Coding errors reduced at Greencore soup factory

Greencore Prepared Meals’s Kiveton site has reduced the risk of coding and packaging errors thanks to the expertise of systems integrator AutoCoding Systems.

The Kiveton site comprises a bakery, ready meals factory and a soup and spreads factory. AutoCoding automation and control technology has been involved with most of the packaging lines, removing the human element of setting up the line devices and manually checking the packaging.

In the soup and spreads factory, the AutoCoding product controls Domino A300 inkjet printers, Loma CW3 combi checkweighers/metal detectors and Sick CLV431 barcode scanners. An array of four Sick barcode scanners are mounted on the line to ensure every barcode is scanned on the spinning soup pots as they come down the line to confirm the correct pot is being used. The AutoCoding system sets up the Domino printers with the correct date code and coding profile for the product. This eliminates the need for operator intervention, thereby reducing the risk of error.

Contact: AutoCoding Systems