Platform for the food and beverage industry
Until recently, IBCs and drums were filled by Belgosuc on a pallet weigher, but this was a time-consuming activity with an unnecessary amount of manual internal transport. In addition, Belgosuc recently built a clean room where forklift trucks and pallet trucks were not required. Logically, they wanted A solution in which IBCs and drums can be filled in the most efficient and ergonomic way possible without forklifts and transpallets entering the filling room.
Together with Bascules Robbe, we looked at how the fill line would be constructed. A lot of attention was paid to a good workflow and it so ergonomic possible work for the operators. In addition, the new installation had to be built into an existing filling room with as little loss of space as possible.
After thorough thinking and sketching, an optimal way to incorporate the fill line was found. Via roller and chain conveyors the empty IBCs come to the filling station. The IBCs and pallets are placed on a roller conveyor outside the clean room. Via a fast track gate these pallets come right into the filling room.
Once they are at the filling station, a barcode scanner the SSCC number of the IBC is scanned and passed on to Belgosuc's ERP program via the Robbe PLC controller. After this check, filling with the fill lance can begin. The fill lance is in height adjustable and has a large horizontal range, making it possible to fill both IBCs and drums.
After filling by weight, the IBCs and drums are sealed, after which they are automatically discharged through the chain conveyor. Again, via a fast track gate the filled IBC is taken outside where it can be picked up with a forklift. There should be no "polluting" forklifts or transpallets in the clean room through the quick exit gates.
The chain conveyor at the level of the filling station was completely covered with plastic gratings to create a large work surface. A large work platform was worked out that perfectly connects to the chain conveyors. The complete filling line was built in stainless steel.
The control of the filling line was worked out and programmed in-house by Bascules Robbe. The heart of the automation consists of a PLC from the Siemens S7-1500 series to which various I/O is linked. Via a large and clear touch screen, the status of the filling line is presented to the operator in a user-friendly and clear manner. The visual control was designed on size of Belgosuc made, because one extends button and color coding throughout the company so that all controls can be operated similarly by operators.
The filling line was calibrated as an OIML R61 Dispenser by Bascules Robbe in-house. All filled IBCs and drums may therefore be directly included in trade.
