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A New Device for Dosing Additives in the Food Industry Using Quality Function Deployment
Author(s) -
AlbaElías Fernando,
GuerraSánchezdelaNieta Álvaro,
LasHerasCasas Jesús,
GonzálezMarcos Ana,
AlfonsoCendón Javier,
CastejónLimas Manuel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of food process engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1745-4530
pISSN - 0145-8876
DOI - 10.1111/jfpe.12094
Subject(s) - dosing , software deployment , safer , quality function deployment , function (biology) , productivity , quality (philosophy) , food industry , process engineering , business , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , chemistry , food science , engineering , medicine , marketing , pharmacology , economics , computer security , new product development , philosophy , macroeconomics , epistemology , evolutionary biology , biology , operating system
This work presents an application of the quality function deployment method to the development of a new automatic device for supplying food additives for preserved foods, specifically in the form of tablets. The system operates at high speed with no increase in the proportion of improperly dosed containers. In short, this innovative system permits the dosing of additives in solid form with greater productivity than is possible with manual dosing and without the problems of incorporating additives in liquid form. This automatic dry‐dosing method provides safer and better quality end‐products than present dosing methods. Practical Applications The development of this new device allows a significant increase in efficiency and productivity in the automatic dosing of food additives. It gives a competitive advantage in an industry where trade margins are becoming narrower. Moreover, it also leads to potential strategies for the application of the quality function deployment method in the food processing industry.