A fully integrated, automatic, confectionery bar packing line featuring the latest advances in robotic top load cartoning technology will be the main attraction on Bradman Lake stand 5610.

The central unit of the working demonstration will be the Group’s medium speed LJ300M robotic collator/pick & place loader first seen at PPMA in October. The ABB Flex-Picker will load 6 bars at a time into cartons fed from a new AMI erector developed by Bradman Lake Germany. Cartons will be sealed on a Compact lugless closer using proven Flexible Carton Control system.

Individual chocolate bars to feed the cartoner will be flow wrapped at 200ppm on a Flowtronic 120 machine from Autowrappers while packing filled cartons of 6 bars for distribution will be on a Europack shrinkwrapper.

As well as demonstrating Innovation, the stand fulfills the Show’s other theme of Total Integration from product infeed through to end-of-line packaging.

The line will employ electronic motion controls and interactive touch screens with real time performance monitored and maintained at peak efficiency by BLTechnology’s information and control systems, now renamed Visda.

Progress through innovation is also shown by the other working exhibit on the stand. The fully automatic SL904 cartoner, designed for large-scale end load operations at speeds up to 160cpm, is available with robotic or barrel cam product loading. Servo drives power all functions, giving the option of continuous or intermittent running.

At 278m2, the Bradman Lake Group stand 5610 in Hall 5 is the company’s largest-ever display at an international packaging exhibition.

Further information from:

Simon Wheatley
Bradman Lake Ltd
Yelverton Road
Bristol BS4 5HP

Tel: +44 (0) 117 9715228
Fax: +44 (0) 117 9775514

or from:

Gordon Bell
Autowrappers Ltd
Whiffley Road
Norwich

Tel: +44 (0) 1603 441000
Fax: +44 (0) 1603 466033

Press enquiries to:

Roy Honnor
The RH Consultancy
25 Pembroke Square
London W8 6PB

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7937 6817
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7376 2778

Author Information - Graham Hayes

Chairman, Bradman Lake Group

Graham Hayes spent the first two years of his business career as a trainee with the Kliklok Corporation in United States. Returning to the UK, he joined BP plastics in their marketing department, then worked 3 years for Engleman and Buckham, an import agency, selling equipment to the packaging industry. Graham then formed his own company and acquired the selling rights for Bradman Lake. He merged the sales and manufacturing companies in 1986 and became non-executive chairman. Concurrently, Graham began to represent the Mead Corporation supplying Kraft linerboard to the corrugated industry, representing then successfully for 15 years. Acted as a consultant for a further 3 years and was later appointed managing director of their UK company. In 1996, Graham Hayes led a management buyout of Bradman Lake and took up the position of Executive chairman of the Group. Graham has chaired several companies and has been a successful investor in a number of private businesses. He has a strong lean towards sales and marketing and is an advocate of the saying, “Everything starts with an order” Graham has spent 35 years in the packaging Industry. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Packaging.

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