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Simple Answers to Boost Bottling Line Efficiency
April 2005 Many bottling and packaging lines are pieced together by purchasing individual machines, such as a depalletiser, rinser, filler, corker/screwcapper, capsuler, labeller, packer, palletiser, which are then linked via a conveyor.
During the capital purchase decision-making process, focus tends to be on the expensive machines, while line design, including conveyor accumulation, is often a secondary consideration. It is this purchasing philosophy that leads to bottling line inefficiencies, subsequently resulting in a lower number of wine cases packed pershift and therefore reducing overall business profitability.
Marco Guglielmucci, general manager of JB Macmahon, said he was constantly amazed to watch millions of dollars being spent on specific machinery only to connect it together without due consideration. “How many times have you seen a filler rated at 10,000 bottles per hour operating in a bottling line that only bottles and packages 50,000 bottles in an eight hour shift,” he said. But it’s not all bad news. Marco says most of these inefficiencies can be eliminated by careful line analysis which determines where the throughput constraint exists on the line. “This involves some simple mathematics which takes into consideration the maximum speed of individual machines, how often they break down and the mean time between breakdowns,” he said.
“Once the constraint has been identified it is simply a matter of inserting conveyor accumulation prior to the constraint and the end result is likely to be output gains in the order of 10% to 30%.” In the case mentioned above, that means increasing output from 50,000 bottles per shift to as many as 65,000 bottles per shift.
JB Macmahon can provide bottling line analysis and innovative accumulation solutions to significantly improve efficiencies and bottom line profitability. For information contact JB Macmahon’s bottling and packaging specialists on (08) 8351 6977.
For further information on mathematical analysis of your line efficiencies visit
www.thruput.com.
JB Macmahon Rolls Out National Distribution Structure
January 2005  JBM Juvenal (Australia) Pty Ltd, the Australian supplier of Delfin natural cork and J-tec technical cork has recently merged its business operations into J B Macmahon Pty Ltd (a leading supplier to the Australian Wine Industry for more than ninety years). As a result of the merger J B Macmahon has employed all of JBM Juvenal’s staff and it has taken over the distribution of Delfin and
J-tec cork.
“The merger is a logical step in the evolution of J B Macmahon as a true national supplier to the Australian Wine Industry. It allows us to immediately expand our product portfolio and at the same time it adds great depth to our national distribution structure. As a result of the merger we are very excited to announce the appointment of Gary Clarke as J B Macmahon’s National Sales Manager, with Lois Farnden and Simon Wills also coming on board in key sales roles in South Australia and Victoria respectively”, J B Macmahon’s General Manager Marco Guglielmucci said. “J B Macmahon has great people with enormous wine industry experience operating in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales and we are looking forward to announcing an appointment in Western Australia in the very near future. Our objective is to provide our customers throughout Australia with the highest possible levels of local technical sales and service”, Marco Guglielmucci said. For assistance in planning your equipment and consumable requirements please contact J B Macmahon in South Australia (+61 88351 6977), Victoria (+61 39529 2613), or in New South Wales (+61 26547 6138).
JB Macmahon opens office in New South Wales
February 2004
JB Macmahon, a leading supplier of capital and consumable items
to the Australian Wine Industry for more than 90 years, is proud
to announce the achievement of another milestone in moving towards
becoming a Complete Solution Provider.
“We are constantly monitoring the business and technical
requirements of our customers. It has become evident that locally
based sales and service representation is what our customers are
demanding. With this in mind, we are very excited to announce the
establishment of our NSW office in the Hunter Valley. It has been
a major triumph to secure Robert Marchese as the State Manager for
our NSW operations. Robert’s experience of more than fifteen
years in Production, Maintenance and Planning in the Wine Industry
at Rosemount/ Southcorp will provide a strong customer focus not
only in NSW, but to JB Macmahon overall. We are now well
positioned to provide higher levels of Customer Service and
continue to strive towards Complete Customer Satisfaction, ” JB
Macmahon’s General Manager Marco Guglielmucci said.
For assistance in planning your equipment and consumable
requirements please contact Robert Marchese on 0428 857 050 or JB
Macmahon’s head office on ( 08 ) 8351 6977.
Tecnomac Bench Mounted Screw Capper
February 2004 The Tecnomac Capping Machine has a fine reputation and is well established in overseas markets.
JB Macmahon are proud to launch the Tecnomac Capping Machine in Australia.
Suitable for closing aluminium screw caps to plastic snap-on caps. The Tecnomac is ideal for laboratory tests or small production runs.
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Tecnomac Brochure [PDF Document]
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