SCM Handling supplies Palletising robot to Premier Foods

The Premier Foods sauces production facility at Bury St Edmunds has just commissioned a major upgrade for better efficiencies and capacity on a key brand within its portfolio. The Lloyd Grossman line has been re-equipped with a number of installations including the latest end of line robotic palletising system from SCM Handling/Kuka robotics. The robot with its 180KG payload capacity handles 3 sizes of sauce jars in shrink-wrapped formations at up to 50 trays per minute and palletises onto GKN or Euro pallets. The robot cell built and tested at SCM in Taunton, Somerset utilises the high performance proven palletising KR180 robot from Kuka alongside custom built product handling and empty/full pallet handling systems within a self-contained cell configuration. “The production project team at Premier Bury laid down some interesting and challenging criteria in respect to robot cell performance and testing as well as lead times and product commissioning “ said Sales Director Daniel Lambie at SCM,

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