How to choose the right automation equipment for your manufacturing operation
We can now automate almost any repetitive action in manufacturing. But not all automation is created equal - where do you start?
PALpack in Ireland
Automation agent for Lita and other European manufacturers, PALpack operates across the UK and Ireland.
Automating food manufacturing
Most food manufacturing and packaging processes can now be automated. Employing robotics for the secondary packaging process is the last link in the chain.
How automation facilitates business continuity
Adapting business processes has always been the way to compete, but it’s more important now than ever to future-proof.
The perfect stack: how sack palletisers work
A complex and specialised system, automatic sack palletising isn’t as straightforward as it looks.
A case for automation
With the pandemic ongoing, and independence from Europe achieved, manufacturing has entered a new phase. How will the current situation impact production?
How AGVs impact the human workforce
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) travel factory floors, warehouses or distribution centres on a marked path to carry out the work of forklifts and conveyors, automating processes traditionally carried out by humans. What’s the human impact when a business decides to buy one of these robots, and how has the pandemic influenced investment in a machine workforce?
PALpack install robot palletiser for Bruichladdich
Our managing director has been in communication with the team up at Bruichladdich, an exceptional gin and whiskey distillery; not only are their products sublimely blended with numerous native heathers from the inner Hebrides, but the distillery is located with the stunning backdrop of the Islay.
Europack launch new high-speed sack palletiser
The latest sack palletiser from Europack boasts incredibly high speeds, with a rate of 1200 sack per hour.
Workplace injury and palletiser payback
The annual cost of workplace injuries in the UK was equivalent to £5.2 billion last year*. In total, 581,000 workers sustained non-fatal injuries, and 20% of these were as a result of handling, lifting, or carrying. As an industry sector, manufacturing witnesses a statistically higher than average workplace injury rate than many others.