Case Study
Recycle/Reuse/Renew! Modifying Existing Slipsticks Keeps Project Under Budget
A major manufacturer of baked goods needed to upgrade their existing packaging system to accommodate the production rollout of a new cracker line. During short production runs of the new crackers for test market purposes, the company discovered leakage issues because the new crackers were thinner than their other products and could slip through the drop gates of their existing vibratory distribution conveyors. The company also needed to install a new packaging line to accommodate the new cracker product and approached Triple/S Dynamics for help in developing a new equipment layout to address the leakage issues and integrate the new packaging line. Triple/S Dynamics developed layout concepts and submitted proposals with options ranging from complete replacement of the existing p