The recently installed Orwak Horizontal baler plays a vital role in intelligent facility design and equipment integration at a cheese manufacturer in Ireland. A cheese manufacturing facility in eastern Ireland needed a more efficient solution to handle the stream of boxes and manage packaging waste. Moovmor Engineering, Orwak’s distributor in Ireland, provided good advice and the automatic Orwak Horizonal baler 450 AT including options adapting the solution seamlessly to the customer site conditions.
The baler, located outside the building and fed by a conveyor and a to client specific requirements customized chute, is part of a now fully automated system.
Automating the box handling process
Prior to installing the horizontal baler, the deboxing was handled manually, but the company made the strategic decision to automate the process by installing a robotics system. It removes the blocks of cheese from the boxes and then places the empty boxes onto a conveyor, where they directly flow into the baler.
The conveyor feeds into a 6 m level chute, which in turn drops the boxes into the hopper of the baler. Auto start photocells detect when material arrives and the baler starts processing it automatically. The cardboard is compacted, cut and baled with wire – ready to go back into the recycling loop.
Dual loading – a versatile solution
This fully automated baler is also equipped with a hydraulic opening hopper lid, which facilitates loading of the hopper by rotating forks on the outside, allowing the entire facility to utilize the baler for baling of all the cardboard generated onsite. Thus, the baler is dual loading – by conveyor and also by forklift from the outside – a versatile solution.
Integrated systems enhance operational excellence.
The journey from robotic deboxing to automated baling is a testament to intelligent facility design and it drastically eliminates manual handling and maximizing throughput for recycling. It is a prime example of how integrated systems enhance operational excellence.