This document summarizes RML Engineering as a company that specializes in automation solutions for the cheese industry. It has over 25 years of experience working with major dairy companies in Australia and New Zealand. The document provides details on several of RML's cheese packing solutions for different types of retail and food service cheese packaging including 20kg blocks, sliced, shredded, chunk, and specialty cheeses. Case studies are presented on systems installed at various customer sites.

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Cheese Packing
case studies
Throughout our 25 year history RML have become
leaders in providing automation solutions to the
Australasian dairy sector, and in particular the
cheese industry. We have a developed close
relationships with many of the key dairy players
including Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd, and
have installations in factories across Australasia.
RML are seeking to expand on the successes
achieved in this area and are actively pursuing
markets in the USA, Europe and the United
Kingdom.
RML have become specialists in cheese packing
from the primary 20kg block wrap-around, right
through to the various food service and retail
packs.
RML have standard packing solutions for:
 Slice on Slice cheese (SOS)
 Individually wrapped sliced cheese (IWS)
 Consumer chunks and food service blocks
 Food service shred bags
 Retail shred pouches
 Instant quick frozen (IQF) into lined box
 20kg wrap around with or without collars
RML are also experienced in designing and
manufacturing machines that wrap specialty soft
cheese in a variety of shapes and foil types.

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case studies
cheese packing
20kg Cheese Boxes - Open Country Cheese
RML were approached by Open
Country Cheese (a progressive
start-up cheese manufacturer) to
provide a cost effective high
performance 20kg cheese block
wrap-around machine. The machine
was required to produce high quality
box wrapping of cheese with and
without a corrugated collar.
A full preventative maintenance
contract was also purchased from
RML as part of the solution, however
the packer ran successfully without
Retail Pouches - Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd
The solution provided, includes
integrated continuous motion carton
erecting, and a vision guided robotic
packing system ensuring packets
are picked in the correct orientation.
An ABB340 robot picks the product
from the in-feed conveyor and
places it into a flighted collation belt
in the correct layer number. This
enables a higher pick speed of
incoming product for smaller unit
weight packs.
What is special about this machine is
it can be retro fitted with a system for
standing up the gusseted pouches
and packing them into shelf ready
RSC formats.
intervention for the rest of the
season, after being installed as peak
production was being reached.
Features of this case packer include
a compact footprint, easy operator
set up, quality components and
finish, high safety standard and
consistently reliable performance.
Working closely with corrugated
board companies, cheese producers
and component suppliers has
enabled RML to evolve this premier
wrap around case packer.
RML often add value to an installation
by complementing the equipment with
additional automation such as seal
integrity checking systems, elevators,
turners, labelers and conveying.
Food Service Blocks - Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd
Fonterra not only provide cheese
products to the retail sector but also
the food service sector.
In this case cheese blocks of various
sizes are packed into top load RSC
cartons using an integrated robotic
case packer, RML call the p255i. An
ABB260 robot was selected this time
for the payload of up to 10kg, speed of
30 units per minute or up to 10 cartons
per minute. Because packing is
achieved into a continuous moving
carton, a special gripper head was
developed which avoided the need
for a shoe horn frame. Additional
features of this machine include
product out of dimension shutdown,
block inverting and a block in-feed
turner.
The product capacity ranges from
500g to 5kg.
When Fonterra embarked on changing
their retail pouch packing operation
they invited RML to propose a
solution. They required a packing
system that could handle 100g - 750g
pillow packs, zip pouches and
gusseted bags of shredded cheese at
up to 120 per minute. As well as this,
it was expected that packs would be
received by the packer in inconsistent
orientations.
RML’s experience and capabilities in
product handling and corrugated
board packing, enabled them to deal
with these criteria and they
subsequently worked closely with
Fonterra to ensure a robust automated
solution was implemented.

