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feeds product to staff at an ideal height and orientation, enabling the team to load at a suitable pace. Because of this, workforce health and injury risks as well as physical and mental stress levels are reduced.
A further improvement was the installation of an additional guard sensor, making it safe if an operator needs to go into the machine for maintenance. Brillopak has already fitted the same safety device onto the second PAKStation. “They’ve listened to recommendations we’ve made and adapted to our needs” adds Roberts.
FINDING THE RIGHT SOLUTION
As production moves towards full automation, it’s safe to say that robots are a key strategy in the implementation of industry 4.0. Yet, for many businesses, semi-automated packing lines provide the benefits required to reach optimum production, such as quality assurance and ROI.
Rather than removing humans from the process, the PakStation helps manual workers to do a better, more efficient job. Although Brillopak is capable of providing robotic packers, the companies
collaboratively decided the semi-automated solution was ideal for Worldwide Fruit’s requirements. “Some companies might’ve gone ahead with a robot, and it probably wouldn’t have resolved our problem,” notes Roberts.
Payback for the system has been extremely quick when combining the reduction in line stops, increased throughput and OEE. It is workforce friendly and more than capable of matching the speeds of the flow-wrapper system, prompting Sam to order another at Worldwide Fruit’s Spalding plant. “They were very accommodating,” concludes Roberts. “Worldwide Fruit and Brillopak have worked incredibly well together, which is why we’ve gone back for a second time.”
Brillopak
www.brillopak.com
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