Case Study

Burtons Biscuits' Issue

Burtons Biscuits' Issue

Burtons Biscuits' Issue - Solution - FEP Heat Shrinkable Sleeves Background The Robotic system at Burton’s processing plant at Sight Hill, Edinburgh (see picture A) is an 18 robot array which picks and places biscuits from the Product Infeed belt onto skillets which travel in the opposite direction on 2 tray belts. All in all there are over 60 rollers in the whole robotic system. Problem Chocolate, toffee and coconut was transferring from the product onto the product belt and tray belt, this in turn was transferring onto the rollers in particular the rollers at the underside of the belt system (see picture B). The Product belt (green belt in picture) gets washed daily and during the washing the debris from the rollers would transfer back onto the product belt making washing the belt a nev

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