Success of scaling: How automation has transformed a growing snack manufacturer

Robotiq Samuel Bouchard CEO immerses how the regional refreshment manufacturer uses automation of excessive work automation, strengthening efficient and scaling production. In this conversation with Mike Welch, channel sales manager, they explore the way to success and the benefits of automation with Robotiq.

Background

The Robotiq customer with this week is a regional manufacturer of refreshments specializing in popcorn products. Their business based in remote northern lease has seen exponential growth over the past few years. Although national distribution has not yet reached, their production volume has increased and tightened their existing equipment and resources. To support their growth, they consisted of innovative solutions to support their rapid expansion.

Commercial challenges

This customer faced meaningful challenges associated with their rapid growth and geographic rental:

• Lack of work: Operation in a distant area made it difficult to recruit and maintain a sufficient number of workers for their palletizing operations at the end of the line.
• Increasing the permeability: Their growing production required a reliable and scalable solution to remove close places in their paletization process.
• Limitations: Timely automated systems that assumed in 2021 fought heavier useful loads, which for some product lines the necessary slower production speeds.
• Cost and efficiency pressure: To maintain their growth and remain competitive, they needed to optimize their operations and ensure a quick return on investment (King) for new equipment.

These challenges make the company to revise its automation strategy and explore the upgraded solutions to meet their developing needs.

Why was Robotiq’s palletizing solution to a good adaptation?

Finally, the company Robotiq Palletizing solutions for several reasons:

1. Flexibility and scalabibility: The adaptability of our solution has allowed the company to easily move from their older model, reducing the palletizer of the payload to one other adapted to their evolving needs. This allowed them to easily handle heavier payloads (up to 25 kg) and at the same time re -adjust the older unit for Lightter products.
2. Ease of use: With intuitive software functions, he likes to select recipes and quick setting of SKU, the system has simplified the change and modification of the product. This was particularly important for equipment with small maintenance staff. Their new paletizer used the same software interface, so the operators are trouble -free processing of the new
3. High performance and reliability: The upgraded system offered increased speed and efficiency, reduced downtime and guaranteed continuous operations, even if the application for production grew.
4. Fast crossing and minimal downtime: Transition from PE10 to PE20 was completed within a few hours with minimal production disturbance. The team had to palletize one load manually during the swap.
5. Proven record: Standardized and reliable products of Robotiq have provided confidence in the long -term king and the operational stability of their investment in automation.

Tips to automate the palletization at the end of the line

• Start early: The delay of automation can further indicate you on the non -shop. Start integrating an automation solution and place your business for scalable growth.
• Focus on the king: Evaluate the potential return on investment. With systems like Robotiq’s, customers like this, they have reached the king within nine months at three shift.
• Prefer flexibility: Choose a solution that can adapt to changing production needs, including new SCOs, box sizes and configurations.
• A proven solution solution: Decide for standard products tested in the field above your own solutions. Proven systems are less risky and easier to use so you get a quick and predictable king
• Work with reliable partners: Working with suppliers offering quality products as well as local support to ensure maximum time and efficiency.

  Automation is no length for luxury, but necessary for making business to remain competition. Investments in scalable and reliable solutions can overcome companies, improve efficiency and stand up for long -term success.

  Do you long for more automation successes about snack products? See how Deanan Popcorn uses our solutions to transform their operations!