Ready Meal Line

Client Request:

Client outgrew their existing plant and built a new state of the art green field production facility
In doing so the client requested a high-speed line to produce up to 100 trays/min with the capability of 5 separate fills into their readymade meals

Objective:

Discovery:

After consulting with tray sealing companies we determined that a dual lane conveyor would be required to reach the 100+ target speed
Preliminary layouts revealed that the room was not large enough to accommodate multiple incline conveyors
The client also required a checkweigher and sorting solution to distribute the trays into 3-4 lanes to optimize the freezer efficiency

Solution:

Three Multipond scales filling pasta, protein and toppings with split outlets to accommodate the dual lane conveyor
Due to space constraints, we designed and built custom vertical tippers to deliver the product to the scales
Designed and fabricated the mezzanine to work around the tray line, support the scales and to provide access for cleaning
Trays were check weighed with an Anritsu dual lane checkweigher and sorted into 3 or 4 lanes using our custom designed high-speed switch conveyor depending on the skew
Integrated the process and provided local installation and service