SUTTONS DEVELOP DRUM FILLING

Suttons Group has broadened the range of services available to its customers with the successful implementation of a chemical drumming facility at its St. Helens site.

 The new facility, developed with an investment of £1.5 million, to provide drumming, warehousing and despatch services for Ineos Chlor Vinyls, will handle around 90,000 tonnes of products using the latest Feige drum filling and handling technology to provide a safe and effective operation.

 As with all Suttons and Ineos operations, safety is of paramount importance and the installation uses Feige’s latest drum handling technology to reduce manual handling risks.  Safety is further enhanced using dedicated extraction systems and enclosed automatic and semi-automatic drum filling operations.

 The installation has an empty drum storage magazine capable of simultaneously handling 6 different drum types and a total capacity of 1584 drums.  Two fully automatic Feige drum filling machines are installed, each capable of filling 60 drums an hour, with an additional pallet filler capable of filling different size drums and intermediate bulk containers (IBC’s).  Feige’s machinery sourced through Springvale Equipment Ltd.

 The Suttons operation currently handles 5 different product streams, which are delivered into the plant by dedicated Suttons road tankers.

 The majority of drums are exported to Ineos customers in Asia and the Americas.  Filled drums can either be loaded directly into containers or diverted to an automatic palletiser for storage and subsequent despatch.

 The operation has been designed to provide a “just in time” service to Ineos Chlor, minimising the need to hold large stocks whilst ensuring the high quality of the finished product.

 Commenting, Suttons Group Managing Director Andrew Palmer said “the combination of Suttons investment,  Feige’s drumming operation expertise and our excellent relationship with Ineos Chlor has delivered a successful, high quality, safe and effective operation.  In addition, we are now looking at developing our drumming activities in other international markets, specifically Asia”.

 For further information on Feige, contact Springvale Equipment Ltd – 01420 542505       www.springequip.co.uk

5 SIDED CARTONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH U-E-T

 

Being adaptable nowadays is of paramount importance and U-E-T have stepped up to the mark with their flexible compact cartoning machine.  Drawing an overwhelming crowd at the TOTAL Processing & Packaging Show in May, potential customers were pleased with what they saw – compact, adaptable, operator friendly and priced right.  The combination of which resulted in the machine exhibited being sold to contract packers Laleham Healthcare.

 

Since its installation Don Johnson, Production & Engineering Manager, has been very pleased with their U-E-T and has said “it is perfect as the core of our business is flexibility”.  With ever changing customer needs this machine can be easily adjusted to accommodate any job.  Already with some minor adjustments to the carton infeed and exit, of which no change parts were required, Laleham Healthcare are able to run 5 sided cartons. 

 

Special Features

q       Up to 50cpm

q       Compact 1m²

q       Automatic/Manual Load

q       Unbeatable size range

q       Adjustable star wheel allowing easy and quick change

q       Tool Free Changeover

q       Automatic leaflet inserter

q       Embossing, Hot-Foil, Ink-jet coding

q       Pharma-code reading

q       Hot-melt closing

q       Infeed systems for bottles/jars/tubes etc

       

 

Contact Springvale Equipment for further information

Tel: 01420 542505            www.springequip.co.uk

LARGE COST SAVINGS FOR POT NOODLE SACHETS

 

 

By replacing previous sachet machinery 2 years ago, Unilever Bestfoods have recouped the original cost of their Boato Pack Sachet Machines through significant material cost savings, reduced wastage & labour whilst improving their line speed and efficiencies.

 

 

 

Unilever Bestfoods purchased 2 x 6 lane Boato Pack Tornado machines in 2005 for the production of four side seal sachets filled with liquids. These machines run at 90 sachets per minute and feed into 4 x Mitsuhashi boxing lines, also supplied through Springvale Equipment.  The filled sachets leave the Tornado cut into vertical strips which are then folded neatly into boxes by the Mitsuhashi using a clever sychronized operation of winding and traversing.  From here they are then transported to another Unilever factory where a further 2 Mitsuhasi machines are feeding the sachets from the box into the individual pot noodle pots along with the noodles.

 

 

 

The large material cost savings have come by using a significantly thinner micron material which wasn’t an option on their previous machine.  In fact Unilever Bestfoods have been able to drop from using a 50 micron film to a 38 micron film on their Boato Pack, Tornado.

 

 

 

Unilever awarded the contract to oversee the purchase of this equipment to a major project management company who have stated how smoothly the project went and are delighted with the equipment installed.

 

 

 

Further information is available from Springvale Equipment

Tel: 01420 542505   www.springequip.co.uk