productCrisp 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.
productPinnacle Foods provides frozen and fresh meat and poultry using contemporary techniques while maintaining traditional values. UPM Conveyors designed a product handling system for the company’s new factory in Alton.
productTo cater for multi impression closure moulding where typically 120 caps can be moulded on a 10 second cycle it is imperative to cool them down to avoid deflection in the collection bin. Another advantage in quickly removing heat from the product is to further reduce the cycle time. UPM Conveyors has developed a range of conveyors incorporating high air flow fans mounted over a water cooled heat exchanger.
productUPM Conveyors has developed a
new version of its Rotary Table (Lazy
Susan) to operate as an integrated
part of a product handling system or
to act as a standalone unit to act as a
buffer when required for
accumulating a
productTims Dairy which supplies award winning yogurt to retailers including Asda, Budgens and Waitrose, recently had to increase its capacity to produce 200 tonnes per week. The milk which is made with fresh British milk and cream and delivered daily is heat treated then combined with live and bio-live cultures to produce a range of Greek style, Wholemilk and Low Fat yogurts.
productTo cater for the increased order intake achieved by UPM Conveyors during the past six months, significant investment has been made in additional manufacturing equipment.
articleUPM Conveyors has updated its conveyor technology and processes to suit the changing market. According to the company’s Roy Fowler many of the simpler, traditional belt conveyors are becoming obsolete as bespoke engineered solutions become necessary due to shifts within the industry
productAccording to UPM Conveyors’ Roy Fowler, processors in the plastics industry are requiring more integration of belt conveyors into fully automatic cells incorporating product orientation, singluation and counting prior to presentation to assembly machines, which has resulted in more bespoke custom engineered solutions being necessary.
productUPM conveyors has designed, installed and commissioned a fully automated product handling system for Lindal Group in Mexico to transfer injection moulded components to assembly hoppers on GIMA machines for production of aerosols primarily for Unilever. UPM says it has now been awarded preferred supplier status to Plastek UK and Nypro Ireland for similar applications for Unilever.
productSumitomo Demag has selected UPM Conveyors for product handling on a new 650 and 800t moulding machine for Mann & Hummel in Wolverhampton, UK.
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