Twin Automatic Sack Openers for Tea Manufacturing

A leading UK tea producer needed an automated way to handle and empty bagged tea ingredients more efficiently. The aim was to increase production efficiency, reduce manual handling, improve operator safety and maintain high housekeeping standards in the ingredient intake area.

Entecon designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned a twin Automatic Sack Opener system to transfer tea ingredients from sacks into the downstream manufacturing process. The system was developed to handle a range of bagged tea ingredients and food-grade raw materials while reducing manual sack emptying, minimising dust emissions and providing a consistent feed to existing production equipment.

The design criteria included clean GMP operation and dust containment, a production capacity of 300 sacks per hour, reduced manual labour and compatibility with the customer's existing line.

Installation was completed within the operational tea-processing facility with minimal disruption. Entecon

's engineers handled installation, commissioning, system testing and operator training before integrating the equipment into the manufacturing process.

The completed system provides increased material-handling efficiency, reduced manual labour, improved dust containment and housekeeping, consistent product discharge and enhanced hygiene. Replacing manual sack emptying with two automated machines also gives the manufacturer a dependable and scalable solution for future production requirements.