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.
| Location | Czech Republic, Veselí nad Lužnicí |
| Product | Pillow pouch |
| USP | Quality features |
This was partly achieved through good cooperation with other equipment suppliers.
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.
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.
“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.”
“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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