Proseal meets hawthorn produce’s
needs for speed and space
A tray sealer and integrated conveyor is no need for the addition of a conveyor
from Proseal are providing a fruit producer cubicle, which creates space for additional
with greater throughput and ample operators.
production line space for packing, allowing
it to meet increased demand from its Equally as important, the single and
customers. secure point of control ensures that the
infeed conveyor mirrors the speeds of
Spalding-based HP² - short for Hawthorn
the tray sealer and guarantees instant
Produce, Packaging and Handling – truly helped us deliver for our customers’ reaction to any changes in run conditions.
required a high-speed tray sealing needs. This, combined with Proseal’s ProMotion™
machine to meet growing customer
system, which uses following motion and
demand for top-sealed packs of grapes. “This was no surprise as we’ve been intelligent buffering technology to enable
The machine had to be capable of sealing Proseal customers for a long time and trays to feed continuously into the sealer,
120 packs per minute and to meet these are well aware of the company’s excellent delivers optimum efficiency and minimal
needs, HP² chose the Proseal GT2s tray tray sealers.” stoppage downtime for HP².
conveyor, making a total line length of The large-capacity Proseal GT2s tray “HP² and Nick are loyal customers, so
around ten metres. sealer is meeting HP²’s need for speed we were delighted to supply them with a
with an average throughput of 127 packs machine that is now actually exceeding
Nick Bossley, Managing Director at HP², per minute, thus enabling the company to their throughput requirements, as well
comments: “As ever, Proseal’s service comfortably meet customer demands and as allowing the necessary space for
was second-to-none. Installation was even take on extra orders. the onward packing of the punnets,”
sealer with a fully integrated flat-belt SC
completed on the day of delivery –
comments Tony Burgess, Head of Sales
including control links to existing end- The integrated infeed conveyor ensures and Control Systems at Proseal. “Over the
of-line equipment to enable staggered that there is maximum space for product years, Proseal and HP² have each played
controlled stoppages – and production loading so HP²’s operators can always a part in the other’s success and growth,
was able to commence on day two. The keep up with the demands of the line. and we very much hope to see our
GT2s and integrated conveyor have Crucially, the conveyor is controlled and excellent relationship continue.”
been fantastic for us in terms of extra managed from the Proseal machine’s throughput and added stability and have user-friendly interface, meaning there
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