Integrated approach keeps salad on the move
September 1st 2008 Langmead Farms, supplier of
quality salad products,
constantly reviews its
processes to provide quality
products in a cost effective and
efficient way. Having installed stateof-
the-art baggers, check weighers
and metal detectors for packing
lettuce, spinach and green salads,
the company installed a new
space-saving mezzanine to locate
automatic cardboard tray erectors.
Conveyor Systems was
awarded the contract to integrate
and interface all the equipment,
supplying erected cardboard trays
from the upper level down to
packers on the ground floor.
The CSL system transports
erected cardboard trays at speeds
of up to 20/min/line, down a
stainless steel chute and though
the mezzanine on to a suspended
overhead powered roller conveyor,
around a 180° bend and down a
further chute to be stored above
the packing line. Empty containers
are held at the optimum level for
personnel to remove them
individually for packing into the
cardboard trays.
Powered roller conveyors take
the trays to the end of line for
palletising and onward loading of
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