CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL
BALAJI WAFERS Pvt Ltd, INDIA
NDCs MM710e provides a greater product insight, improved quality and
exceptional RESULTS
We have improved our quality and
production efficiency using NDCs
MM710e online moisture and oil
measurement for our chips and
extruded snacks lines. Better still,
we have been rewarded with greater
customer loyalty and satisfaction.
Chandubhai Virani
Founder and Managing Director
Balaji Wafers Pvt ltd.
Results:
Timely quality information
Reduced quality variation
Improved start-up times
Balaji Wafers
Balaji Wafers began as a micro-retail
enterprise in 1974, managed by the
Virani brothers at Astron Cinema, Rajkot.
Recognizing that the key to their success
and profits was quality, they insisted on the
best quality ingredients and raw materials
for their products, making Balaji wafers a
premium market brand.
By 1982, the Virani brothers spurred growth
by making wafers themselves with a home-
based manufacturing venture. They attached
great importance to their brand by taking
hands-on approach to the business. This
meant that if their operators failed to show
up, then the brothers personally helped
make the wafers themselves. A decade later,
the brothers set up an international standard
automatic plant in Gujarat, with steps to
increase capacity and quality.
In 2000, Balaji Wafers installed its first fully
automatic plant. By 2014, Balaji Wafers had
captured a major share of the snack market
in India. Today, the company employs more
than 1800 personnel in their Rajkot and
Valsad manufacturing facilities. Balaji has the
capacity to manufacture 100,000kg of potato
wafers, along with 700,000kg of savouries
per day.
A Focus on Quality
The driving force behind the Balaji Wafers
project has been to improve quality and
was driven by their plans to make more
demanding products.
Balaji staff has had good experience with
their NDC gauges since their installation.
The commissioning went very smoothly
resulting in a fast turnover to the plant.
Also, they have been impressed with the
experience and knowledge delivered by NDC
Agents service staff. And finally, the system
has proven to be robust, reliable, with a low
cost of ownership.
Measuring Quality for Results
Taste, texture and appearance are all key
quality attributes that determine the success
of a snack food in the market. Testing of the
product during the manufacturing process
for moisture, oil, seasoning and color is
important to ensure final product consistency
and freshness.
In addition, minimizing acrylamide formation
in potato chips is a major concern. It is
now generally understood that accurate
cooking control with a accurate moisture
measurement are essential considerations
for both quality and safety.
Measured by Commitment
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NDCs MM710e on-line sensor and HMI for Snack Foods

Conventional analytical technologies for measuring moisture, oil and
brownness in QC labs provide accurate measurements at snap shot
intervals in time and usually takes many minutes or hours to perform on a
small sample (typically a few grams).
Often, this leads to:
Poor verification of on-going product quality
Potentially inefficient operation
Excessive waste
Long product change times
These techniques can also be costly to maintain and require use of
chemicals which need to be disposed of. On-line measurements of
moisture, oil and degree of brownness (DOB) in real-time using the NDC
Technologies (NDC) MM710e Near-Infrared (NIR) gauge generate
continuous, highly accurate and representative measurements of the total
snack production allowing for better process control and optimization.
MM710e: Unique, Acccurate Measurement Technology
NDC has over forty years experience in the design and manufacture
of process instruments using near infrared (NIR) technology, with an
installed base of thousands of units helping users to improve quality and
process performance.
NDCs MM710e Snack Foods Sensor is designed to meet the snack
foods need for accurate, reliable measurements. Features of this sensor
include:
Patented opto-electronic technology designed to withstand processing
environments and provide robust linear measurements
Self-compensation for factors such as aging of the internal source
lamp and are not affected by ambient light or environmental
temperature changes within their operating temperature range
Consistent measurements over long periods of operation and do not
require constant re-adjustment after commissioning

Achieving this capability is made possible through significant applications

engineering development, enabling NDC to deliver off-the-shelf,
linear measurements that are unaffected by seasonal changes or the
measurement environment and do not drift over time.

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In line with its policy of continuous improvement, NDC reserves the right to revise or replace its Document Number: FB-TEST-SENS-Balaji-EN-20160308.pdf
products or services without prior notice. The information contained in this document may not Date of Issue: 2016
represent the latest specification and is for indicative purposes only. NDC Technologies 2016

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