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case studies
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Fonterra traditionally packed ‘slice on
slice’ by hand into a wide range of
RSC cartons with internal dividers and
layer boards.
The automation of such a wide mix of
packaging was impractical. RML
combined their packaging knowledge
and machinery capability with
Fonterra’s operational and market
expertise to arrive at a solution.
A totally new packing format and box
design evolved that enabled RML to
provide a high performing packing
machine (RML p225i wrap around
packer) giving Fonterra the opportunity
to achieve packing automation
excellence.
This system involved the integration of
product collation divider inserts and
layer pad placement stations with an
easily adjustable wrap-around system.
Slice on Slice - Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd
“The machine has been extremely reliable since installation and rml have been helpful and efficient in providing after
sales service. The staff of rml are easy to communicate with regarding any issues we have had.”
- Michael Jones, Group Engineering Manager, Bega Co-operative Society Ltd
The machine also features an
innovative flight pitch adjusting
mechanism, facilitating smooth and
reliable product changeovers.
With Bega being in a remote location
in Australia, they needed to have
quality reliable machinery and also be
sure we could service the
machine in a timely manor.
An ABB260 robot gave an in-feed
management system that is highly
flexible, easy to configure and
consistent in performance.
The machine runs at a speed of up to
70 packs per minute or up to 14 boxes
per minute.
The machine features an Allen
Bradley panel view HMI interface for
operator controls, product presets,
fault notification and diagnostics, and
has electrically interlocked safety and
guarding to AS4024.1.
Group Engineering Manager of Bega
Co-operative, Michael Jones, came to
New Zealand and consulted with RML
to design a machine that would
automate the packing of their ‘slice on
slice’ product range. There were strict
requirements around divider insert and
retention of packaging parameters.
The solution delivered to Bega - RML
p245 side load case packer is fully
adjustable for a range of products.
The unique product stacking and
collating section incorporates a divider
inserter. Servo control ensures high
speed, reliable operation whilst
making product change overs quicker
and repeatable.
Slice on Slice - Bega Co-operative Ltd

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Case Study - Retail and Food Service Cream Cheese Line
This new line is designed to pack 1kg retail and 5kg food
service packs of cream cheese.
The line is made up of -
- RML c198 RSC glue case closer
- RMLp254 top load robotic case packer
- RML lane switch and reject system
- RR Fisher Weigh Conveyor
- Propac VFFS Bagger
- RML e178 glue RSC erector
- RML p715 robotic load continuous motion cartoner
RML c198 RSC
Glue Case Closer
RML Lane Switch &
Reject System
RML p254 Top Load
Robotic Case Packer
RR Fisher Weigh
Conveyor
Propac VFFS
Bagger
RML e178
Glue RSC
RML p715 Robotic Load
Continuous Motion Cartoner

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cheese packing
Case Study - Retail and Food Service Cream Cheese Line

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Case Study - Dairy Bag in Box Line
This line is designed to pack food service 3 litre, 5 litre, 10 litre
and 20 litre bags of dairy product into RSC boxes.
The line is made up of -
- RML p220 Bag Loader Unit
- RML Box Lift Unit
- 3M-Matic 800af Tape Closer
- Out-Feed Table
- Roller Conveyor
- Transfer Unit
RML p220 Bag Loader Unit
Outfeed Table
3M-Matic 800af
Tape Closer RML Box
Lift
Roller Conveyor
Transfer Unit

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cheese packing
Proposal Case Study - Packing Infant Formula
This RML p735 high speed cartoner is designed to pack bags of infant formula (400g) into traditional skillet
cartons.

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case studies
cheese packing
20kg Cheese Block Packing
RML p225 wrap-around packer
Slice on Slice Packing - With
dividers and layer-boards.
RML p225i wrap around packer
Slice on Slice Packing - With
dividers no layer-boards.
RML p245 side load case packer
Food Service Shred Packing
RML p255i top load packer
Individually Wrapped Slice Cheese
RML p235 and p255i case packers
Consumer Block Packing
RML p235 and RML p255i case packers
Specialty Cheese Wrapping
RML c330 and rml c315 wrappers
Food Service Block Packing
RML p255i top load packer
Retail Pouch Packing
RML p255i top load packer