Smarter Case Erector: 50 Cases/Min & 99.5% OEE with Delkor’s X Series

Red Gold's jump from 1,200 to 2,000 cases per hour speaks volumes about the performance of Delkor’s Trayfecta® X Series Former. "Its a game changer".

"The machine just puts out cases. It just runs," states Brandon Endress, Director of Manufacturing at Red Gold. "Its a game changer. The efficiency improvement is drastic. It changes people's perspectives of what's possible on the line."

Red Gold currently runs two Trayfecta® X Series Formers at its Elwood, Indiana facility with plans to add more equipment in the near future. In fact, Delkor's formers work so well that the team is actively reworking other equipment on the line to ensure the line continues to hit max efficiency.

"The current fastest package we run is 47 cases per minute that more than accommodates the line rate that we've got. It's been very successful at that rate and we have actually exceeded 50 cases per minute for short periods of time, " states Project Engineer, Brad Marshall.

In addition to high speeds, patented technology on the Trayfecta X Series Former solves one of the industry's biggest issues - warped corrugated material - by searching for and adjusting to warped corrugated to provide 3x the industry warp tolerance.

"The X Former eliminates [the effect of the warp] by tensioning the cardboard while its transferring it," says Louis Rose, Controls Engineer.

Marshall adds, "you're always in control of the blank. It's helped efficiencies, quality through put, reduced our scrap rate ... that was a major issue we would see. Delkor has been a really good resource to solve any issues and hit those efficiencies, rates, and qualities we're working for".

"We nerd out on making tomatoes. To find a partner who nerds out on making a good case former is a good match," Endress concludes.

We nerd out on making tomatoes. To find a partner who nerds out on making a good case former is a good match.

See the entire interview as well as Delkor's equipment in action in the video, then contact us to see how Delkor can do the same for you.