Herb supplier and YPS spice up factory packaging
One food production company has seen a considerable improvement in packing speed and quality despite the limited area in its production facilities. To accomplish its objectives, Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS) provided a small automatic l-sealer.
Green Cuisine is a specialist producer of herbs, spices and seasonings. Established in 1990, it supplies several million packs per year to the UK and Europe. The range of over 150 different products are supplied in jars, tins and boxes, plus specially shaped gift packaging.
Green Cuisine previously operated a semi-automatic packaging line. However, this line was becoming increasingly unreliable with poor quality seals and had always been time-consuming to operate. The team discussed their requirements for a faster and higher quality alternative with a number of packaging equipment suppliers, before opting for YPS’ proposal.
“YPS really listened to our specific needs and offered us equipment that was a little different to the norm, so that it perfectly suited all our requirements,” commented Jules Pike, director at Green Cuisine.
YPS supplied a Pratika Smart 55 compact l-sealer. “This machine offers the benefits of an automatic l-sealer, such as speed, precise sealing and fast changeovers, all with a much smaller footprint, ideal for the limited space available at Green Cuisine,” explained YPS sales manager, Jacques-Pierre Macchi.
The Pratika Smart 55 combines sealer and tunnel in one machine, resulting in a total line length that is at least 1.5 metres shorter than one made up of a sealer and separate tunnel.
The intuitive HMI provides complete control of the sealer, shrink tunnel and conveyors to achieve an optimal finish to the seal. Additionally, over 250 separate ‘recipe’ combinations can be saved, to significantly speed up changeovers between different products or collations and minimise downtime.
“As well as YPS’ fresh approach to supplying the equipment, their back up and support convinced us that they were the right partner to work with. We’ve been very happy with the installation, commissioning and continued running of our new compact l-sealer,” concluded Jules.
