To optimise its performance, Flandr’œufs asked Transitic to equip its packaging centre with a complete system of conveyors and automatic machines. This system ensures that the eggs are transported, identified and packed with the utmost respect for the product.
Transitic x Flandr’oeufs
Flandr'œufs automates its packaging centre with Transitic
After a first collaboration in 2019, Flandr’œufs once again chose Transitic to equip its 12,000 m² packaging centre in Wormhout, near Dunkirk. Faced with an increase in their production, Paul and Victor Carton, brothers and managing partners of the company, were looking for a scalable and automated solution to absorb the growing number of eggs while improving the working comfort of their operators.
Project
Boosting productivity, improving working conditions
Client
Flandr’oeufs
Location
Wormhout, North of France
The client
Created 60 years ago, Flandr’oeufs is a family company based in the North of France. Over the years, it has become a key player in egg production in the Northern region and in Belgium. Each year, Flandr’oeufs produces, packages and distributes hundreds of millions of eggs intended for mass distribution, catering or wholesalers.
The project
Automated processes for increased comfort and productivity
The project focused on improving overall performance by enhancing product traceability and automating work processes. Energy consumption was taken into account right from the project's design stage, so as to provide Flandre'oeufs with an installation that is sustainable, energy-efficient and scalable. All the systems are now controlled by our Open WCS software suite, which coordinates the various operations in real time.
An automated conveyor network for maximized output
Our teams deployed a network of 300 meters of conveyors spread over two separate production lines and covering an area of 3,600 m². These converge towards an identification and packaging area made up of 6 labelers and two automatic sealers. The conveyors then transport the cartons towards a sorting comb where they are dispatched to two palletizing robots for loading into the trucks.
Ergonomics at the heart of the project
Transitic has worked on the ergonomics of the 14 workstations in the warehouse located at the exit of the grading machines: modules are lowered automatically to allow operators to evacuate the cartons to the conveyor without having to carry them.
300
the total length of the conveyor network
200
the number of eggs packed per hour
3600
the overall surface area of the installation
”Since the installation was commissioned, each production line has been able to process 100,000 eggs per hour. Furthermore, our operators have undeniably gained in terms of working comfort.
Paul CartonManaging director - Flandr'oeufs
Installation that respects the product
Transitic has paid particular attention to the fluidity of its mechanisms and processes to ensure the eggs are transported smoothly. For example, the conveyor network includes several belt sections to ensure that the cartons are perfectly stable when ascending and descending. Our teams opted for motorised rollers and transfer modules specially designed to avoid the risk of breakage during conveyance and redirection.
Made up of stainless steel conveyors, the installation scrupulously complies with food industry standards, with the emphasis on easy cleaning and maintenance of the systems.
