Coding and packaging errors reduced
AutoCoding Systems has helped Greencore Prepared Meals reduce the risk of coding and packaging errors across its factories.
The UK site comprises a bakery, a ready meals factory and a soup and spreads factory. AutoCoding has been installed across most of the packaging lines, removing the human element of setting up the line devices and manually checking the packaging. Each factory implementation brought its own challenges; manufacturing products for a number of different retailers with varying packaging designs and different coding formats.
In the soup and spreads factory, the AutoCoding product controls Domino A300 inkjet printers, Loma CW3 combi checkweighers/metal detectors and Sick CLV431 barcode scanners.
Four Sick barcode scanners are mounted on the line to ensure every barcode is scanned on the spinning soup pots as they come down the line to confirm the correct pot is being used. The system sets up the Domino printers with the correct date code and coding profile for the product, eliminating the need for operator intervention and reducing the risk of error.
