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Knife Edge Belt Conveyor |
April 2010 |
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Knife Edge Belt Conveyor
Knife Edge belt conveyor 1500mm wide by 2000mm long to be used
with a Tunnel metal detector for processing bacon as part of a
total turn key project from UPM Conveyors..
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PRO Logic Automation System |
April 2010 |
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Cengage Learning (EMEA) Ltd, is a leading educational
publisher and distribution services provider based in Andover,
Hampshire. The 60,000 square foot distribution facility
supports clients in education; academic; reference and legal
businesses servicing the global market.
To cater for their business expansion and to improve
efficiencies Cengage have installed a LogisticsPRO warehouse
management system to operate in conjunction with a new belt /
roller conveyor system from UPM Conveyors responsible for the
turn key project.
LogisticsPRO downloads order data to the UPM PC. This
information is then transferred to the UPM PLC bar code
readers to divert boxes to the appropriate picking; packing
and shipping areas. At each stage the conveyor system sends
data back to LogisticsPRO, keeping the status of each order
continuously updated.
Carrie Willicome, Distribution Director expressed her
satisfaction with UPM Conveyors particularly the on site
engineers who performed the installation with very minimal
disruption to the daily business of Cengage and said
UPM
provided an excellent service and finished product with
minimum disruption to our business
.weve seen immediate
improvements in speed and efficiency
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SOFT
FRUIT TRAY FILLING |
March 2010 |
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Soft Fruit Tray Filling
UPM Conveyors have installed a Twin Lane belt conveyor system
for the UK market leader of soft fruit packing allowing fully
automatic operation for various sizes of trays to be filled at
a rate of 100 per minute from a twin head multi weigher via
sensors confirming the correct tray location controlled by a
PLC for 0.5 second fill sequence and 1 second to index the
next tray into position all complying with IP67 rating .
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Contact UPM about Soft Fruit Tray Filling |
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TOTAL PROCESSING AND PACKAGING
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March 2010 |
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 UPM
Conveyors (Stand no 5622) claim to cater for all types of
production handling applications ranging from compact
integrated conveyors through to total turn key projects on a
world wide basis where all aspects of manufacturing are
carried out in-house including fabrication; programming and
control build allowing complete supervision of
quality/inspection and maintaining delivery promises.
UPM were awarded the Queens Award for Innovation by
revolutionising the handling of food in production areas and
are now celebrating 35 years of designing and building belt
conveyors offering both traditional stainless steel and ultra
high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWP) construction which
has FDA approval for food contact applications.
UPM have noticed a distinct trend with automation of product
handling in conjunction with robots and their exhibits at
Total will reflect this.
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Contact UPM about TOTAL PROCESSING & PACKAGING |
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POWDER METERING AND CONVEYING |
October 2009 |
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 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 |
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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.
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