Baked goods

Case study
Packing 12,000 pancakes an hour

Yummy Bakery, a family owned leader in the Belgium bakery industry, challenged PWR to develop an automation solution that ensures their pancakes are packed in line with specifications and with minimum errors. The solution also needed to be fully integrated with the thermoformer machine.

“I was impressed with the expertise and know-how of the PWR team throughout the entire process. They delivered a top notch robotic solution that handles our pancakes fast and gently. Their intuitive HMI works hands on and logically. And if help is needed, it is assuring to know they are just a call away.”

Tom Geldhof, Co-owner, Yummy Bakery.

Case study
Loading biscuits into trays

Dean’s is a family-owned bakery based outside of Aberdeen, Scotland. The company is best known for their shortbread and supply major UK supermarkets, gifting and food service sectors, they also have a growing presence in export.

After investing in their first small robot for the bakery in 2011, and with this proving to be a success, in 2015 Dean’s decided to explore other areas where automation could be beneficial on a much larger scale. After some research and an initial shortlisting process, PWR were chosen to deliver the solution. 

“We chose PWR to deliver this solution after careful consideration of all our options. As an SME, the investment we were considering putting down on the project was by no means insignificant for us so we had to be sure we were recruiting a supplier who could also be a trusted partner. We chose PWR as the team were so understanding of our needs and really communicated with integrity throughout the whole project.”

Les McArthur, Operations Director Dean’s Shortbread. 

Case study
Packing 25,000 flat breads per hour 

Polarbröd a forward thinking, family-owned company based in Sweden who have baked traditional northern Swedish bread for over 100 years. 

The company turned to PWR for a robotic automation solution to increase their running efficiencies significantly. When looking for a solution, footprint was something that needed to be taken into consideration as the customer needed a solution that would not take too much space on the factory floor. It also needed to deliver flexibility as the different product formats would be produced across one line.

“PWR delivered a custom-made solution to fit our needs and it meant that we were able to have control over the process rather than purchasing a one size fits all solution. A stand out feature for me was the statistics that are given from the PWR | Clear HMI 4.0 which allows us to see the high output of the solution. This data is helping us hit our high sustainability and production KPI’s which is very important to the business.

We are now looking to bring in automation to other areas of the business and the success of this project with PWR proof that it is the right move to make. The investment will be significant but new innovations is something that the business is really interested in.” 

Matthias Stromberg, Production Engineer Polarbrod