Arla Foods, the Danish dairy multi-national, was rolling out an innovative packing process that required a best-before date to be laser coded onto cheese cartons contained within a cardboard outer. Their chilled cartons had been shipped without a best before date due to the nuances of blue cheeses in transit.
RML credentials in the dairy space made us a great fit for Arla.
We were to ensure that the automated solution was flexible enough to handle 4 different SKU sizes with both automatic and manual size changes available. As this machine wasn’t to be in a standard factory automation environment, operators were to be able to easily read bar code information which determined the size – see the red/yellow/green/blue size-change tools in picture one.
A huge Health and Safety challenge to overcome was that the smoke created by the laser process is carcinogenic.
We mounted the Laser Coder onto a servo adjusted ball screw for maximum positional accuracy. The colour coded size change tools ensured that the machine was set-up right ‘first time all the time’ for minimal product wastage.
To deal with the dangerous smoke we specified a HEPA Air Filtration system.
A simple solution, but one where ‘the devil is in the detail’ and that’s just where our engineers love to operate.
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
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.
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.
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.
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