Kenray Global Sales Team Map Old
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Meet Our Sales Team at Kenray

 

Hello everyone. My name is Dan Atkin, and I’m the head of sales at Kenray. I’d like to take a few moments today to show you around our newly refitted sales office here at Kenray headquarters.

 

As you can see from this map, we have technical sales people in numerous countries throughout the world, there on hand to deal with your enquiry and provide you with the best possible solution for your application.

Here we have two key members of the Kenray sales team. First, we have Stacey, Stacey looks after our after sales side and across from her we have Julie, Julie deals with order processing and making sure that all the details rather correct before your job moves on to the next stage of the process, which is engineering.

Our high quality communication and conferencing Software System allows us to stay in contact with the regional members of the Kenray sales team as well as our customers from across the globe.

 

Please email us at [email protected] or give us a call on +44 (0)1530 400 100

Kenray Global Forming Shoulder Testing
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Kenray Forming Set Refurbishments – a sustainable and cost effective solution

 

In today’s short video. I’d like to talk to you a little bit about refurbishment and how we can take your old set and turn it back into a new one. Once we receive your former we identify it, tag it and give it a serial number to keep track. We’ll look at the former and identify any obvious problems with it.

 

In this example, you can see there is damage to the forming shoulder. Once the engineers have collected all the information and establish what needs doing, we’ll get in touch with you and send you a quotation.

Once quotations been accepted we will produce a Kenray job card, so we can proceed with the work. The next step in the process will be to disassemble the former to ensure it’s completely clean and replace any parts that are required.

Once that has been complete, we will reassemble the former and check it over to make sure everything is correct.

The final step in the process will be to machine test the former on one of our in-house testing machines.

So there you can see, we can take your old forming set and turn it around and return it to you. So, it’s as good as new for more information about how we can help you.

Please email us at [email protected] or give us a call on +44 (0)1530 400 100

Kenray Global Partnership with Zanon VFFS HFFS Solutions
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Kenray announces our latest Strategic Partnership – Zanon

 

Kenray is delighted to announce its new strategic partner, Zanon Forming, who are located in the Lupari region of Northern Italy.

This move is designed to allow both companies to expand their product ranges and geographical span and to give better support to the customers.  This allows both companies to specialize in their various areas of expertise, within the forming sector.
For example, Kenray specialises in highly complex doy and quad sets and formers for the snack industry. Whilst Zanon specialises in formers for the cereals, produce and agricultural sectors.
As with all Kenray products, each former is machine tested for quality control and verification purposes before dispatch.
This exciting new partnership allows the Kenray group to maximize its technical expertise by combining its increased high quality manufacturing capabilities.
Kenray Zanon Partnership
So there you have a short video on our new strategic partnership. I hope you found that useful. If you need more information, please either visit our website or give us a call on +44 (0)1530 400 100 or email [email protected]

Thank you very much.

Kenray Forming Troubleshooting Solutions and Refurbishment , Forming Sets, Forming Shoulders, VFFS, Packaging
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Troubleshooting Front Drive Belt Issues – Solutions from Kenray Forming

 

Mark Evans from Kenray. Today’s short blog is talking a little bit about some of the common problems experienced with front drive belt formers.

Here, you can see a typical former that’s been returned for some refurbishment work.

Typically, you’ll see burn marks on the center of the PTFE strip. Either side of the PTFE strip you’ll see grooves that have been warn by the drive belts.

Here you can see the comparison between the old and the new PTFE strip.

We recommend you change these frequently as the uneven surface will compromise the back seal.

We would also recommend that when you change the PTFE strip, you change the drive belts at the same time. At Kenray,

we’ve developed many variants of the TNA back seal to ensure, proper sealing, particularly with Matt and paper film.

In the example, shown the PTFE is replaced by stainless steel, which also assists in keeping the tube stable.

The insert in the center can be replaced with different materials to seal different films.
So there you have a short video on front-drive belt formers. I hope you found that useful. If you need more information, please either visit our website or give us a call on +44 (0)1530 400 100 or email [email protected]

Thank you very much.

Kenray Forming Creasing Issues - Kenray Forming, Forming Sets, Forming Shoulders, VFFS, Food Packaging,
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Troubleshooting Creasing Issues – Solutions from Kenray Forming

 

So it is a short presentation would like to talk to you a little bit about bag creasing.

One of the reasons for creasing is the age of the shoulder, as the shoulder becomes older, it gets worn by the film as it’s constantly going over the lip. This causes what we call sharks teeth the shark’s teeth that we just described causes the film to rock up as it goes over the lip, this, in turn, causes jagged lines to form down the bag.

