GreenVale, one of the UK’s leading potato suppliers with three packing sites and one processing site – recently added FANUC robots to its manufacturing floor to upgrade its packaging facilities. Each FANUC robot is responsible for picking their 5 and 10 pound bags of potatoes and placing them into merchandisable units. Originally the robots were designed to move 30 bags per minute – but through a series of upgrades, the flexibility of the robots has accommodated the growing demand for potatoes by moving up to 60 bags per minute – twice the original purpose! The operations manager of GreenVale also reported that the robots have been running at a 99.8% uptime in the time since their installation.
Moving potatoes may be what keeps the doors open at GreenVale, but it begs the question – where else can FANUC robots be used to offer speed, reliability and a leaner manufacturing environment? IPM is an authorized dealer and installer of FANUC robotics. Our industry knowledge combined with decades of quality engineered packaging solutions makes us the right choice when considering FANUC for your next plant upgrade.
