A large global coffee and tea company improves the working conditions for their operators and increases the productivity Background A large global tea and coffee company active in more than 80 countries, wanted to convey coffee from the grinder to a sieve. Every time there was a stop at the grinder there was a large quantity of coffee that needed to be reclaimed. The operators had to move the coffee three floors above the starting point. This was cumbersome and took a long time. Also the weight of the bags was heavy and the operation was painful for operators. The distance from the exit of the grinder to the sieve is 9 meters vertical and 5 meters horizontal. Solution The first step was to add one vacuum conveyor piFLOW®p per grinder. At the time, the company only had one type of coffee. A

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