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Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc. will debut its new High-Speed, Ultra-Hygienic Rotary Tray Filling System at PACK EXPO International 2026, in Booth S-1647, October 18-21 in Chicago.
For years, the limitations of conventional tray filling systems have been accepted as simply the cost of doing business: difficult sanitation, excessive maintenance, large equipment footprints, and production downtime during changeovers. Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery believes those compromises are no longer necessary. At PACK EXPO International, the company will unveil its new High-Speed, Ultra-Hygienic Rotary Tray Filling System, designed to challenge the status quo and deliver a smarter approach to tray filling.
Developed for fresh-cut produce, leafy greens, vegetables, and other loose-fill applications, the High-Speed, Ultra-Hygienic Rotary Tray Filling System was engineered to help processors improve sanitation, increase operational efficiency, simplify maintenance, and maximize valuable production space without sacrificing throughput.
Unlike traditional tray filling systems that require processors to choose between hygiene, accessibility, flexibility, and performance, Spee-Dee's innovative design combines these critical requirements into a single, streamlined platform. By integrating a dual discharge multi-head weigher, filling system, and controls into a compact footprint, the system reduces complexity while improving accessibility for operators and maintenance personnel.
Sanitation was the driving force behind every aspect of the machine's design. An open-frame construction, sloped surfaces, and stainless-steel structure help create a system that is easier to clean, easier to inspect, and better suited for demanding washdown environments. The design reduces potential harborage points and supports the rigorous food safety standards required by today's processors.
While many tray filling systems continue to rely heavily on pneumatic components, Spee-Dee's design eliminates them completely through the strategic use of advanced motion technology. The result is lower utility consumption, fewer wear components, improved reliability, and reduced maintenance demands over the life of the equipment.
"The industry has been conditioned to accept unnecessary tradeoffs in tray filling operations," said Mark Navin, Vice President of Business Development at Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery. "Processors have been told they must choose between sanitation and accessibility, flexibility and simplicity, or throughput and maintainability. We rejected those assumptions. This system was developed to help processors achieve all of those objectives without the compromises that have historically defined the category.”
Visitors to Booth S-1647 at PACK EXPO International 2026 will have the opportunity to see the system firsthand and learn how a new approach to tray filling can help eliminate many of the inefficiencies that processors have come to accept as unavoidable.
