NLM Vantinge’s new fully automated system, supplied by Fisker Skanderborg A/S, runs with great precision and lightens the load every day. Production Manager Thomas Ågren praises Fisker for the high quality of the solution, including the design, installation and commissioning.
One of the main activities at NLM Vantinge A/S near Ringe on the island of Fyn is the production of feedstuffs. The company produces feedstuffs under the trade name of Lipitec and as private labels. The production requires specialist knowledge on the composition of the products, their nutritional effects on animals and food safety in the broadest sense.
Outdated equipment
For many years, NLM Vantinge had been using a semi-automatic solution for bagging the feed, and subsequently wrapping the bags in foil and packing them on pallets. In 2012, the management decided that the solution no longer lived up to the company’s own health and safety requirements, and it had become too labour intensive. Consequently, NLM Vantinge entered into dialogue with several suppliers to find a suitable, fully automated solution.
Fisker was selected for quality and simple operation
Fisker Skanderborg A/S was selected as the supplier of the new solution. “Fisker gave us exactly the solution we needed,” says Thomas Ågren, Production Manager at NLM Vantinge. “I have been familiar with Fisker for many years and I know that the quality is guaranteed. In addition, Fisker’s solution was easy to handle and understand, which was also very important to us.”
Perfect robot solution
The fully automated solution comprises a bagging machine and a robot for handling the bags, wrapping them in foil and labelling them as well as palletising the finished bags. “We should be honest and say that at the beginning, we were not at all keen to have a robot installed,” explains Thomas Ågren. “However, now, we are happy to admit that it runs perfectly and is very easy to operate.”
Fisker imports robots directly from Japan and tailors the total solution to the customer’s specific requirements.
Quality, reliability and health & safety
“With this new solution, we have a system that lives up to our demands regarding quality, precision and health & safety,” says Thomas Ågren. “In fact, whenever customers visit us, we often take them to see it. We are very proud of it and it shows in practice how we focus on living up to our customers’ demands on quality and reliability of supply.”
Excellent collaboration
Thomas Ågren was very pleased with the collaboration with Fisker. “The whole process from design and installation through to commissioning has worked very well,” says Thomas Ågren. “In addition, I would really like to praise Fisker for delivering the system one week before the agreed deadline, as the staff at Fisker was obviously aware that the old machinery was not operational and we desperately needed our new system. All in all, we are very happy with the solution, which several of our employees regard as one of the company’s best investments.”