Case Study
Box Delivery
System
Patrick Cudahy
The challenge.
Patrick Cudahy, a provider of pork products, came to us needing a new process to deliver empty boxes to pre-existing packing stations.
The system needed to integrate with current operations and keep packing stations supplied with boxes through the use of operator controls and photo-eye controls.
Upon meeting with the client and visiting the plant, the Fusion Tech team designed and fabricated a complete, automated system that keeps packing stations supplied with boxes.
Requirements
- Model entire system with existing equipment
- Integrate with existing equipment
- Accumulation conveyor
- Diverter conveyor
- Speed up conveyor
- Chutes
- Box making table
- Operator controls
- Photo eye controls
- Box diverter options
Key solutions.
- Controls & Automation
- 3D Modeling
- Hang Conveyors from Bar Joists
- Accumulation System
The results.
Patrick Cudahy experienced an increase in product packaging output, decrease in packing time, and a marked increase in employee safety.
- Increased Product Output
- Decreased Packing Time
- Increased Employee Safety