Choosing the Right Partner for Your Filling & Checkweighing Equipment Needs 

As a contract packager, you’re no stranger to the ever-changing nature of your operation’s needs. In fact, it’s probably second nature to you. On any given day, you could be filling and checkweighing several distinct products, many of which may have vastly different packaging requirements.  

Seamlessly moving from one product to the next can be incredibly challenging, especially when your equipment lacks ease of use and isn’t designed to work for multiple applications. As a result, your filling and checkweighing equipment can cause a significant amount of downtime in your operations, limiting production yields and profits. That’s why choosing the right partner for your filling and checkweighing equipment needs is crucial. 

With the right equipment, you can reduce your downtime and increase yields, making contract packaging more straightforward than ever before. Read on to explore three reasons why contract packagers choose Spee-Dee: 

Versatile Contract Packaging Solutions  

Spee-Dee equipment is versatile and can handle a variety of products and packaging formats, helping you meet your production goals while offering the flexibility your contract packaging operations require.  

Whether you’re filling or checkweighing fine particles of nutraceutical powders or larger pieces of food like pretzels, Spee-Dee packaging machinery is designed specifically for your applications. And, with the ability to quickly change out parts, switching between applications has never been easier.  

Our equipment includes: 

• Augers that are designed to be fast and reliable. Ideal for everything from free-flowing products such as sugar, spices or drink mixes, or non-free-flowing products such as baking mix, protein powder or infant formula.
• Volumetric Fillers designed for fast cup size changeovers, featuring a simple drive system and minimal number of parts that make them the industry’s most durable, low-maintenance option. Ideal for applications such as beans, pet food, snacks, rice, nuts, candy and more.
• High-Speed and Compact Rotary Fillers that are ideal for filling rigid containers with candy, coffee, drink mixes, gummy vitamins, industrial & chemical powders, nutraceutical powders, pet food, rice, beans, nuts, snacks and spices.
• Checkweighers that guarantee precise and reliable measurement that is 10 times more accurate than traditional strain gauge load cells, in addition to being more durable and easier to move from one line to another. Ideal for checkweighing individual cans, bottles, jars, cartons, and bags or for inspecting multipack cartons and cases.

Additionally, Spee-Dee filling and checkweighing solutions easily integrate with other packaging equipment, making them even more flexible for your production needs.  

Easily Reconfigure Lines with Portable Filling & Checkweighing Equipment 

When you’re packaging multiple products with various needs, being able to easily reconfigure your line is crucial to maximizing your operational efficiencies. On top of this, finding room for all of this different equipment can be a challenge. To give you access to the equipment you need, where you need it, and when you need it, Spee-Dee machinery can be made portable.  

For instance, our checkweighers can be put on casters. This solution allows contract packagers to easily reconfigure a line to meet a particular product or package’s needs on the fly.  

Another example that offers the flexibility of simple line reconfiguration is a cup filler on an adjustable height mobile stand. Ideal for applications with rigid containers on conveyor lines, this versatile solution helps reduce the complexity of contract packaging operations.  

Simplified Changeovers for Contract Packagers  

Changeovers can eat away at production time and yields in any operational environment, but especially for contract packagers who are regularly changing over equipment from application to application. That’s why Spee-Dee equipment is designed to make changeovers quick and simple. 

A few of these design features include: 

• Augers with quick-disconnect hopper clamps, split hopper, tool-less sliding key and more. 
• Volumetric Fillers are designed for fast cup size changeovers. Telescoping cups offer the ability to fine tune the fill weight to ensure adherence to specifications. 
• Rotary Fillers with tool-less change parts, including timing screws and starwheels. The filling funnels are designed with a patented method to attach to the turret using embedded magnets, not fasteners, allowing for tool-less operation. The hygienic conveyor also has a tool-less slider bed and roller returns that can be removed for full access. 
  
  

Don’t wait to alleviate your contract packaging headaches. Reach out to us to discuss how Spee-Dee can improve your operations.