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Pallet operations upgrade pumps up production by 30%

Bay State Milling adopts versatile, low-maintenance palletizer and stretch hood packaging system to secure pallet loads of bagged grain products.

Navigated via computer menu, the stretch hooder draws down the film uniformly over the pallet load and securely seals the hood.
Navigated via computer menu, the stretch hooder draws down the film uniformly over the pallet load and securely seals the hood.

Bay State Milling Co., Clifton, NJ, provides premium-quality flour and other grain products in bag volumes up to 100 pounds each to many of the largest multi-national food companies as well as to local, independently owned food establishments. The company had been operating a semi-automatic spiral stretch wrapping system and an older standard, conventional palletizer to prepare shipments of its bagged products.

The existing equipment could not keep up with growing production capacities, and Bay State was not satisfied with the pallet stack quality. The unique dimensions and specifications of the CooLift pallets from Magliner that the company was using presented some handling, conveying, and wrapping challenges that needed to be addressed. Specifically, Bay State’s Clifton, NJ, plant superintendent Mike Carlson explains, “We needed to reconfigure the palletizer’s pallet delivery system and modify the table at the point where the bags are placed upon the CooLift pallet.”

Bay State Milling wanted a smoother, more reliable packaging and palletizing solution with high uptimes and minimal maintenance requirements. The company also wanted to improve pallet stack quality and support its two different size pallets--one standard GMA 40” x 48” size and a smaller 43” x 18 ½” CooLift pallet. Mike Carlson notes that there was one more challenge. “Our management asked us to develop a proposal for the entire upgrade in three months.”

Initially, Bay State considered installing a robotic palletizer and a stretch wrapping system. But after screening various options, the company chose a combination of the paletpac® 1800 palletizer and stretch hood® i pallet packaging system from BEUMER. The low-maintenance paletpac® easily accommodates bagging rates of 1,000 to 1,800 units per hour. And it is quickly and simply adjustable to handle a wide range of bag and pallet dimensions.

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