casestudies_category: <span>Food Automation</span>

Conveyor parcel handling

Choosing the right conveyor to fit your warehouse system

The UK logistics and warehouse industries are more crowded than ever. For customers, it can be difficult to decide upon the best suited system to meet their warehouse needs. Conveyor systems offer a range of benefits for a variety of required parcel handling, sortation, storage, and palletising solutions. At L-A-C Logistics Automation, we provide customers […]
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Robotic Pick & Place Food Industry

L-A-C Logistics Automation becomes an ABB Value Provider

Who are ABB? ABB are a major global technology specialist, striving to transform societies and industries alike for a more productive, dynamic, and sustainable future. With a history stretching back more than 130 years, the ABB have always strived for greatness. Headquarters based in Zurich, Switzerland, they specialise in connecting leading software to robotics, therefore […]
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Empty cans of drinks

Robotic Bale Handling Solution Brings Cost Savings

A new fully automated bale handling solution has been installed to help Ball Beverage Packaging improve its efficiency and save money. The system replaced a near 20-year-old Kawasaki ZD130S robot at the Wakefield plant, bringing greater speed, precision and durability to the customer. When Ball Packaging needed a new, fully automated waste material conveying and […]
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Vegetables - Carrots, Tomatoes, Bell peppers, Cucumber

Grocery Distributor Increases Case Picking Speed By 300% Through Robotic Automation Solution

Allen Distribution, a third-party logistics company focused on grocery distribution, installed their first robotic warehouse automation solution provided by Prime Robotics. Founded in 1998, Allen Distribution offers warehouse and distribution services including food-grade warehousing, transportation services including asset-based equipment and company drivers. From their eight warehouse locations, the company serves groceries to clients of all […]
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Glass of wine

Pallet De-Stacker

A global wine producer approached L-A-C to design a solution which would not only increase efficiency, but raise safety standards by eliminating the requirement for manual handling. L-A-C designed and developed an automated pallet de-stacker solution which de-stacks pallets at the rate of 80 pallets per hour but also has the functionality for the settings […]
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Stainless Steel Tote and Crate De-Stacker to Integrate with Conveyor Systems

In response to a growing requirement for stainless steel tote and crate de-stackers within the food industry, warehousing, and distribution sectors, L-A-C Logistics Automation have developed a machine that performs not only to the rapid outputs that modern industries require but also ensures consistent and reliable delivery. Being made of a robust design, this tote […]
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Food automation - pancakes on conveyor belt

L-A-C In Upward Spiral with Spiral Conveyor

L-A-C have teamed up once again with Intralox® to build a 3.5 meter-high Spiral Conveyor system incorporating Intralox’s patented DirectDrive™ System. Expertise Intralox recognises L-A-C’s experience and production capabilities as one of the few UK licensed installers of their patented Direct Drive System (DDS) for spiral conveyor system. Quality, trust, and teamwork ensure that both […]
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