PPMA Show
PPMA Show 2015 - D35
Endoline boxes off spuds
at Bennett Potatoes
A fully automated case erecting and sealing line
installed by Endoline Automation, which can form and
seal up to 850 twin walled boxes of potatoes per hour,
has enabled Lincolnshire based Bennett Potatoes to not
only fulfil their need for improved pack presentation
but increased throughput by 35% per hour on a line
which achieves an annual output of 35,000 tonnes of
potatoes.
Bennett Potatoes both export their potato crop and
supply leading UK wholesalers and food services
with a wide variety of potatoes, including Maris Piper
and Saxon, which are packed into bags or sacks and
delivered to customers throughout the UK. However
their baker sized potatoes, which are predominantly
supplied to various foodservices, wholesale and export
customers are boxed into cartons. “The filled cartons
each weigh 15 kilos so we required durable boxes
to sustain this weight. However manually forming,
filling and sealing these boxes was a laborious and
time consuming task as we have an annual output
of 600,000 cartons per year.” Explains Ian Bennett,
owner of Bennett’s Potatoes.
To endure the weight of the filled boxes Bennett’s
required twin walled boxes which can be difficult to
form on an automatic case erecting system as there
is a high risk of failure due to the heavy board that
needs to be opened and folded. Consequently Endoline
installed their fully automatic 221 case erector which
has an integrated dual opposing vacuum technology
which uses two vacuum systems for consistent,
positive opening of the case. The machine also includes
pneumatic rockets which open the outer case flaps
before the inner case flaps, which overcomes issues
with folding the case flaps that more conventional case
erectors regularly have.
www.endoline.co.uk
Dixon Valve & Coupling was founded in 1916 and has grown to
become a world leading manufacturer of hose fittings and related
accessories for all industries.
Dixon is a global company which offers local stocking for a full
range of stainless steel hygienic fittings, BPE Biopharm fittings
and valves for use in the food, dairy, beverage, brewery, cosmetic,
chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Here in the UK, Dixon offers, specialised support and bespoke
engineered solutions from concept, to design, through to
installation.
Dixon Group Europe will be exhibiting at the PPMA 2015, On
display will be our full range of valves including world’s most
hygienic diaphragm valve, range of seat and mix-proof valves
that have low cost of ownership, capabilities of our UK valve and
actuation shop as well as our mobile pumping cart for small to
large capacity pumping. We will also have tank cleaning heads on a
working display. Come and see us at stand J44.
Tel: +44 (0)1772 323529
Email: [email protected]
www.dixoneurope.co.uk
38
PECM Issue 16