Yum Yum Potato Chips, a division of Krispy Kernels, Inc., recently
chose BluePrint Automation to solve its automatic case-packing problems,
and BluePrint came through with fantastic results.
Yum Yum always had been progressive about keeping its production
floor as up-to-date and modernized as possible. Efficiency and speed
had been improved in many other areas of production, but Yum Yum’s
products still were hand-packed with multiple manual operators,
meaning the case-packing area was not capable of running at high
speeds and production was sporadic.
Yum Yum needed an automatic case-packing system that would allow
for higher line efficiencies and more throughputs with less labor.
That’s when BluePrint stepped in. Yum Yum called on BluePrint
to provide equipment capable of handling higher bag production speeds
and eliminate the inconsistency of the manual process. Yum Yum asked
for more in terms of handling ability, since future plans could
include new, faster vertical form/fill/seal machines.
B luePrint turned to its high-speed
pick-and-place unit, specifically designed for the snack food industry.
The solution included bag seal-integrity checking, a concern for
most companies in situations where machines, and not employees,
will handle the bags of snacks.
BluePrint’s pick-and-place unit collates bags at speeds up
to 150 bags per minute. The machine places them in a cassette until
the number of bags per case is met, and the caseload is side-loaded
into the case.
Not only can the unit handle bags at a high rate per minute, but
it also offers flexibility in the size of bags it can move. The
system is capable of picking and placing bags from 1/2 oz. to very
large, 22-in. bags, with a more gentle touch than manual labor would
give the bags.
The system also can save manufacturers money because it can pack
bags in a tighter case, providing savings on corrugate, and is capable
of packing new and reusable cases.
BluePrint met the needs of Yum Yum Potato Chips perfectly and didn’t
fence in the company in terms of its future needs. Yum Yum can improve
the speeds of its lines, and BluePrint’s pick-and-place unit
will continue to fit right in.
If you’re looking for a secondary packaging system for flexible
and other tough to handle packages, call BluePrint Automation at
1-804-520-5400. They can provide your company with a total system
that takes control of the package as soon as it leaves the form/fill/seal
operation and takes it all the way through palletizing; “From
the Filler to the Truck!”
For more information contact:
Robbie Quinlin
Phone: 804-520-5400
E-Mail: robbie.quinlin@blueprintautomation.com
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