Real projects, measurable results

Shrimp fritter coating line

Making shrimp fritters involves coating the shrimp in a liquid batter and then frying it. Our customer relied on operators who coated each shrimp by hand, by dipping, before placing it on a belt that carried it into an oil bath.

Productivity was limited by the number of operators, the repetitive movements could cause musculoskeletal disorders, and the amount of batter applied was hard to control.

> 3 000 / hrate achieved thanks to full automation of production

• Shrimp picking by robotic vision
• Weight estimated by vision, so that the right amount of batter is applied
• Robotic arm for coating, then feeding into the fryer

Snack sausage production line

This line produces, from start to finish, small dry sausages, plain or coated with pepper, herbs or parmesan. Previously, an operator coated the products and then carried them to a dehydrator: repetitive tasks that slowed production considerably.

The major innovation was to automate the coating stage to obtain an even result. The process gained in productivity, and the operators in comfort.

• Feeding the machine with snack sausages
• Heating the gelatine and applying it around the product
• Coating with various ingredients (pepper, herbs, parmesan…)
• Drying tunnel with dehydrator and air conditioning
• Management of the finished-product collection bins

Dough rolling and cutting

In the production of ready-rolled pastry, the dough is laid on baking paper and then rolled up before being packed in its bag. To make it easier to roll the dough in the paper, the paper goes through a crimping stage.

This machine cuts and crimps the baking paper that receives the dough before packaging.

17 kmlength of baking paper reel handled by the system

Sliding conveyor mat (TMG)

The TMG is a textile conveyor mat that loads or unloads a truck in 3 minutes, instead of the 45 minutes normally required.

> 24 tload carried by the textile, guaranteed for more than 3,000 cycles

1. Laying the matin the warehouse, facing the loading door
2. Placing the palletsdirectly on the mat by the forklift driver
3. Hooking upwhen the truck arrives, the textile is connected by a strap to a winch fixed in the vehicle
4. Loadingthe system pulls the mat and its load into the truck
5. Unloadingin the traditional way, or on the same principle if the dock is equipped

Wide-web inspection slitter-rewinder

This line unwinds a 2-metre-wide parent reel, inspects the web continuously, slits it into several strips and rewinds them on two independent rewinders. Defects are removed on a splicing table, without taking the reel off.

2,000 mmweb width, for reels up to 1,500 kg and 1 metre in diameter

• Closed-loop web tension control, using diameter measurement and a pneumatic dancer, on both unwinding and rewinding
• Automatic web guiding: the reel moves sideways to follow the web edge
• Camera inspection on a backlit inspection table, and metal particle detection across the full web width
• Two slitting stations: pneumatic circular knives, or up to 40 blades for 25 mm strips
• Non-contact dust removal on both sides, by ionisation, air blowing and suction
• Settings recalled by recipe: tension and pressures adjust automatically at each product change
• Line speed from 11 to 70 m/min, zones protected by light curtains