Nestle’s requirement, briefed back in 2018, was to streamline the packing operations of their Uncle Toby’s brand of Muesli Bars at the Wahgunyah plant in Victoria. They needed to place three different flavours of bar into a variety pack. The project brief was to provide a palletising system to palletise full totes (the green bins in the pictures) direct from the production line and hold these in a ‘Work in Progress’ area before having these added into hoppers where the three types of bars could be precisely added into individual cartons.
The RML machine receives randomly arranged bars from a spiral gravity chute and loads these into the totes by weight. ABB Robotic arms with an innovative pickhead tool then palletise the totes and, after these have been tipped into the next stage of production using a further ABB Robot with a vision guided pickhead, they stack empty pallets and divert full ones.
Nestle is one of our best-known customers and we also have machines running 24/7 in Campbellfield, Victoria and at their facility in South Auckland, NZ.
RML have an amazing team of people. They were easy to work with and were happy to assist with any problems we encountered during the design and commissioning process.
We’ve been so impressed by the level of service and quality of machinery that RML have built for us. With such an efficient machine, we’ve had no problem keeping up with production times and demands.
Working with RML on an innovative solution was straightforward. Their in-house expertise in all aspects of the design and build added value to the project delivery process and made some tough challenges easier to overcome.
Our experience working with RML has been positive. We feel we received value for our investment.
The machine provided by RML has to date, resulted in consistent high-quality product for SNPshot Technologies and guaranteed production costs.
We saw a 30% increase in line speed and output as a result of the RML equipment
The trust and reliance that has grown from this project has us achieving numnbers we previously did not think would be possible. We will be searching for opportunities to collaborate with RML in future.
Our integrated, advanced operation ensures the best quality cream cheese is produced consistently.
It was an opportunity to increase the packing line automation, with labour savings offsetting the capital costs.
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.
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.
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
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