By equipping Tolsma’s box filler with a box tipper, the company’s experts created a multifunctional machine, which means that it can be used all year round by potato processors.
Based on the latest company press release, the principle of Tolsma’s automatic box filler and box tipper has been tried and tested for years and has proven to be very effective.
“Storing 50.000 tons in 3 weeks… and then everything in boxes too. Then a capacity of 100 tons per hour is the starting point for the box filler. A challenge for our engineers, which ultimately led to a great product for an international potato processor,” said Tolsma’s representatives.
To meet the requested capacity of the customer, no fewer than 3 receiving stations have been built, each equipped with 3 fully automatic box fillers and tippers. This machine unstacks empty boxes, fills them in a product-friendly manner, weighs and stacks them 2-high on top of each other. The boxes are then moved into storage with a forklift. This way, the required capacity is achieved with minimal forklift use.
“With the Tolsma Track & Trace system, all the boxes are clearly registered with filling, so that it is known where and how much of a certain batch is stored in the storage”, added Tolsma’s experts.
After the storage period, the combination machine is used again as a box tipper. In the same way as for filling, full boxes are put 2-high on each other in the machine, automatically unstacked, weighed and then emptied by means of a tipper and stacked empty to 3-high. The tipper is equipped with a lid and a flap to minimize fall heights.
With this new combination machine, Tolsma is also responding to the increase in scale in the cultivation of agricultural products, which is certainly taking place in other parts of the world. By combining several functions in one machine, the combination machine can be used more often, thus keeping costs under control. Another cost-saving aspect is the fact that the transport movements of forklift trucks are minimized by the automatic stacking, unstacking and buffering of boxes.
A unique feature of this machine is that it is entirely electrically driven, which is a huge advantage over hydraulic drives in terms of food safety. This makes the machine unique in the market.
Turn the light to green!
Tolsma Grisnich also announced a special summer offer. Until the 1st of September they will give a quantum discount on their green, energy-efficient LED lighting.
“Green energy-efficient LED lighting is better for storing potatoes than white light. The product will not discolor due to the green lighting. The LED fixture can switch between white and green light”, said the company’s representatives in a recent statement.
