Snacks
Buffering and packaging for snacks
Crisps, tortilla chips and wraps are produced and packed in high volumes. IntOCon builds the conveying, buffers and automation between production and packaging, and links your packaging machines and inspection equipment into one line. Dozens of lines with IntOCon solutions are running at leading snack producers. You have a single point of contact, from the initial design to service after handover.
We connect production and packaging, so your snacks stay intact and your line keeps running.
Our customers
Trusted by leading food producers
Snack producers in Belgium and abroad rely on IntOCon for buffering, packaging and automation.
End products
Solutions for every snack product
Your challenge, our solution
One line, perfectly matched
Breakage between fryer and packaging, a packaging machine that stops for a reel change, or rejected packs that have to be taken out of the line by hand: it costs you quality and capacity straight away. IntOCon designs the conveying and automation between production and packaging around your product.
- Continuity: buffer systems that automatically take up product during a stoppage at the packaging machine and release it again afterwards
- Automation: automatic loading into thermoforming packaging machines, including cobots that work alongside your operators without guarding
- Inspection: gas leak, metal and weight checks with automatic reject stations
- Sustainability: off-spec product returned to the process, so valuable raw materials are not lost
What we connect
From intake to packaging, one connected line
The process machines in your line come from specialised builders. IntOCon designs and builds the conveying, handling and auxiliary equipment in between, including platforms, stairs and support structures. These are the steps in your snack line where we do that.
Intake & tipping
Container tippers, hoppers and discharge conveyors for an even supply of potatoes, corn or other raw materials.
Around slicing & frying
Infeed and outfeed conveyors, dosing conveyors and dewatering conveyors around your slicers and fryers.
Conveying & distribution
Conveyor belts, curve conveyors and distribution conveyors that gently bring your product to seasoning and packaging.
Buffering
FIFO buffer systems with a lift system, for example for stacks of wraps, that absorb stoppages at the packaging machine.
Weighing
Weigh belts and the infeed to your multihead weighers, including platforms and support structures.
Packaging
Automatic loading into thermoforming packaging machines, including with cobots, and mergers that bring multiple lanes together into one.
Inspection & reject
Metal detection conveyors and reject stations after gas leak, metal or weight checks.
Side streams & logistics
Return of side streams to the process, box and crate handling and logistics conveying.
Machines
Machines for your snack line
Line advice
Wondering where your snack line could still gain?
In an advisory meeting, one of our engineers looks with you at where your line is losing product, capacity or time, and which adjustment will deliver the most. You get concrete advice, even when it concerns a small adjustment.
IntOCon at a glance
Custom stainless steel, from design to service
We don’t build off-the-shelf machines. We design every solution together with you, tailored to your product, your space and your way of working. We think along from the very first conversation and stay involved long after handover.
1998
Active since
Almost 30 years of custom stainless steel engineering, exclusively for the food industry.
100%
In-house
Engineering, production, assembly and test runs under one roof in Ypres. That lets us move fast.
5000 m²
Workshop
Our own laser cutting, bending, turning and milling departments, with a separate hall for assembly and test runs.
1000+
References
At producers in Belgium and abroad, across all sectors of the food industry.
Complete lines
7 specialists, one team
If your project calls for a complete line, IntOCon brings together the right specialists. Within the Sticomax Group, seven specialised machine builders from Belgium and the Netherlands work together as one team. IntOCon designs the connections between the process machines and remains your point of contact, from engineering to service.
IntOCon
In Ypres, IntOCon builds the conveying, buffers and automation between production and packaging. For snack lines, IntOCon supplies FIFO buffer systems, mergers, automatic loading into packaging machines and the box and crate handling at the end of the line, among other things.
Stumaco
Stumaco integrates complete crisp and tortilla chip lines, from intake, washing and water transport to the sections around the fryer, seasoning and packing. In Staden, Stumaco also builds the installations for water treatment and the processing of residual streams.
FoodeQ
FoodeQ from Steenbergen specialises in vibratory technology, with more than 2,500 vibratory conveyors delivered. For crisps, popcorn, nuts and seeds, FoodeQ supplies dewatering, spreading, screening and multihead feed shakers that convey and distribute the product gently.
Romonta
Romonta engineers complete crisp and pellet lines, with a broad range of belt conveyors, hydro systems and honeycomb belts. Romonta also supplies seasoning drums, ingredient dosing systems, belt dryers and belt coolers, including for nuts, seeds and prawn crackers.
ICS Spiral Freezers
ICS Spiral Freezers from Dordrecht designs and builds spiral freezers, spiral coolers and proofers, from compact units to installations around ten metres high. ICS matches every system to the processes before and after it, from oven, cooker or fryer to packaging.
DTS
DTS designs and builds custom industrial processing equipment, both thermal and physical, drawing on more than 30 years of experience.
ViwateQ
ViwateQ has developed a unique, chemical-free treatment for stainless steel. The surface of machines and lines becomes microscopically smooth, so starch, oil and seasoning residues adhere less, and cleaning is faster and more thorough.
Cases
Experience with leading food producers
Service
Service that keeps your line running
A snack line often runs day and night. Every stoppage then costs production straight away. That is why we stay involved after installation. Because we design and build everything in-house, we know every machine in detail. And thanks to our close cooperation with partners such as Intralox, critical parts are on site quickly.
- On-site installation and commissioning
- Training for your operators and maintenance team
- Preventive maintenance and inspections
- Fast delivery of parts, also across borders
We are here to help
Contact
Discuss your snack line with a specialist
Tell us what you process, what capacity you need or where your current line is running into problems. An IntOCon specialist will contact you personally to discuss the options.
