Wine bottle packaging – wine production

In this industrial customer profile, Mr DEBUCHY, Maintenance and Capital Projects Manager at BAHIER, explains what led the company to install two complete lines — cartoning, case packing and palletising for rillettes pots and black pudding — and the benefits that are already visible.

Our objective was simple: automate the entire line, from the freezer outfeed through to palletising. With JYGA PROCESS, we robotised production and integrated a wrap-around case packer. For us, this was a major change because we had previously used RSC cases and all packaging operations were manual. The result was higher throughput and OEE, lower-cost wrap-around cases, better pallet stability thanks to the interlocking cases, and fast format changeovers on a reliable machine. Designed for 1 tonne/hour, the line meets the specification and can reach 1.2 tonnes/hour. We are very satisfied.

In 2022, at DESTINATION BIO in Bordeaux, we needed to replace a line that had become obsolete. As part of a continuous-improvement approach and to anticipate our customers' future needs, we redefined the specification for a higher-performance line. Our case supplier introduced us to JYGA so that we could move to a wrap-around solution, and both the technical relevance of the proposal and the partnership approach made the difference. Today, the wrap-around case packer is so simple that you barely notice it: format changeovers take five minutes and operation is much smoother in our new production facility. The carbon-offset option, through tree planting in France, also fits our values as an organic B Corp-certified business.

At the beginning of 2007, we decided to begin mechanising our case packing operations.

Laïta is a dairy cooperative with six industrial sites in western France. Laïta has always sought to improve and optimise its production resources, and automation forms part of this industrial-development strategy. We completely redesigned our equipment and decided to replace two lines with a single production line featuring automatic case packing. We remain optimistic. There will undoubtedly be new directions for the business, and it is up to us to adapt.

At RIANS, palletising our trays was still a manual process: it required a great deal of time and effort, and the end of line was struggling to keep pace with changing production needs. With JYGA's Pal'it Air, we found a genuinely flexible solution: it handles different case and pallet formats without lengthy reconfiguration. Its compact footprint was decisive in our congested workshop, and human-machine collaboration is reassuring because the safety sensors allow the cobot to work close to operators. The gripper provides both precision and gentle handling. Ultimately, the investment paid for itself quickly: throughput increased, working conditions improved significantly, and the system is simple and reliable to use every day.

We have been highly satisfied with JYGA, both in terms of the reliability of the case packer installed on one of our lines and the service, which has always been very efficient.