EAT (Extrusion Advanced Technology)

42 Technology kept its cool in this novel processing technique that allows logos and images to be set into food products such as cheese, processed meat and ice cream during manufacture resulting in a new branding dimension.

After an initial false start E.A.T. (Extrusion Advanced Technology) approached 42 Technology to help them get the development back on target.

42 Technology:

• Carried out a fast track development programme to enable this innovative new concept to become reality.
• Produced tooling design using Pro/Engineer CAD software.
• Enabled development tooling manufacture to take place using low-cost, rapid prototype techniques.
• Undertook trials and rapid iterations to prove the designs.

Final tooling uses food grade approved plastic or stainless steel lost wax investment casting, dependent on the complexity of the shapes involved.

Football fans can now sample their club’s logo fashioned from ice-cream. This fast track development took 9 months from concept to products on terraces.

Other areas of application are currently in development.