Suction Cups for Food Handling

Market introduction:  Suction cups for direct food handling

Piab launches a new series of food contact cups.

The need for direct food contact cups is growing. Automation is moving upstream in food plants to increase productivity and quality. Piab noticed increasing requests from existing customers in the food industry for suction cups suitable for use when the cups are coming into contact with food. 

Piab is proud to introduce 12 new suction cups made of detectable, food contact silicone. With the existing detectable B-BL40-2, the program will consist of 13 cups in total:

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Picking the chocolate pralines one by one

Piab is introducing a new series of food contact cups suitable for direct picking of everything from chocolate pralines to fish sticks.  Comprising a total of 13 cups, the series is designed with funnel shaped bellows and very thin lips for excellent grip on irregular food surfaces. A stable body and large vacuum flow orifice will guarantee a steady hold on products, even at high speed and in quickly accelerating systems. 

Designed to meet the most stringent hygiene standards, Piab’s food contact cups have no pockets in which dust or dirt can collect, and are made of food contact materials that comply with FDA and EU 1935 regulations. Cups and fittings also comply with metal detectors available on the market and their blue color suits the visual inspection systems used in the food industry. The complete cup range is available in blue, detectable, food approved silicone, with oval cups also available in transparent, non-detectable, food contact silicone. The oval shaped cups have been specifically designed to provide the best possible solution for small oblong flow or doy packs.

“Only a low vacuum level is needed to collapse the bellows on the cups. This is important as a high vacuum can compromise or even completely ruin delicate food products. The low vacuum level is also ideal for side channel blowers,” comments Josef Karbassi, Vice President of Piab’s Automation Division.

All cups are available with stainless steel (316L) fittings, and all except for the oval cups are also available with a blue plastic, detectable, food grade fitting. In some models, the fittings are made up of two easily separated parts. For maximum hygiene, male threads are used throughout, making the fittings very easy to clean. Several different options are available for each size. Cups designed for bread and bakery products (B-BL) can also be mounted with a retainer when used in bread de-panning systems. Made in a blue colored, detectable, food contact material, the retainers are available in three different sizes, using the same interface.