{"id":1490,"date":"2015-11-03T22:07:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T22:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2015-11-03T22:07:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T22:07:46","slug":"potato-handling-line-pipers-crisps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/2015\/11\/03\/potato-handling-line-pipers-crisps\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Potato Handling for Pipers Crisp Co"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of continued factory developments to increase production and meet customer demand, Pipers Crisp Co<\/a>. made the decision to invest in a custom potato handling infeed line from Tong Engineering.<\/p>\n

Based in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, Pipers Crisp Co are a specialist handcooked snack manufacturer. Producing over 800,000 bags of luxury crisps every week. These are then distributed to pubs, hotels, delicatessens, farm shops, museums, stadiums and garden centres nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u00abOur aim is to provide the perfect potato crisp. Using locally sourced products, natural ingredients and traditional processes.\u00bb Commented Alex Albone, Director of Pipers Crisp Co.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last nine years, Pipers has expanded significantly. From the simple beginnings of washing potatoes in a sink, slicing by hand. And then finishing them up by cooking the potatoes in a fish and chip shop fryer. To producing millions of packets of hand-cooked crisps every month.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore investing in new potato handling equipment, we were using a second-hand manual infeed line. This infeed line led to a destoner<\/a>, peeler and single bulk fryer. To increase production and efficiencies, we extended this setup to include a second fryer and new batch potato peeler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Increase in demand Led to automation<\/h5>\n

\u201cWe knew that\u00a0automating the entire process was essential to help effectively meet targets. Particularly with demand soaring and orders increasing, on an almost daily basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this in mind, we purchased a bespoke infeed system from Tong Engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cStarting with a one-tonne custom box tipper<\/a>, a high volume of potatoes is fed into a bespoke hopper-conveyor. This then leads to coil cleaners\u00a0<\/a>and a new vegetable destoner<\/a>. Once soil and stones have been removed, the potatoes are elevated into a batch peeler. Before being fried and bagged, ready for despatch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potato processing equipment is customised to meet our exact space and size requirements. Our factory wasn\u2019t built as a dedicated processing plant, so specifying standardised equipment would have been impossible.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing installation, our efficiencies have increased dramatically. We now produce over three millions bags every month, using a fully automated process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe equipment is robust, reliable and the perfect solution for our needs. What\u2019s more, as a Lincolnshire-based company themselves, Tong\u2019s dedicated service team<\/a> are just down the road. They can help out with any questions or maintenance requirements whenever we need them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been delighted with the whole process, from site visits and specification to installation and after-sales service. I\u2019d recommend a custom system from Tong to anyone and hope to work together in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of continued factory developments to increase production and meet customer demand, Pipers Crisp Co. made the decision to invest in a custom potato handling infeed line from Tong Engineering. Based in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, Pipers Crisp Co are a specialist handcooked snack manufacturer. Producing over 800,000 bags of luxury crisps every week. These…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tongengineering.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}