With a rich history of supplying the packaging industry since 1971, we take immense pride in our commitment to excellence. Every machine that leaves our facility undergoes rigorous testing, ensuring that it meets the highest standards of quality and performance. While all our systems are thoroughly tested with video before shipment, many pieces of equipment go through factory-specific testing prior to FAT.
This meticulous process allows us to replicate the intricate plant environment, giving us unparalleled insight into how the container will perform in our equipment. Here are just a few ways we simulate your in-plant environment.
1. Temperature of Product
Do you run your product hot or cold? Is it coming to our equipment after a hot fill or post chiller? These types of conditions can drastically impact how the container handles in any piece of packaging equipment. We will work to heat or chill the product for optimal testing to know how it will handle in a real plant environment.
2. Conveyor Confidence
Type of chain, dead plate locations, and more, all of these items can impact container performance. We do our best to mimic these plant scenarios and layouts in our facility.
3. Loop Testing
In order to run for longer periods of time and at higher speeds, we will often loop conveyor. This provides the best in run times to really put your machine through the motions and now how it will operate over a longer period of time.
4. Simulating Failures
In real-plant environments, failures happen. Down bottles make it into the filler, machines jam. We test for various potential failures that happen in the plant to see how our equipment will react. Based on how it reacts, we can make modifications prior to the machinery arriving at your facility.
We can simulate any failures you need us to and will recommend some on our own.
5. Continuous Improvement
Our FATs not only ensure that are delivering the finest products to our customers, but also serve as a driving force for continuous improvement. With each test, we embrace an opportunity to refine and learn from past challenges. By diligently tracking, analyzing, and reviewing the results, we gain valuable insights from every machine, pushing us towards excellence in our future endeavors.
Plant Simulated Testing | Case Study
Below is a look inside the testing set up we did for a large Ice Cream manufacturer. We created a two-story rig in order to simulate of product would flow through the equipment.
