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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Fibre King coordinated with a number of OEM suppliers – Intralox (conveyor supplier and belt manufacturer); AmbaFlex (supplied spiral convey- ing), Insignia (supplied labelling and coding on the project), ABB (manufac- tured the robots), Track Automation (supplied both the robot grippers and the pallet shuttle system); and Fromm (supplied the stretch wrapping equip- ment and taping machines).
“The equipment that Fibre King has put in has significantly improved our production – having two grading sys- tems within the same building meant we would be packing at 306,000 eggs per hour,” explained Trefz.
“One of the main benefits of the new system is improved work safety. Each carton of eggs weigh up to 10kg each, and on a typical day, staff were pack- ing between 15,000-20,000 cartons.
“The manual handling side of the job was one of the biggest challenges for our workers, and this equipment has negated that. Now we are able to get the product out of the door with no manual handling, and no work injuries.
“Prior to having this equipment, we used to run 365 days a year and we managed to bring that down to a five day a week operation, while increas- ing production targets. You cannot underestimate what that has done for the worker morale and the long-term functioning of this business. It has really turned it around.”
According to Greg Constantinidis, innovation manager at Fibre King, the company derived significant job satisfaction out of the delivery of this turnkey project for DA Hall.
“To see their production figures increasing day in and day out has been really positive,” he said. ■
ABOVE: Fibre King’s solution, delivered in partnership with several OEM suppliers, had to be gentle enough to handle the delicate, yet weighty product, as well as meet throughput demand at DA Hall’s Millmerran facility.
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