Kliklok Trolley Loaders for Arla Foods
March 27, 2006
Following quickly on the heels of their order for a QS shrinkwrapping machine, Arla Foods UK plc, the UK's leading dairy company, has just placed another order with Kliklok Woodman for the supply of two Trolley Loaders, this time for their dairy in Hatfield Peverel.
The TL series of machines is designed to collate polythene milk bottles or cartons and load them automatically into shelved trolleys (roll containers).
With particular emphasis towards the dairy industry, versions of the TL are available to accept trolleys fed manually into the machine, or delivered automatically from an overhead conveyor.
Arla chose the TL5 model, both with a single lane infeed, with capacity to run four and six pint bottles. Both machines can size change from one bottle size to another in less than five minutes.
Each machine has an integrated turntable mechanism that rotates a full collation of bottles so that the bottle handles are in the correct orientation once loaded in the trolley. Being integrated into the machine, this mechanism takes up a very small area - a valuable commodity in any dairy.
In the UK, liquid milk has been 'shelf ready' for many years with virtually all major supermarkets displaying their milk in wheeled trolleys. Consumers get a good view of the product, the movement of high volumes of milk around the store is very easy, and shelf replenishment is fast and simple.
Kliklok Woodman is the only UK manufacturer of Trolley Loading machines.
Michelle Tatum
Kliklok-Woodman International
Office: +44 1275-836131
Fax: +44 1275-891754
m.tatum@kliklok-woodman-int.com
Henk Hoogendoorn
Kliklok-Woodman
5224 Snapfinger Woods Drive
Decatur, GA 30035
Office: 770-981-5200
Fax: 770-987-7160