Automation for SMEs – necessary, but also risky?

Based on a concrete success story, we provide you with practical tips – tailored for the BEWITAL Group.
For over 60 years, BEWITAL has been a specialist in wet & dry food from its own production and a leading manufacturer of super-premium pet food for dogs and cats!

Custom automation design plus complete portfolio for BEWITAL

Only the best food for dogs and cats:

Selected recipes and consistently highest quality in wet & dry food production!

BEWITAL is growing. On board: TRAPO, since 2020 a reliable partner in the safe handling of cans and pouches as well as their secondary packaging.

As a system integrator, TRAPO provides BEWITAL with automated components and partial lines from its own production – if desired, including connection to the ME system. The cooperation has grown organically – with joint development work plus installation and optimization of existing product processes.

• Conveyor technology
• Palletizing and depalletizing expertise
• Rack unloading
• Can depalletizing
• Autoclave basket loading
• System integration
• 24/7 service
• Due to expansion & relocation: constructive adaptation of existing systems including upgrade

Step 1: TRAPO automates your plant

• In many medium-sized companies, production and intralogistics steps are still carried out manually, although an automated solution is both feasible and economical!
• Avoid bad investments and automate with TRAPO – specialist for challenging environments
  (wet areas / limited space in existing buildings / hygienic design)
• Special machine construction with standard machines in modular design
• Networked, highly automated solutions with real-time monitoring
• Compact robot cells with multifunctional grippers – developed and tested at TRAPO
• Short decision-making paths and high quality characterize the TRAPO profile: components, lines, programming and service are provided 100% in-house.

Step 2: TRAPO as system integrator – perfect integration

• Answers to automation requirements from a single source
• Solutions from the individual component to partial and complete lines
• Extensive in-house manufacturing depth: excellent products and product solutions that meet the individual needs of end customers, system suppliers (OEM) and machine builders.
• 1 System | 1 Control: When mechanics and control are adapted to the respective production task from a single source, this reduces sources of error and saves the time-consuming coordination of several service providers.

Step 3: TRAPO is responsible for the complete electrics

• TRAPO offers the complete electronics from a single source.
• In-house services: Circuit diagram I software I commissioning.
• 1 System I 1 Control: only one interface to the customer.
• Integration of third-party providers.
• Various interfaces possible (IP telegram communication, OPC-UA, REST-API, SQL, file transfer, etc.).

Step 4: Maintenance 4.0 with the TRAPO ME system

• TIM, the TRAPO Intelligent ME system: database and framework solution.
• TIM integrates and links all data sources generated in production and intralogistics via sensors.
• All operating data at a glance: data display, processing, communication.
• Evaluation in the form of charts and statistics.
• Ensuring OEE performance
• User/authorization/access control.
• Intelligent storage location management.
• Definition of cycles for preventive and predictive maintenance.

Step 5: Safety through TRAPO service contracts

• Installation and service by flexible TRAPO teams, which also take care of on-site adjustments.
• As customers grow, TRAPO’s commitment also grows: currently, the TRAPO palletizers are being relocated. The constructive adaptation of existing systems goes hand in hand with an upgrade.
• One central contact person for all concerns, backed by the knowledge of our specialist teams!
• From design to manufacturing and commissioning to after-sales service – for a machine’s entire life.

5 years of partnership between BEWITAL & TRAPO:

• 2020: Standard components of conveyor technology: empty and full can transport, carton and pallet conveyor technology
• 2021: Depalletizer for cans – HLDP with magnetic gripper
• 2021: Autoclave basket loading in sterilizer environment / TC Series plus combined magnetic & suction gripper
• 2021: Fully or semi-automatic basket loading in sterilizer environment with the TRAPO Compact Loader (TCL Series) plus magnetic gripper
• 2022: Palletizer for pouches: articulated robot palletizer, 2 cells with 1 palletizing station each plus fork gripper
• 2022: Carton packaging – robot solution with fork gripper
• 2022: Innovative shelf-ready packaging including carton savings
• 2022: Rack unloading for pouches
• 2025: Cross transfer carriage and lifting device

I look forward to getting to know you and your company!