TipTop has purchased four machine solutions from us in the past. Due to the success of our past collaborations, we were selected to work on their latest project. The challenge was to design, manufacture, and deliver four machines customised to suit Tip Top’s requirements. The brief was to erect, load, and close four carton sizes; and feed these into a case packer with the ability to pack the cartons into five shipper SKUs; with all of this being done at 300 ice creams per minute. In addition, everything needed to fit into a small footprint. The delicate nature of the chocolate skin on the bars meant we had to be as gentle as possible.
The erector machine is capable of erecting a wide range of carton sizes and styles, display, three flap or open top. In carton board (fibre) or fluted cardboard. The erector is capable of producing up to 75 cartons per minute. Flat carton blanks are loaded into the two magazines, the blanks are plucked, glue is applied and then formed through a dedicated toolset by a matching punch. A dedicated change of parts per carton removes the chances of an incorrect set-up by operators during a size change.
The 3-Flap closer machines function is to glue close 3 flap-style cartons at a rate of up to 75 cartons per minute. The closer is capable of closing cartons with a wide range of lengths, widths and heights in either carton or fibre board. Filled cartons are conveyed into the machine, and a gating system singulates the cartons and conveys them through a first glue and compression section to close the two outer flaps. The cartons are then rotated and conveyed through a second glue and compression section to close the remaining flap. This model was customised to suit a very narrow footprint window. This machine was also fitted with coding for BB and batch information.
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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