PACKAGING
STREAMLINED WORKING
BRILLOPAK
CRATE DESTAKERS SUPPORT MORRISONS’
WORKER WELLBEING AND EFFICIENCY
To help two Morrisons packing plants
overcome production bottlenecks, Brillopak
has installed four Crate DeStakers at the
start of four robotic pick and place case
packing cells. However, the real benefit is
the difference the machines have made
to workforce health and safety and job
satisfaction, reports Rushden’s site manager
Andy Day.
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Upstream, Brillopak Crate DeStakers have put
a stop to operatives repeatedly overstretching
to lift, separate and place clean retail baskets
in a constant stream onto conveyors for filling.
Both Rushden and Gadbrook fresh produce
depots supplying Morrisons’ customers
nationwide recently invested in four state-of-
the-art UniPacker Robotic Pick and Place Cells
for packing vertical form fill and seal potato
bags into standard sized 600mmx400mm
crates. Having automated their packing lines,
both sites needed assurance that the supply
of crates to the robotic cells would be fast
enough to not cause a backlog or result in
labour being relocated to such a strenuous
and repetitive task.