Griffins

Use Case

Talleys

Food, Beverage

Working with our Italian partner Automha and local Racking Partner StorePro, PHS Innovate’s scope included all the racking, automation equipment and conveyors in and surrounding the Cool store. The system scans wrapped and labelled pallets and communicates with Talley’s inventory system to retrieve details for the pallet. The system then stores the pallets in rack locations based on Batch and date for optimised future retrieval. When a truck or container load is needed, Talley’s inventory system communicates with our automated handling system to request specific pallets. Our solution then retrieves and delivers the requested pallets to a designated area for the forklift driver to load into the truck or container.

Use Case

Griffins

Food, Beverage, material handling

PHS Innovate was the automation supplier selected to supply the new palletizer solution for Griffin’s factory. We designed a SAP-compatible system utilising four ABB robots and integrated stretch wrapping and labelling. Our proposal also included an upgrade to Griffins’ conveyor systems, to help with back pressure and product line control. The new palletizer system was installed while the old system was still running, to enable a staged changeover. Our robots were equipped with standard mechanical gripping heads, which have the versatility required for Griffins’ diverse product range. Compared to Griffins’ old system, this method of holding cases was a significant improvement. The final installation was achieved over two weekends, to ensure minimal impact to production at the factory. Initially, half the production line was directed to the new palletizer system. After a few weeks, when it was clear that everything was running smoothly, total production was directed to the new solution and the old palletiser was decommissioned.

Use Case

Winery

Winery, Bottling

Our purpose-built depalletizing solution for Cloudy Bay begins with an operator placing a stack of pallets at the end feed. The bottles are arranged in layers with hard divider boards between each layer. Our machine measures the top of the pallet, removes the layer board and then strips off the layer of 750ml bottles onto an outfeed conveyor. Next, it single files the bottles so they can enter Cloudy Bay’s automated filler. This process continues, layer by layer, until the pallet is empty. Then our machine takes the empty pallet and stacks it to one side. An operator removes the stack when it reaches 10 pallets.