Project: Partner in Pet Food, Czech Republic

Started with one pouch production line. Now a fully automated factory

The challenge

Partner in Pet Food (PPF) is an innovative and leading European pet food producer.

 

In order to increase capacity and being less dependent of labour, Partner in Pet Food decided to start automating their production lines.

Designing a compact but highly advanced pouch handling system for their wet pet food production plant in the Czech Republic was challenging, due to the limited space and requested quality control features.

Partner in Pet Food
Location Czech Republic, Veselí nad Lužnicí
Pouch Hak Product Pillow pouch
USP Quality features

The solution

Lan Handling designed and installed a robotic pouch handling system, built in a compact way.

 

This was partly achieved through good cooperation with other equipment suppliers.

Specific pouch supply

The pouches come in from the supply belt seal to the front and gusset to the back. This specific pouch supply requires a different pouch stop mechanism. A stopper, which is more commonly used, would not function well in this particular case. We solved this with a push rather than a stop solution. The pouches are pushed in the right position on the conveyer belt. Once the pouches are in position, they slide from one to the other conveyor belt directly in the correct position for printing.

Quality control features

Lan integrated a printer into the line and designed a flattener that shapes the pouches in the correct form for an imprint. Another quality control feature we added, is a sample pouch conveyer which is controlled from an HMI panel and enables the operator to take random samples. Lastly, in the unloading part of the system, Lan designed a tray turning unit which prevents pouches from being left behind on the trays before these will be stacked for manual transport back to the loader.

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Robert Vrinssen, project engineer at Partner in Pet Food:

“As we were going for quality and robustness, we knew Lan was the right place for us to be. From our first contact with Lan all the way to the installation onsite we have experienced a professional and committed team that takes full responsibility for its product and all that is related with it. Lan really stands out from the crowd where it comes to communication, project planning and work done by the technicians on site.”

PPF about Lan
"Lan really stands out from the crowd where it comes to communication, project planning and work done by the technicians on site."
Robert Vrinssen, project engineer at PPF
PPF about Lan
"Lan really stands out from the crowd where it comes to communication, project planning and work done by the technicians on site."
Robert Vrinssen, project engineer at PPF

Robert Vrinssen, project engineer at Partner in Pet Food:

“As we were going for quality and robustness, we knew Lan was the right place for us to be. From our first contact with Lan all the way to the installation onsite we have experienced a professional and committed team that takes full responsibility for its product and all that is related with it. Lan really stands out from the crowd where it comes to communication, project planning and work done by the technicians on site.”


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