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EQUIPMENT
Instinct Pet Food
selected Gray to
design and build
its 235,000-squarefoot
manufacturing
facility for freezedried
raw pet
food located in
Nebraska.
Gray
programmer, construction project manager, process machine
designer, architect, packaging engineer and field superintendent
all working together on their third, fourth or
fifth project together, advantages are more than apparent. "
Cozzini offers a full turnkey package when it comes to
engineering and developing a process.
" We have full staff and engineers available in all disciplines
- mechanical, design, electrical, project management, "
Gaydusek said. " The biggest thing is we are a fully
integrated control group, and we do our own designs
and layouts of control systems. Whatever the customer
needs or wants, they sit with our control group, and we
provide it all as a turnkey service. "
With ProMach's brand depth, Allpax can now expand
" Whatever
the customer
needs or wants,
they sit with
our control
turnkey scope upstream and downstream of the retort
room, starting in the processing kitchen all the way to
the palletizer/stretch wrapper.
ProMach can take integration
ownership of specific cells within
the line or a solution from end to
end of the entire line.
" One key recent delivery comgroup,
and we
provide it all
as a turnkey
service. "
Jim Gaydusek, Cozzini
ponent that has become more of
a standard with turnkey retort
rooms is the incorporation of
steam and water recovery systems
being designed, fabricated and integrated
by Allpax to reduce energy
requirements and enhance
plant sustainability efforts, " Jacob
said. " Key enhancements include
line validation and integrated total
dynamic OEE measurement
with preventative and predictive
maintenance software packages that drive higher line
efficiency for ongoing operations through the collected
data, providing visibility across the line. "
Labor challenges
With labor shortages predicted to be an ongoing challenge
and shrinking internal engineering support, fac48
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tories face challenges to support continued growth.
" Investing in the latest technology and partnering
with OEM suppliers that provide outstanding support
and integrated lines provides the best opportunity to leverage
engineering expertise through the entire line and
will provide the highest line efficiency, fastest ROI and
positioning for future continued growth, " Jacob said.
Like most industries today, trying to make up for the
loss of workers that disappeared during the pandemic is
a challenge that many pet food companies face.
" Companies have had a hard time getting people to
man the workforce, " Gaydusek said. " Automation is very
key to making that work. We call them dumb positions
- not a reference at all to the worker, but it involves
moving a pallet from point A to point B, which can be
done without the use of a person, and allows that human
to do something that is comparable to their skill level. It
is a much more efficient use of time and energy, not to
mention reducing the payroll. "
Cozzini offers turnkey solutions for one- or two-piece
systems, complete with computer logic that can handle
formulas and bring the proper ingredients to mixing stations
at the proper time and in the proper sequence.
" We can also program in the number of steps in recipes, "
Gaydusek said. " Operators don't need to rely on
their memories to make sure the sequence is correct. We
can do anywhere from very small to very large. We also
have systems for a smaller operator as well. It's all about
efficiencies. The more you can measure, the more accurate
you can be. "
Due to the explosive demand of pet food products
and the global breadth of those demands, coupled with
escalating cost pressures, pet food processors must leverage
all synergies and innovations that are available
to them. If innovations are leveraged properly with an
outcome-based focus on the right priorities and with
the right partners, pet food companies can unlock significant
potential to increase throughputs, reduce costs,
maximize labor resources, and improve employee experience
and safety to ensure all regulatory requirements
of today and tomorrow.
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