Packaging machinery manufacturer Kliklok has worked with the Weetabix Food Company to successfully install a number of automatic cartoning lines at the UK cereal producer’s Northamptonshire facility.
Weetabix installed two Kliklok ECT500 top load glue erectors for five-pack and ten-pack formats of Alpen cereal bar, which were modified to suit the food producer’s factory requirements including customised electrical specification, Panelview 1000 touchscreen, Nordson hot melt glue application and powered carton hopper.
It also collaborated with automation specialist CKF on the provision of two automated lines for wrapped packs of Weetabix biscuits, both featuring Kliklok’s high-performance Celox cartoner, which is capable of running at speeds up to 200 cartons per minute. Each Celox machine was integrated with a twin in-feed TRACi loader, Kliklok’s automatic collating and stacking system. Both lines were configured for 24-pack, 48-pack, 36-pack and 72-pack formats of Weetabix’s breakfast biscuits.
Kliklok is now working on another new project for Weetabix to automatically accept wraps of biscuits arriving “on edge” from a buffer storage unit and rotating them through 90 degrees prior to being cartoned. To achieve this, Kliklok are designing two modified versions of their Rotary Transfer System.
Weetabix head of capital Rob Meachin said: “The mutually beneficial relationship between Kliklok and Weetabix has led to a strong and trusted partnership, built on the good reputation and shared values of both companies for quality and reliability.”
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