Westland Milk Products were faced with a production challenge, which was that they had increasing volumes for one of their products that was currently being packed by a co-packer. Given the cost and reliance on an external resource required for this sort of process, they wanted to bring it back in-house to have more control. After discussion with Westland, the main requirements were that RML had to work with their existing products and packaging and customise a solution that would fit inside their new building while achieving high quality, uptime, and throughput.
Given that this was a relatively standard cartoning machine, we only had to customise the infeed of the cartoner to suit Westland’s product, which meant integrating a new two-axis robot into the front end of the cartoner. We then went with a very specialised pick and place system for the case packing of a display tray alongside a standard RML palletiser.
The butter pats are loaded onto the infeed of our cartoner, the cartoner then collates up the butter pats and loads them into a carton. The cartons are then conveyed through to the case packing where they are stood up so that they are shelf-ready. They are side-shifted in three rows of five and then picked and placed into shipper trays in one movement. Trays are printed for date code and then go through to the palletiser where they are palletised with layer boards between each layer.
The solution addressed the specific challenges by being a seamless line from operators unpacking the bulk product, going right through to the RML palletiser, and palletising the product ready for wrapping and shipping. This was a turnkey line supplied by RML which made it easy for the customer only dealing with one supplier.
The benefits of implementing the RML cartoner, case packing, and palletising for Westland was that they got to put the production process back into their cool store so that there was a lot less freight sending their product to the co-packer and then bringing it back once it was packed, which doubled as both a cost and time-saving decision.
We have found RML to be a professional automation solutions provider dedicated to developing, building and maintaining our sophisticated equipment. Their open and honest approach has resulted in very positive outcomes for us.
From the first day we sat down with the RML team, through to today, we’ve been so impressed by the level of service and quality of machinery that they have built for us.
We set RML a challenge, design and build a new butter packing machine for a challenging application. RML produced a smart and effective solution that exceeded our expectations.
The design process went very smoothly, start up and commissioning went better than we anticipated. We have found the RML team to be professional, proactive and very responsive to questions and quick to resolve any problems for us.
Of all of the types of packers that we have on site (past and present) the RML packers have proven to be the most reliable, and easiest to maintain.
Ongoing service and support is important to us. RML knew this and I am pleased to say we are not disappointed. I have and will continue to recommend RML to others in our industry based on our experience
RML worked with us to understand our requirements and designed a solution to suit our needs. RML delivered an automated system to service two moulding machines producing the Gallagher Ring Top Posts.
Our integrated, advanced operation ensures the best quality cream cheese is produced consistently.
The background of RML and their ability to automate our process ticked all the boxes
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