ProMach Collaboration Leads to New, Optimized End-of-Line Packaging System for Snak King
ProMach Collaboration Leads to New,
Optimized End-of-Line Packaging System for Snak King
City of Industry, California-based Snak King was looking to optimize its efficiency in throughput, while also seeking to alleviate labor shortages at its manufacturing facility in Freeport, Illinois. And one area that offered tremendous automation opportunities was in its end-of-line packaging.
“We had previously automated our bagging process and packing product into cases, but what we really needed to address next is how to get them palletized in the most efficient manner possible,” said Mark Schieldge, COO of Snak King’s Freeport facility.
“For us, our next step was automating the palletizing operations,” Schieldge said. “We really started exploring different packaging options and companies available to us, and we came across ProMach.”
ProMach is a family of 42 best-in-class packaging solution brands serving manufacturers of all sizes and geographies in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, and household and industrial goods industries. ProMach brands operate across the entire packaging spectrum: filling, bottling and capping, decorative labeling, flexibles and trays, pharma, handling and sterilizing, labeling and coding, and robotics and end of line. ProMach also provides systems and integration including turnkey solutions, design/build, engineering services, and productivity software to optimize packaging line design and deliver maximum uptime.
“The ProMach solution is helping Snak King be successful and streamline our process,” said Bill Cook, Warehouse Manager, Snak King.
After products are made, bagged and placed into cases, those cases travel up an elevator where overhead conveyance from Zarpac, a ProMach brand, take them to one of 16 Quest Box Bots. The Box Bot is a space-saving palletizer that is available as a modular or skid-based solution. The Box Bot features a long-reach FANUC M-710iC robot that provides higher stack patterns, which maximizes tractor-trailer loading for more efficient shipping. The Box Bot is extremely flexible, allowing an operator to design and produce exact pallet patterns quickly and easily from bags to boxes and other product types, and does so with a small footprint starting at just 8’x10’.
After pallets are stacked eight cases high they travel down a centralized trunk line to an automatic stretch wrapper. Next, they move into a holding pen to wait for a Quest Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle (IAV) to take them to the warehouse for shipping. Quest IAVs provide a smart, flexible solution to move product through a facility.
“ProMach has done a really nice job of delivering the overall automation solution that we were looking for. The interface between the robot and palletizers and the IAVs have been seamless,” Schieldge said. “Snak King has been very focused on optimizing their performance and efficiencies. ProMach’s robotic palletizing solutions and IAVs have provided exactly what we needed.”
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