Installation of an automated production line

ANXOVES DE L'ESCALA (ANCHOVIE FROM LA ESCALA)– FOOD AND CONSERVATION

Giropès has done the installation of an automated production line in Anxoves de L'Escala, a treatment and conservation company of anchovies.

Anxoves de L'Escala is a company with more than 75 years of experience in the anchovy production process. The technological advancement, together with the use of traditional methods and knowledge, which has been passed down from one generation to the next, since the arrival of the Greeks in Empúries in the VI century a. C. All this knowledge has made it possible to Anxoves de l’Escala to produce a high quality product, together with a high level of preservation.

The renewal has been a fundamental pillar in this company of the food industry which has achieved a modern factory, equipped with the latest technology and finally completed with the improvement in their production line. These changes have resulted in an optimization of resources to meet the challenges of an increasing demand.

This installation substitutes a manual production line, optimizing the resources and making the work easier to the operators of the company. Moreover, the new automated production line results in a greater accuracy and reliability when carrying out the anchovy jars.

The production line has a total of 20 weigh sets. These sets are formed by a GRP platform, a stainless steel platform with a GI410i indicator, an LCD with IP65 protection, ideal for an environment of extreme humidity and exposed to salt water such as the one you can find in an anchovies treatment plant.

The 20 weighing sets are controlled and managed by the GiScale PRO software, designed and implemented by our team of engineers in Giropès Solutions.

The software GiScale PRO enables the user to connect an almost unlimited number of indicators to the programme. Besides, it also adds more freedom to customize tickets and reports, register specific areas. It also enables the user to perform a weighing system in a semi unattended mode and even monitor and manage lines of production.