Another cause of creasing is when the tube is too close to the shoulder and causes the film to pinch. You can see the consequences of that on the slide shown.
Another cause of creasing can be the role of position which is incorrect and too far back here. You can see that as a consequence of the incorrect role of position. We have creasing on the outside of the bag, which looks like a herringbone
shape and also on the inside of the bag.
So there you can see. Creasing is not only a problem for exterior marks on the bag, but it also breaks the seal inside, and this, in turn, reduces the product shelf life.
So there you have a short video on creasing. I hope you found that useful. If you need more information, please either visit our website or give us a call on +44 (0)1530 400 100 or email [email protected]

Thank you very much.

Kenray Forming Solutions Film Snapping - Kenray Forming, Forming Sets, Forming Shoulders, VFFS, Food Packaging,
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Kenray Film Snapping Troubleshooting Solutions

 

So in this short video, I’d like to talk to you a little bit about film snapping and what causes it?

The film can snap for a number of reasons. Usually, it’s because there’s too much tension.

This could be the result of poor geometry on the shoulder. It could also be because the tube is too close to the shoulder which you can see here. You can see the film is actually peeling rather than ripping.

Sharp edges or the crossover point being too close could also be a key cause of film ripping.

Here you can see the film actually ripped because the gap between the shoulder and the tube is too tight.

So there you have a short video on film snapping. I hope you found that useful. If you need more information, please either visit our website or give us a call on +44 (0)1530 400 100 or email [email protected]

Thank you very much.

Kenray Global Training and Solutions VFFS HFFS
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Kenray Onsite Training Facilities

 

Hello again, Mark Evans from Kenray.

Today, we’re in the training room and I would like to show you some of the facilities we have available for training in our dedicated training facility.

You can either come here in person or we can do it via the Internet on the large screen TV. The TV itself is kitted out with a zoom lens and we can schedule training for any time during the day.

The room itself is kitted out with fixtures, jigging and tooling and we can produce any type of training that you require for more information visit our Training page for more information.

Thank you.

Kenray Global Stick Pack Solutions VFFS HFFS
Posted on by Claire Taylor

Kenray Video: Stick Pack Forming Set Solutions

Kenray Forming Ltd – Stick Pack Solutions

I’m Mark Evans from Kenray, today we are in the engineering office and I’m going to look at how we produce Stick Pack Formers.

During the first stage, our Engineer will find all the specifications and input them into the model.

The software itself will look for any errors. Once this process is complete the model itself will generate the forward engineered patterns.

Here you can see the typical Stick Pack Former, which has been through this process.

Once this former has been digitally developed, it can be placed together with other formers into the requisite number of lanes.

The next step in the process is to generate the machine tool program using 3D Graphics simulation.

 

The final part of the process is these images are sent to the machine shop for Machining. Here you can see a stick pack former being milled.

So I hope that gives you some insight into how we prepare and manufacture our stick pack formers.

Thank you for listening. Please contact us on +44 (0)1530 400 100 or email [email protected]

Kenray Global VFFS HFFS forming sets Engineering department
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Kenray Video: Our Engineering Department

Kenray Forming Ltd – Welcome to our Engineering Department

Here we are inside the engineering office.

In total, we have nine Engineers, three of whom are dedicated to research and development.

Here you can see one of the designers who is scanning a customer’s, pattern you will then scan them into the computer and check it against our forward engineered models.

Here you can see one of the designers using a 3D CAD cam. Once the model has been completed it can be sent across to production to be cut on a 3-axis machine.

The Development Department also has a dedicated, highly skilled Fabricator who can turn ideas into products. Here you can see a Kenray redesign of an original part being tested.

Please contact us on +44 (0)1530 400 100 or email [email protected]

Kenray Global Testing , Forming Sets, Forming Shoulders, VFFS, Packaging
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Kenray Video: Our Site 3 Testing Facility

Kenray Forming Ltd – Welcome to our Site 3 Testing Facility

 

Today we’re looking at our Testing Facilities that we have available here on Site 3.

This Kliklok Woodman Intermittent Machine can be used with either a vacuum or a friction drive facility.  To test TNA and other front drive formers, we have a TNA Robag 3 in our line-up.

Our line equipment LE 400 machine has the ability to test all Doy & Quad formers. All continuous high-speed formers can be verified on this apparatus.

Here we are at the back of the machine and the first thing we’re going to do is to ensure that the reel is correctly positioned on the machine and the film is running true and will be aligned to the bag specification.

So, here we are at the front of the machine all we want to ensure is that the film is running smoothly over the shoulder and touching at every point. will also want to make sure the geometry is correct, and everything is lining up.

Okay so the final point of the process is to check that we’ve got a good bag of the machine First thing to do is to make sure that we got the right bag size, check that we’ve got the correct seal and seal is actually strong enough and then finally check for creases, wrinkles and any twisting.

Please contact us on +44 (0)1530 400 100 or email [email protected]