Intralox Case Study: Buronga Hill Winery | Intralox Customer Objectives Buronga Hill Winery in Mildura, Victoria, processes approximately 90,000 tonnes of grapes annually, much of it during the busy three-month harvest season, when the plant operates almost 24/7. The plant has four crushers to process grapes; twigs, leaves, and stalks that arrive with the grapes are separated before crushing, and are conveyed out via a stalk elevator. The large stalk elevator that services crushers three and four—which together account for approximately 50% of the grapes crushed—was outfitted with a plastic belt. Unsatisfied with the performance of this belt, Buronga Hill wanted an upgrade. The existing plastic belt had a life of only 1.5 years; more crucially, the belt experienced major crashes about once

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