INSIGHT – T OWNSEND FUR THER PROCESSING K ey fea tures of the iLinker & iConv e y or: • The only high capacity system • The only system to maximize oven throughput by up to 20% or more • Consistent production of sausage of the same length and weight • ‘Quick jump principle’: hardly any loss of raw materials • Optimum automatic smoke stick loading. The iLinker & iConveyor permits higher production throughputs and is able to process a larger variety of casing caliber and sausage length than conventional linkers. With the iLinker you do not have to replace the whole linker block if you want to make sausage of a different length. You just replace the chain, saving time and money. Furthermore iLinker is equipped with the ‘quick jump’ principle. With this, the last loop in a string of sausages is automatically shortened and hung to the conveyor hook. This stops the last sausage from untwisting, makes the operator’s work easier and ensures higher volume and cleaner production. The best connection to the iLinker is the iConveyor. The system loads smoke sticks automatically according to the ‘moving drop point’ principle. The iConveyor determines the optimal positioning of each loop on the smoke sticks. Loops are evenly spaced on the smoke stick, eliminating the need for operators to ‘thread’ smoke sticks through the loops. 7