L O G I S T I C S CASE STUDY NEW PRODUCT FOR MILK CRATE PACKING In an effort to save on costs and increase production, an Australian dairy producer contacted HMPS to design and manufacture a new ‘pick and place’ crate packer to accommodate its changing business needs. The customer had an existing drop crate packer that lost it approximately 40% in line efficiency. The dairy had traditionally used plastic bottles to pack its milk, but had recently moved over to a thinner plastic in a bid to not only reduce costs, but also to keep in line with its environmental objectives. To accommodate bounce and product instability, the management of the product had to be carefully considered, as well as accommodating for the thinner packaging material. HMPS realised that a machine that picked and placed bottles from as little as 50mm into the crate was necessary, and its HMPS 7000 – a ‘pick and place’ crate packer designed to receive, collate and ‘pick and place’ two and three-litre bottles into two crates per cycle before moving the completed crates onto a transfer conveyor – was the perfect solution. The company says this was its first crate packer design, and the speed and efficiency of the machine has been of great interest to the packaging industry. “The new machine packs double the volume of the old machine for this particular customer, and we anticipate a nationwide roll-out of the new 40 SEPTEMBER 2017 technology,” the company says. HMPS is a wholly owned Australian company specialising in the design, development and manufacturing of high quality machinery for packaging processes. Starting out as a result of the key wine industry in South Australia, the company designed and developed the first Bag in Box machinery back in the 1980s and has since grown to offer case packers, RSC, palletisers, carton erectors and sealers, pick and place applications and specialised robotic solutions. HMPS machinery is exported to Asia, South Africa, New Zealand, Europe and the USA. www.hmps.com.au CONSUMED BY INNOVATION HCD lFo w Technloo gy and Gat se off er bel ti ng s ol uti ons designed to help your operation perform better. With average processing facilities charged with moving many thousands of products per day, the importance of optimising production, while satisfying strict FSANZ sanitation standards, is critical. The types of drive systems you run are key to determining the level of your operation’s success. We understand these challenges and have the range, experience and expertise that can help you reduce maintenance, minimise the risk of contamination and ultimately increase For more information visit: www.GatesMectrol.com www.hcdconveyors.co.nz FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROCESSING SOLUTIONS For sales enquiries please contact Tony Richmond (Lightweight Conveyor Belt Manager) Ph 027 230 7743 E: tony@hcdnz.co.nz Ph 021 336 773 E: mark@hcdnz.co.nz Mark Woolley (Conveyor Regional Sales) throughput and protability. Gates Mectrol® range includes: PosiClean®, CenterClean™ and FlatClean™ WHANGAREI 43 PORT ROAD WHANGAREI P: 09 438 1598 F: 09 438 1599 AUCKLAND (HO) 144 NEILSON ST ONEHUNGA P: 09 636 5902 F: 09 636 6554 HAMILTON 18 KING ST FRANKTON P: 07 847 7889 F: 07 438 1599 MT MAUNGANUI 69 HULL ROAD MT MAUNGANUI P: 07 575 5697 F: 07 575 5297 HASTINGS 102 McLEAN ST HASTINGS P: 06 878 5824 F: 06 878 5860 WELLINGTON 148 HUTT ROAD PETONE P: 04 560 3701 F: 04 560 3705 NELSON 2 VIVIAN PL ANNESBROOK P: 03 547 0531 F: 03 547 0532 CHRISTCHURCH 72 HAYTON RD WIGRAM P: 03 348 8755 F: 08 348 8756 DUNEDIN 301 VOGEL ST DUNEDIN P: 03 455 7657 F: 03 455 7687 FT371
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