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REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES. 2013 INTERNATIONAL DAIRY SHOW TRACKING AND REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES IN CUTTING AND WRAPPING OPERATION TO WHOEVER OPERATES A SEMI-AUTOMATIC OR AUTOMATIC CHEESE CUTTING AND WRAPPING OPERATION. PARTICULARLY LINES INCLUDING A CHECKWEIGHER. BOOTH 557.
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REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES 2013 INTERNATIONAL DAIRY SHOW TRACKING AND REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES IN CUTTING AND WRAPPING OPERATION TO WHOEVER OPERATES A SEMI-AUTOMATIC OR AUTOMATIC CHEESE CUTTING AND WRAPPING OPERATION. PARTICULARLY LINES INCLUDING A CHECKWEIGHER. BOOTH 557 J.Denis Bedard, P.Eng. COPRODEV PLUS
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES 1 – Cheeseislike GOLD! It’sColoris golden?
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES It takes 10 pints of milk to produce 1 bl of cheese 90% of the milkisconvertedintowhey (lactoserum) - Filteredthrough reverse osmosis - or evaporated to producewheypowder Both of thesetechnology are expensive to purchase and maintained. Theyalsorequire large quantity of energy to operate.
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES RAW MATERIAL LOSSES (Penalty = $8.00/KG) • Cheesethat ends up on the floor and cannotberesold • Cheesethat ends up in catchpansthat are contaminated • Metal contamination • It canaccount to as much as 1% of tonnage
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES The source of rawmateriallosses Mostlyfromwirecuttingequipments Manual handling of the cheese Bad conveyors transitions Improperconveyor transport chains
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES How to reduceyourrawcheeselosses? • Measure and trackyoucheeselosses –Target lessthan 0,1% • Sensibilise the production personnel • Install catchpansthroughout the entire production line • Do regular dry cleaning • Considerultrasoniccheesecutting • Automate
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES TRIM GENERATED BY THE CUTTERS (Penalty = $2,00/KG) TIPS to REDUCE IT Measure and TrackyourTrim Whatcanyou do to improve the squareness of your blocks? Do you have to trimsomuch? Revisityourproduct dimensions, Evaluateyourcuttingvolumetricefficiency. Evaluate new technology. Don’tforgetyour the owner of the company, youcan call the shot!
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES NEW TEHNOLOGY = CHANGE IN CUTTING CONFIGURATION AND IMPROVE CUTTING VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES SCALE REJECT % VS PRODUCT GIVE-AWAY ($2,00/kg Penalty) ($8,00/kg Penalty) RECALL: THE RULES The averageweight of the sampling lot must belarger the declaredweight 2. Sampleswithweightsbelow the MAV (Maximum Alowable Variance) are illegal
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES DW = 454GM MAV = 19,9GM
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REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES How do you compare two production lines running differentproduct? Line 1: 454gm, Sigma= 9,2gm Line 2: 907gm, Sigma= 16,7gm You standardize the standard deviation: Line 1: Standardize Sigma = 9,2/455,2 = 0,0202 Line 2: Standardize Sigma = 16,7/912,4 = 0,0183
REDUCING CHEESE LOSSES SUMMARY PRETEND YOU ARE THE OWNER MEASURE AND TRACK YOUR LOSSES DONT JUST CHECK AVERAGE WEIGHT DOCUMENT AND TRACK YOUR STANDARD DEVIATION