Hytrol & IBT

Background:

A 150,095 sq. ft. produce company offering over 100 retail and food service products packages millions of pounds of vegetables and fruit. All staging, packing and movement of boxes had been done manually and were stacked on to pallets and hauled with pallet jacks.

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Challenge:

The produce company wanted to transition to conveyors for transporting packed boxes to the production room and to transport full boxes from the production area, as well as deliver empty boxes to packing stations.

Solution:

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Several types of Hytrol conveyors were installed for this custom system to quickly and efficiently move product throughout their facility: Live Roller, Zero-pressure Accumulating, Gravity Roller and Skatewheel Conveyors, (all in Steel and Stainless Steel).

Results:

The company reports that the new Hytrol system has resulted in a safer, uncluttered production and packing area.

Also, the finished product can now be palletized in a 34° F environment, thus increasing shelf life.

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"Since the installation of this system, product has benefited from the ability to increase chilling time and better control the cold chain. Our concern with space utilization has also been addressed. This system gives us a way to provide our employees a safer working environment while providing our customers with the highest quality product possible."

Today, the new order delivery system ships over 90 trucks a day in two shifts with orders ranging from 1 SKU per truck to completely mixed products, often all on pallets.