CHESSER Chemicals has cut the time it takes to fill its customers’ containers in half. On top of that the company says it has made major OH&S gains.
The big improvements at the Adelaide-based factory follow the installation of new Flex Pack container filling equipment.
As a manufacturer of a wide range of liquid detergents, disinfectants, solvents and cleaning products, Chesser Chemicals supplies the commercial and industrial markets with a wide range of different size containers, as well as offering a contract packing service.
“The Flex Pack filler has given us a big advantage” said Larry Cavallaro, operations director at Chesser Chemicals.
“For example one of our typical tasks, that of filling a batch 25L drums, our standard time has come down from approximately 160 minutes to around 40 minutes, depending on the viscosity of the liquid.
“Although we haven’t cut down on staff, we now have far less overtime, so the savings go straight to the bottom line.
“And, we are using the filler unit for a very wide range of detergents and sanitisers. Aggressive chemicals, such chlorine based solutions, are not a problem either,” Cavallaro said.
The other advantage is that staff are no longer lifting heavy containers. Instead, empty containers are placed on a pallet and filled, then another layer of containers is stacked on top by hand and those containers are filled, ready for the forklift to move the pallet to storage.
The long reach that can be achieved with the counter balanced boom, which pivots 180°, and enables the unit to work with up to three or four pallets at a time.
“Some of our detergents can foam up when filling the containers, but the long neck on the fill head enables it to reach to the bottom of the biggest containers and bottom fill, thus preventing foaming,” Cavallaro said.
“Altering the volume, for filling different size containers is quick for us … this takes less than a minute, and it only takes a few minutes to change the head when we need to fill 200L drums.”
The Flex Pack filler has a standard fill range of 0.5 to 1,000Ls and a two-speed fill system (up to 3L/s, depending on product characteristics) with a typical batch accuracy of 0.5%.
Flex Pack 03 9568 6899.