Output doubled for SME

Ramona’s Kitchen, which produces 50 tonnes of Mediterranean inspired food a month, has doubled its capacity since semi-automating its production facility with Endoline Machinery.

Business owner Ramona Hazan explains, “Up to two workers were spending a full eight-hour shift just forming boxes ready for filling – which was an inefficient use of time and a bottleneck in our production.”

Hazan commissioned Endoline Machinery to install a semi-automatic case erector and sealer.

The produce is made and immediately run, via a conveyor belt, out to a packing station. Here, a manual worker forms the cases on a case former which automatically folds the lower flaps and securely holds the open case to allow packing to take place. The filled boxes are then pushed by the operator through the Endoline case sealer, which simultaneously tapes both the bottom and the top of the box before being pushed to a storage room, ready for delivery. All of this is achieved within one minute.

The production line is now consistently flowing with box damage eliminated – with a daily output of 500 boxes per day, a 100 per cent increase.