doubled. Presentation has been improved and product-in-seal problems eliminated, while manpower costs have been considerably reduced.

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World's smallest Multihead weigher weighs valuable vegetable seeds at Nunhems Zaden

26/04/2002

Nunhems Zaden BV of the Netherlands has become the first company in Europe to use the new Ishida CCW-M-214W-S/005 mutlihead weigher.

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Ishida helps make soup consistently tasty

15/03/2002

In the rolling countryside near Göttingen, Barteroder Feinkost GmbH makes gourmet soups which are sold by retailers all over Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria and France. Many of the recipes are of Indonesian origin, and date back over 25 years to when a much-travelled pair of brothers set up an Indonesian restaurant in Göttingen.

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Ishida Speeds up Beetroot Packing and Saves Labour at DH Baum

07/01/2002

Based at Northleach, in the Cotswolds, DH Baum (Far Peak) Ltd is one of the UK's leading processors and packers of beetroot.

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State-of-the-art distribution system enables Ishida to weighs mussels and prawns into thermoformed trays

24/10/2001

Cumbrian Seafoods Ltd, based in northern England, is a major processor of frozen seafood, supplying large volumes to major retailers. Success has led to investment in rapid expansion, and Ishida was asked to install weighing equipment for a new packing line within eight weeks of placing the order.

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Ishida helps Valdigrano bring pasta into the mainstream of food manufacture

12/01/2000

Italy, where pasta was an important food long before Marco Polo is reputed to have brought this dish from China back to the old world, has a long tradition of Pastifici, or cottage-industry manufacturers.

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Ishida and Staff Houlberg on target: 120 packs per minute

08/01/2000

Steff Houlberg is one of the three major pigmeat companies in Denmark. The company owns the largest slaughterhouse in the country and handles about 60,000 pigs per week for the domestic and export markets.

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Mirsa buys Ishida weighing machines for low-temperature weighing of goulash ingredients.

07/01/2000

Take a tomato, whose weight can vary considerably, place it in a pack and fill up to the exact target weight with the other components of goulash soup. All this at high speed at fifteen degrees below zero.

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Mixing sugar-coated eggs: a colourful challenge

04/01/2000

A popular Danish treat at Easter, or indeed at any time of year, is the marzipan egg, coated with chocolate and with an outer shell of coloured sugar. Toms Fabrikker A/S, one of Denmarks major confectionery manufacturers has chosen to mix-weigh these eggs using an Ishida multihead weigher.

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Breaded fish products into trays: Ishida creates an ingenious solution for Cavaghan and Gray

01/01/2000

A unique 'carousel' dispensing unit under an Ishida multihead weigher, placing breaded fish products into pre-formed trays, is one of the key features of a complete packaging line designed and installed entirely by Ishida Europe for the Grimsby factory of Cavaghan and Gray.

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Ishida Multihead weigher brings frozen meat packing benefits

07/01/1999

An Ishida CCW-NZ-214W-S/70-WP weighing machine installed at leading frozen meat processors W & J Parker (Wholesale) Ltd has led to increased packaging speeds and efficiencies across the Company's extensive product range.

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Salt sticks: long, fragile but no longer a problem to pack

05/01/1999

Saltsticks (those twig-like, salted biscuits) are a highly popular snack in many countries around the world. However, the sticks have long posed problems for automated weighing and automated packaging procedures.

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Grated cheese mixing solution from Ishida Europe

02/01/1999

Ishida Europe has installed a complete cheese blending solution for the Kerrygold Company.

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Case Studies

PDF At Marie the Future Looks 'Tray Bien' (313KB)

12 July 2010

When a major customer decided that trays were the way to go for an important range of its ready meals, Marie Surgelés chose Ishida to implement the new line.

PDF Chicken Wings Beat Faster on Emslands New Ishidas (208KB)

17 June 2010

The tricky challenge of automating the weighing of fresh chicken wings, with their awkward shapes andnatural stickiness, has been met for Emsland Frischgeflügel GmbH.

PDF Goldfish B.V.'s Experience With Ishida R-Series Multihead Weighers (264KB)

17 June 2010

High-value individual items such as fresh shrimp poseparticular challenges at the weighing and packing stage.

PDF Swedish Meatballs Travel at Up To 120 Bags per Minute (169KB)

17 June 2010

Sweden's largest food-sector family business has installed a 14-head weigher from Ishida Europe on its meatball processing line at Källby.

PDF A Flexible Approach to Weighing (438KB)

09 July 2008

A French food group diversified its range of frozen ready meals to such an extent that their existing production line simply wasn't up to the job.

PDF A Versatile Packing Solution (783KB)

09 July 2008

Limited capacity threatened the growth plans of a leading Dutch supplier of top quality flat fish to European supermarkets.

PDF Breaded Fish into Trays (468KB)

01 March 2004

A "carousel" dispensing unit under an Ishida Multihead placing breaded fish into pre-formed trays is the key feature of a complete packing line designed and installed by Ishida Europe.

PDF How to reduce cost through machine reliability and line flexibility (297KB)

01 March 2004

Swiss biscuit manufacturer producing 12,000 tons of biscuits in 160 product lines uses Ishida Multihead Weighers on 2 packing lines.

PDF How to reduce costs, increase quality and flexibility (477KB)

01 March 2004

Leading Swiss health food producer of extrusions, biscuits and flakes needed a solution to packing grain products into special sealed cups.

PDF Ishida Distribution System puts prawns and mussels into thermoformed trays (337KB)

01 March 2004

A large processor of frozen foods which supplies most of the UK supermarkets needed to rapidly expand its packing operation.

PDF Ishida help make soup consistently tasty (177KB)

01 March 2004

German manufacturer used an Ishida 16-head weigher to produce 50,000 tins of soup each day.

PDF Ishida multiheads reduce downtime (180KB)

01 March 2004

A flexible, multi-functional array of equipment for mixing, weighing and packing confectionery uses five 14-head weighers from Ishida.

PDF New Health Food packing operation installed by Ishida Europe (203KB)

01 March 2004

Investment in a new purpose built packing and distribution centre including 3 complete packing lines devised and installed by Ishida Europe.

PDF Reducing time to market with Ishida (155KB)

01 March 2004

Choice of Ishida demonstrates that today's food manufacturers are looking for not just reliable, flexible equipment but a supplier who can offer complete solutions.

PDF Weighing sticky surimi (281KB)

01 March 2004

Ishida Europe have recently installed a weighing and distribution system for packing cooked crab-fish made from surimi.

PDF Weighing Tuna (316KB)

01 March 2004

Ishida Europe and its Spanish agent CIMA have supplied an ant-stick multihead for handling preserved tuna for a leading supplier of tuna fish.

PDF Well-ordered bags make a more attractive display (217KB)

01 March 2004

Swedish manufacturer is among the first confectionery companies to use an Ishida Flexible Packing System (FPS).

PDF World's smallest multihead weighs valuable vegetable seeds (196KB)

01 March 2004

This operation was the first in Europe to use the new "Lilliput" multi-head weigher from Ishida Europe.

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