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Ammo maker shoots for packaging improvements

Remington adds high-speed, smooth-handling gun-shell cartoning machine to its operations arsenal.

Pw 6808 Remington Arms Aagard

When Remington Arms Co., Lonoke, AR, decided to upgrade cartoning operations for its 23⁄4-in. 12-ga shotgun shells, the company evaluated the available options and decided to install an automated gun shell cartoner from The Aagard Group, LLC (www.aagard.com) to replace an older machine.

Russell Hughes, project/process engineer in Remington’s Continuous Improvement Group, says, “I’m one of four people responsible for tasking plant machine upgrades. My 17-year background with Remington includes production, machinist, and mechanic responsibilities. Our Continuous Improvement Group has considerable aggregate experience with evaluating packaging machine performance. We started by doing a good deal of research on the newest cartoning systems for munitions, and we got dependable company references to narrow the field. Then I looked more closely at several companies before zeroing in on Aagard, which has expertise in the latest cartoning technologies.”

Hughes points out that there is always some inherent danger in the manufacturing and packaging of munitions. “There always is the possibility of a round firing unintentionally, but you learn how to avoid or minimize this potential. The old cartoning system handled the shells in an almost violent manner. There was a lot of jerky motion in the machine that resulted in a lot of packing machine jams and machine damage. But the Aagard cartoning machine’s servo drive systems all have smooth ramp ups and downs that never seem to agitate the shells or place the equipment under undue stress. Everything moves with relatively quiet, fluid-like motions. The general design of the machine is simple and user-friendly.”

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