15 million bags of crisps per week
Kolak Snack Foods is one of the leading UK crisp and snack producers operating from London NW10 in a 250 million square foot factory producing 15 million bags per week.
In 2017 UPM Conveyors was selected to design a system for automating the conveying of finished goods from the production area to packaging / despatch. This involved elevating boxes from ground level to 4m height through a tunnel over a service road and declining to the packing area for palletising which incorporated a powered roller S Bend and custom engineered belt conveyors suitable for food production. The system has a PLC control to allow operators in both the production and packaging areas to interface with each other including emergency pull cords and emergency stops.
UPM was praised for their cooperation as it was necessary to carry out certain aspects of the system over weekends to avoid disruption.
