The first two medium speed LJ300M pick & place robot top loaders unveiled at PPMA 2003 will soon be at work in the new Loseley Dairy Ice Cream plant near Cwmbran.

Linked with Bradman Lake’s 2/60 erectors and Compact R closers, they will create two fully automatic, fully integrated cartoning lines in what its owner and MD Tim Wilson calls “Europe’s most efficient ice cream factory.”

Flowrapped products will stream into the two LJ300M systems to be transferred into vertical racetrack conveyors.Erected cartons will be positioned by servo-driven side belts and the Flex-Picker robots will lift 10 Choc Ices and 3 Chocolate or Fruit Maximums at a time and load them at speeds up to 300ppm.Compact R Closers then seal the full cartons.

“Robotic product handling gives fast cycle times and great accuracy with reliability,” says Tim Wilson.“Integrated with carton erection and closing equipment from a single supplier on our doorstep, it offers real benefits.”

With total capacity of 10,000 litres/hr, the 7400m2 Cwmbran plant will produce four times the present output of leading brands, Loseley, Thayers and Yorkshire Dales.

Further information from:
Paul Jeffery
Bradman Lake Ltd
Yelverton Road
Bristol
BS4 5HP

Tel: +44 (0) 117 9715 228
Fax: +44 (0) 117 9775 514

Press enquiries to:
Roy Honnor
The RH Consultancy
25 Pembroke Square
London
W8 6PB

Tel: +44 (0) 207 9376 817
Fax: +44 (0) 207 3762 778

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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