Parker domnick hunter nitrogen gas generators provide food- for-thought and save huge costs for snack food packaging.
Date:
20/02/2009
Snack food manufacturer Shahi Enterprises Pvt. Ltd, has saved substantial costs by installing a Parker domnick hunter MAXIGAS nitrogen gas generator in September 2007 to produce its own nitrogen for snack food packaging.
Based in Karachi, Pakistan, Shahi Enterprises Pvt. Ltd makes various snack foods including traditional Nimco products and relies on a source of nitrogen for Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP).
MAP is a technique which helps maintain product freshness, quality and extend shelf-life. It uses nitrogen which is a clean, dry, inert gas, to reduce the oxygen content within food packaging to prevent product deterioration which may occur due to oxidative rancidity, moisture loss or gain, microbial, in addition to mould induced spoilage.
Nitrogen can also used be as a filler gas to create a pressurised atmosphere that prevents 'package collapse' thus helping to protect the product.
Shahi Enterprises Pvt. Ltd previously relied on a source of nitrogen via a cylinder supply. However, this proved to be very expensive and purity levels which often varied between cylinders, presented serious potential product quality issues.
The company also experienced production loss during cylinder refill periods in addition to interruptions to busy production when cylinders were often delivered empty, whilst still having to pay for nitrogen not received.
Moreover, the volume of cylinders required demanded considerable resource for manual handling and thus inconvenient for its busy packaging process.
The company was keen to investigate an alternative solution and when introduced to MAXIGAS by Trade Tacts International (Pvt.) Ltd, a local Parker domnick hunter distributor it quickly recognised the many benefits of the system.
The short pay-back time period in addition to features such as continuous purity monitoring, economy mode for energy savings, compact design and modular approach for multi-bank flexibility, encouraged the company to make its own nitrogen with a MAXIGAS nitrogen gas generator.
In September 2007, one MAXIGAS108 unit and a compressed air pre-treatment system including a desiccant dryer and filter was commissioned to deliver 28 m3/hr and a 0.5% oxygen content.
Mr. Asad Naeem Raza from Trade Tacts comments 'This was the first Parker domnick hunter generator commissioned in Pakistan. The system has been running trouble-free since installation and the support from Parker domnick hunter has been superb.'
Mr. Rizwan Ali, Manager Factory Operations for Shahi Enterprises Pvt. Ltd confirms 'The MAXIGAS generator system has offered us true peace of mind.'
MAXIGAS and MIDIGAS nitrogen gas generators are suitable for various applications in multiple industries and are backed by Parker domnick hunter's global network of manufacturing, sales and customer support centres, providing full service, spares and applications expertise. Optional preventative maintenance contracts are also available.
In addition to nitrogen, Parker domnick hunter also offers pre-treatment solutions such as OIL-X EVOLUTION compressed air filters and PNEUDRI adsorption dryers to provide compressed air to ISO 8573-1:2001 air quality standards. Sterile gas in addition to polishing solutions which ensure beverage-grade carbon dioxide remains within specification, are also availabl
