Being the supplier of choice to a number of global red meat purveyors; we were asked to “solve” the challenge of loose clip storage on the processing floor without compromise to the clips performance or operator ease of use.
After 1000’s of man hours designing and testing – we have done exactly that with our cartridge beef clips and dispenser.
Innovative engineering supported by leading edge robotics has allowed us to manufacture our proven beef clip as normal and then join them together to form a cartridge of 25 clips. The cartridges are then easily handled and quickly loaded into an Adept Beef Clip Dispenser.
Adept Beef Cartridge Clip and Dispenser benefits:
• This combination eliminates the risk of cross contamination between clips (from accidental splash or operator hands contacting multiple clips).
• Using clip dispensers has proven to reduce clip wastage (dropped clips / lost clips during clean up – shift change over).
• Clips do not require any type of pre-use washing as each one is protected from becoming contaminated in any way.
• Issue numbers are easily controlled and audited
• Access for operators is greatly improved – clips are in the same position and orientation every time (we can prove this speeds up application). Dispensers simply rotate when the current line is empty and the next line of clips drops into place.
• Dispensers are mounted on stainless steel pins (supplied) – then slid on and off as needed for cleaning and post process storage. Location is plant specific – but due to design excellence, they require minimal space.
• Adept Beef Clip Dispensers are proven on the quickest chains in the world.
• Dispensers provide compliance and control in a challenging environment – this is even more important when government inspections, QA, customers and overseas visitors are on plant.
• Dispensers are available assembled to any size capacity – their modular design allows for components to be easily replaced if necessary or dispenser capacity increased or decreased as required.
• Adept Beef Clip Dispensers meet all current FDA/EU food contact directives.
• Clever design delivers an uncomplicated and robust dispenser that survives in the toughest of conditions.
What they say:
“Having installed an Adept clip dispenser – our wastage has been reduced down to nearly zero’.
Slaughter Superintendent, WA – USA
“Our operators think they are great – clips are so easily accessed without the tangling often suffered when using loose clips. At our speed we cannot afford any type of hesitation on this key process”. Slaughter Manager, KS – USA
“The dispensers are excellent – easy to load, use and have proven very reliable. They have added control to our clips we did not have previously”. Plant Manager, NSW - Australia
“Again Adept have delivered a quality product exceeding our expectations in both ease of use and ability to withstand the tough environment it is placed in”. Operations Manager, QLD – Australia. 
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