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.
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.
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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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