Doubling the production size
RML and Pentair worked together to develop a new automated butter sheeter that could handle Fonterra’s rapidly growing butter sheet production. It requires the right temperature and consistency to produce the perfect butter. After extensive product testing, RML and Pentair identified the most suitable solution for optimising butter production. This new solution resulted from a collaborative effort between Pentair, RML as well as the team at Fonterra.
Combining proven solutions with customisation
The new solution by RML involves designing a customised butter sheet wrapper that can produce 40 butter sheets per minute. One of the biggest challenges faced by Fonterra was their old machinery couldn’t handle processing the number of sheets to meet the market demand.
RML delivered a solution to extrude, cut and wrap the butter in a delicate, temperature-controlled process. RML provided a solution to unroll and cut the paper into sheets suited to the size of the butter; two-axis active closing rollers are used to close the paper on top of the butter sheet. This custom solution exceeded production expectations from the first start up and continues to do so. It has been developed to create a flat and smooth butter sheet that is predominantly used in the baking industry.
Utilising synchronous timing in the unrolling, cutting and closing steps, it completes these processes with a continuous flow, speeding up production and reducing wear on machine components. The new RML solution has helped bring down production costs while increasing efficiency.
Our deep experience and comprehensive knowledge in food process engineering and automation technologies provide a stable, reliable platform for our customers’ success.
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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