Penny Lane Foods

Line of burgers and sausages

The state of the art manufacturing facility in Bridgwater, Somerset, can process over 750 tonnes of products per week - that’s a lot of burgers!

Whilst most of the plant is highly automated, stacking of boxes ready for the freezer room was, up to now, a manual operation. Via Atlanta packaging Ltd., DAN-Palletiser´s partner in the UK , a MK1 Palletiser was delivered to Penny Lane Foods.

Established for over 30 years, Penny Lane Foods are one of the largest UK producers of frozen burgers and sausages. They put their success down to product consistency and high levels of service to their customers.

 

Automatic stacking solution Adrian Jones, managing director, Penny Lane Foods, went looking for a cost-effective automatic stacking solution that would fit in the limited space available, but also be robust in construction and easy to operate. After considering three options, two robots and one layer plate palletiser, Adrian Jones chose the latter option, viz. a MK1 from DANPalletiser.

In its basic form, the filled pallet is taken away by an operator using an electric truck and then a new, empty pallet is positioned in the loading area. Pattern formation carries on whilst the pallet is exchanged so there is no interruption to the productionflow. After leaving the work area, the operator resets the safety light barrier to allow the machine to operate fully.

”The MK1 fills the brief perfectly, a well engineered piece of equipment, which my staff can understand, and it can be further automated when we relocate to new premises where we will have a bit more room”, explains Adrian Jones, managing director.