WESTERWALD BIO GmbH in Germany
WESTERWALD BIO GmbH IN GERMANY
It was at the VIV EUROPE 2014 Trade Fair (Utrecht, The Netherlands) that Mr and Mrs Klein, representatives and owners of the WESTERWALD BIO GmbH packing station which specialises in the packaging of eggs other than battery eggs, based in ESCHENBURG ROTH, Germany (120 km north of Frankfurt), became interested in the robotised solutions offered by OVOCONCEPT.
In July 2015, WESTERWALD BIO GMBH undertook the construction of a new 2500 m² packing centre fitted with solar panels and geothermal heating.
After defining the requirements and needs linked to their production (a very large range of products, a significant number of references of boxes and open-top cases used), WESTERWALD BIO GMBH entrusted OVOCONCEPT with the automation of their packing station because OVOCONCEPT met their specifications best and offered them the most versatile, flexible solutions.
The automation of this station then took place in 3 stages:
Installation of an OVOPERFORMER D500 depalletiser robot with a capacity of 200,000 eggs/hour:
Loading of full pallets on a motorised conveyor, depalletisation of 4 stacks of 6 trays at a time, stacking and automatic evacuation of the stacks of pallets and dividers.
As a complement to the OVOPERFORMER D500 depalletiser robot, WESTERWALD BIO GmbH chose to install an efficient, compact, low energy washer and opted for the model of pallet and divider washer per batch from OVOCONCEPT offering a rate of 10 pallets and 40 dividers/hour (see Innovations article).
Installation of an OVOPAL 500 palletiser robot with a capacity of 500 cases/hour:
Each case and open-top case filled by the operators is routed to the OVOPAL 500 palletiser robot. Products are identified by their barcodes and transferred to the corresponding line (up to 4 separate references at a time).
The open-top cases are picked up 2 by 2 using a specific gripping head which enables both cardboard and plastic cases to be palletised.
Once finished, the pallets are automatically evacuated.
Installation of an OVOCASER robotised case packing cell
2 lines of the grader have been replaced by our specific conveyors which automatically evacuate the open boxes, collects them, counts them and turns them over if necessary. As the result of an automatic change of gripping head which prevents handling errors by an operator, this OVOCASER robotised cell is capable of managing 8 product references with only 3 separate gripping heads!
Depending on the various references, the OVOCASER robotised cell works at a rate of up to 40,000 eggs/hour.
We are very happy and proud of this wonderful installation. We thank Mr and Mrs Klein and Mr Pigeon (Technical Manager) for entrusting us with the automation of their packing station. This is a superb reference which contributes to the development of our brand image and proves the quality, versatility and flexibility of our robotised applications daily.
