More bite for Spanish snack producer La Selva - thanks to 1519 Interroll components
Girona/E. La Selva is a highly successful food company that has been combining tradition and progress since 1917. The latest milestone in this philosophy, pursued by its dedicated team of 165 employees, is the company's modernised production premises, in which layout and technical equipment combine to create a coherent, logistically optimised unit using automated material flow.
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The true embodiment of this passion is to be found at La Selva, a food company in Girona, whose meat delicatessen products account for up to 40 per cent of the Spanish snack
market. Not to mention other European as well as Central and South American countries, which can enjoy delicacies ranging from "jamon cocido" to sophisticated sauces with a dash
of Iberian temperament.
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| | Throughput: 130,000 snacks per day
The total installation now includes nine conveyor lines, transporting crates of different formats 16 hours a day. No matter what length, width or height - the system has the
capacity to convey, forward, pick up, sort and distribute up to 30 containers every minute. Other key functions in the system include the integrated packaging, weighing, labelling
and palletising of La Selva's delicacies, which are presented in a stylish bag. This adds up to about 130,000 snack units - each weighing 200 grams (0.44 Ib.) - that are passed
through the system every day.
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The main ingredient: food-grade quality
As well as designing a highly flexible conveyor system, Tavil was also scrupulous in its use of key components that were compatible with foodstuff applications and that could be
successfully incorporated into the automated process. Interroll's extensive range of Conveyor Rollers, RollerDrives and Drum Motors offered the Northern Spanish company just what
was needed. Which means that La Selva's new production premises are filled to the brim with expertise supplied by Interroll as an integral part of the logistics chain.
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| | The Interroll menu
As an entrée, 15 brushless BL RollerDrives for continuous operation, with an integrated motor which can be easily controlled for dynamic braking or speed regulation. This
is followed by 500 Series-3800 Accumulating Conveyor Rollers, made from high-impact-grade special PVC, with an external diameter of 50 mm (1.9 in.), as well as 500 Series-1100
gravity rollers (diameter: 30 mm) (1.2 in.). The special ball-bearings, as well as the rounded roller ends, which facilitate lateral loading of cartons and containers, have proved
their worth in millions of passes - and also make for smoother operation with the 200 PVC universal conveyor rollers (diameter 50 mm/1.9 in.). In addition to a further 300
Series-3500 fixed-drive rollers (diameter: 50 mm/ 1.9 in.), La Selva can also exploit the advantages offered by the - now almost legendary - Interroll 138E Drum Motors.
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