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Burkert helps Jamaican patties remain a firm favourite
Incorporated 30 years ago in June this year, Cleone Foods produces Jamaican patties and distributes them under its Island Delight brand name. The company relies on its process equipment to ensure an uninterrupted supply of its tasty products and Burkert has proven itself up to the task with process valves that have been in operation for ten years before requiring a service.
Derived from the Cornish pasty, Jamaican patties can contain a range of fillings with a distinctive, spicy taste. The company, which is based in Birmingham, has expanded several times since its inception, including into bigger premises.
Wade Lyn, the founder and company director of Cleone Foods, created the company with a clear objective of creating a strong brand that delivered high quality products without compromise. This concept was also used in selecting the equipment used to manufacture the Jamaican patties and the reason behind choosing Burkert fluid control valves.
Wade commented: “We have a passion for creating our products and quality matters a lot – not just for food industry regulatory standards but for the taste and the experience of our range, it has to be right.”
Maintaining productivity
Maintaining productivity is very important in any industry, especially in the food and beverage sector, where downtime needs to be minimised wherever possible. Therefore, being able to replace components, such as control valves, in a matter of minutes ensures that production lines can continue operating with minimal delays.
For the past 10 years, Burkert Type 2000 flow control valves have been used to regulate the flow of steam and hot water to the cookers, in an area that has repeated washdowns. The choice of control valve has delivered a decade of reliable service in an environment that would have caused lesser components to fall short.
More recently, the Type 2000 underwent a design update that, among other things, reduced the overall length of the fluidic module. Therefore, if a complete valve assembly was to be replaced, some additional work would be required to reposition the threaded joints to enable the new valve to be installed.
However, in this case, only the original valve stem and actuators were to be replaced, leaving the valve body in place. Fortunately, even though the Type 2000 has been updated, the new components are still compatible with the original valve bodies, minimising the downtime required to complete the job.
Prolonging service life
Pneumatically controlled valves have two ports, inlet and exhaust and in a humid atmosphere damp air can reduce the long-term reliability of the valve. When the valve closes a small amount of ambient air is drawn into the valve to fill the void. In certain circumstances it is advisable to install a silencer on the valve or to draw the air from a cleaner source, such as the inside of a control cabinet. So, when the local Burkert sales manager visited the production site he offered this advice on prolonging the service life of the new valves even further than the 10 years offered by the original components.
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