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Moving 15 million bags of crisps per week
13 June 2018
Crisp and snack producer, Kolak Snack Foods operates from London NW10 and produces 15 million bags per week. In early 2017, UPM Conveyors was selected by Mark Kenny deputy head of operations, to design a system for automating the conveying of finished goods.
Goods had to travel from the production area to packaging / despatch which involved elevating boxes from ground level to 4m, through a tunnel over a service road and declining to the packing area for palletising. This incorporated a powered roller S Bend and custom engineered belt conveyors suitable for food production to comply with health and safety regulations. The system has a PLC to allow operators in both the production and packaging areas to interface with each other, including emergency pull cords and emergency stops.
It was necessary to carry out certain aspects of the system over weekends to avoid any disruption to production and as a result of its relationship with Kolak, UPM is being considered for future projects.
