UPM News

POWDER METERING AND CONVEYING	October 2009
UPM Conveyors solved the problem of metering and conveying powdered food supplements at a rate of 90kgs/hr with a compact vibratory feeder discharging into a swan neck conveyor fitted with a border flex PU belt having flights to totally enclose the product eliminating any risk of spillage or contamination. Hinged polycarbonate covers were also fitted over the complete assembly incorporating safety electrical interface to stop the belt and the conveyor was made in a combination of white ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) for the side members plus stainless steel for the support frame resulting in a price competitive and aesthetically pleasing solution in comparison to a conventional all stainless steel conveyor. UHMWPE has FDA food contact approval and all aspects of manufacture are carried out in house by UPM including fabrication; programming and control build allowing total control of quality / inspection and maintaining delivery promises.
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UPM Switching System installed in Spain's largest meat processing company	August 2009
The largest meat processing company in Spain invested 5 million Euros in a new packaging line and UPM Conveyors supplied a food tray Switching System to allow product in trays to be automatically diverted to any of four film sealing machines without losing orientation at a rate of 150 per minute. The system is based on four different format belt conveyors mounted vertically on an electrically operated scissor lift to present the required conveyor into position according to the input from the Siemens control which is interfaced to the main process line and all aspects of manufacture were carried out in house including fabrication ; programming and control build to meet IP67 rating .

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10 conveyors forming part of a system for a major multi national Snack manufacturer	July 2009
10 conveyors forming part of a system for a major multi national Snack manufacturer As reported in the Spring Issue of PPMA News UPM Conveyors has revolutionized the handling of food with their all plastic Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) construction belt conveyors which meet the new Food Regulations and have FDA certificated approval for food contact. Roy Fowler of UPM reports a very successful first quarter in 2009 with orders circa £2 million pounds primarily for food processing applications and of these orders the photograph shows 10 conveyors that form part of a £150k order for a major multi national snack manufacturer where the colours of blue side members and white belts are in harmony with the customers house colour so proving aesthetically pleasing. The conveyors have hinged polycarbonate covers and will be mounted onto grade 304 stainless steel support frames to form part of a total system meeting IP65 rating incorporating barcode reading of boxed snacks to be automatically assigned to designated areas within the factory all controlled from one Siemens PLC with a colour touch screen that is very user friendly having graphics for each function. All software was written in- house by UPM to integrate with Datalinx Warehouse Management and SCADA Business Systems. All aspects of manufacture are carried out internally at UPM including stainless steel fabrication and the Routing of 3m by 2m sheets of UHMWPE on a new £100k fully automatic machine plus all control build allowing constant QC checks and maintaining delivery promises. The UPM philosophy is simple based on working in Partnership with people sharing our knowledge and experience gained over 35 years with UPM accepting total responsibility for turn key projects operating to the agreed specification and to the customers satisfaction which is the result of a Performance Guarantee allowing peace of mind with reliability and trouble free operation being the corner stone of their success.