Modular Conveyor System for a Biscuit Manufacturer

Conrad Schulte & Co, a leading German biscuit manufacturer, has installed a modular conveyor system leading to considerable improvements to the productivity of its factory processes. Conrad Schulte, based in Rietberg, Germany, was founded in 1884 and is today among the leading pastry suppliers in Germany. With around 250 employees producing food products for customers around the world, efficient internal systems that maximise productivity and allow downtime to be kept to a minimum are essential to the company’s success. For this reason, Conrad Schulte chose to install Schüco’s CS 090 SL conveyor system throughout its plant. As soon as the cakes and pastries are baked, they need to be cooled down to room temperature in the cooling tunnel. They are then transported by the CS 090 SL conveyor line to the packaging area, where production assistants put the baked pastries manually into the respective packages. The conveyor ends with the single blister packages being hermetically sealed, ready for dispatch. The 90mm wide conveyor line used at Schulte’s is designed for optimum line management, able to accommodate product widths of 20-200mm. All components used in the installation belong to the CS SL system. The innovative design of the Stretch Line system compensates for the stretch in the chain caused during operation; as a result, the chain does not have to be shortened and machine downtime can be minimised.