CFS introduces with CFS TwinStar® an enhanced traysealer concept that has been consistently optimised according to the principles of Lifecycle Performance. CFS TwinStar® will help producers of case ready, meal components, ready meals or sliced products to improve their performance and benefit from enhanced food safety and lower costs per pack.

“When investing in new packaging equipment, performance is essential“ says Maurizio Bersani, Product Manager Traysealing at CFS. „The machine has to ensure the product’s quality and it has to be flexible in operation. But first of all it has to achieve lower costs per pack. When developing the new CFS TwinStar® our engineers continuously discussed with the customer consultants: What is the best way to improve the CFS TwinStar® in such a way, that our customers could take most advantage from the concept.”

From the very beginning it was evident that better performance does not necessarily mean increased cycle frequency. From an economic perspective it means above all increasing productivity while reducing costs at the same time. Therefore with CFS TwinStar® all processes and construction details have been consistently optimised with respect to longer machine running times. In practice this means reduction of maintenance and cleaning times, increase of technical machine availability and improvement of interfaces.

Shorter cleaning times

An important item was the improvement of the hygienic design with the objective to meet tomorrow’s hygienic requirements in spite of shorter cleaning procedures. With its special wash-down design, hinged side panels as well as complete construction made of stainless steel and food approved materials, CFS TwinStar® represents state of the art hygienic design and meets hygienic demands without any difficulties.