Efficient food/parcels
March 1st 2006

Morrisons' distribution centre in Thrapston has packers that can pick and pack at a rate of 4,000 pieces per hour, thanks to a new system introduced by Welconstruct.

Due to expansion at Morrisons, a facility capable of generating a larger quantity of produce was needed. Welconstruct put forward the complete package, which resulted in a bespoke conveyor application, installed and running within six weeks of the initial order date.

At the same time Chums, the mail order clothing company approached Welconstruct with a view to increasing its daily throughput of parcels from 3,500 to 9,000. Welconstruct designed, supplied and installed a 13-lane drop-belt sorting machine, which handles a parcel every 2.5 seconds, a number of conveyors to feed the machine from the existing packing line and the associated automatic control and monitoring systems.

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