PACKAGING & SHRINKWRAPPING EQUIPMENT FEATURE HORIZONTAL SHRINKWRAPPER SPEEDS UP PRODUCTION
A leading UK supplier of fresh herbs has invested in equipment from ULMA Packaging to help boost production. Family-run business R&G Herbs is expanding rapidly due to the increasing popularity of its products. To keep pace with demand the company invested in a customised Sienna bottom reel flowrapper from ULMA to pack herbs it supplies to supermarkets, major restaurants, wholesalers and foodservice customers. The company specified a robust packaging solution that could accurately wrap different-sized packs of herbs quickly with minimum downtime. In a successful collaboration with R&G Herbs’ production team the Sienna horizontal flowrapper was supplied with a Euro slot for bunched herbs in a printed film pack, fitted with a Markem thermal coder and Herma labeller. ULMA’s proven reliability and innovative technology was well-known to R&G Herbs’ production manager Jason Webb who says the equipment is currently wrapping 65 packs of herbs per minute at its Woking site and had delivered cost- efficiencies in areas including speed and reducing manual changeovers. “We needed a flowrapping machine to
help us keep pace with the high demand for our herbs,” explains Webb.
“After comparing equipment suppliers I
was sold on the quality of the machine from ULMA. The back-up service has been excellent; I can’t fault them.” Available in both flowrap and shrink wrap versions for loose, irregular shaped
products in polypropylene or polyolefin films, the Sienna is suitable for fresh produce. Touch screen operation with multi-product memory means that changeovers can be made quickly and simply at the press of a button. The machine benefits from ‘no product - no bag’, ‘misplaced product detection’ systems and works with clear and printed film. The box motion type cross sealing station is provided with 400mm wide jaws. The sealing head is equipped with an independent servo motor for a high
The company specified a robust packaging solution that could accurately wrap different-sized packs of herbs quickly with minimum downtime
level of flexibility and optimises the cycle time to produce a minimal pack length in the shortest time possible. Retailers are demanding that fresh produce suppliers have packaging systems in place that protect the integrity of goods, offer excellent presentation, accelerate the process of getting them to stores and prolong shelf life.
ULMA Packaging T: 01909 506 504
www.ulmapackaging.co.uk
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