![]() Don't miss the offer and place your order immediately, directly from our online store. It is a high quality product, made with scrupulously selected raw materials. Exhaust valve can be inspected by sliding it off the guide pin with chromed ABS cap. Closing seat in AISI 304 stainless steel. The complete monobloc battery signed ITS Todini model Unibox-Its (code 130-631) is proposed for sale, with pneumatic drain button and complete with float with lateral connection (code 130-631). “We won’t be going back to the bulk bags, that’s for sure.Complete monobloc battery Unibox Its with inspectionable drain valve art. All round, they are a great solution for our business,” said Mr Chawla. The company has another 40 boxes on order and says the payback on investment will be in months, not years. If you look after them, I can’t see any reason why they wouldn’t last for many years.” “The boxes are much easier and safer to fill, handle and empty. “With the drop down sleeve design, when they are empty they essentially take up half the area, and when full they are stable with no risk of tipping over, like can happen with the bulk bags. “We can store three tonnes of product in the space we used to only be able to store one tonne,” he continued. “Instead of lifting a bulk bag from the top and holding it up high, these are lifted at the bottom so feel much more stable for the driver.”įull UniBox can be stacked two-high, while empty ones can be stacked four high. “Our drivers feel much more comfortable moving them around,” Mr Chawla said. “It’s better than half the time, which is a lot when you add that up over a week or month.”ĪPP say the forklift drivers also prefer the new UniBox system. “When we were using bulk bags, it took 17 minutes to empty each one, but the UniBox decants the same volume in 8 minutes. “Our first processing step is washing the beans, which requires them to be loaded into a hopper system. “We send clean, empty ones across to them, which they then fill and then return to us for processing. ![]() Mr Chawla says APP uses the boxes to move and store raw grain (pulses) prior to processing, rotating its fleet every 1.5 days with suppliers. The containers stack and nest for efficient warehousing and freight, with a semi-load holding 18 full UniBox units. ![]() The flow out can be controlled for metering or mixing. “They seal completely with a secure lid, to give good protection against infestation, contaminants or spoilage.”ĭesigned for safe, one-person operation, the UniBox interior is smooth and sloped with a generous centre exit to quickly and completely empty contents. “The UniBox are made from high density polyethylene and meet food grade standards with the option of a stainless-steel bottom plate,” he explained. United Ag director, Tim McFarlane, says the heavy-duty construction makes them a smart, reusable alternative to bulk bags. Imported and marketed in Australia by United Ag, UniBox units can handle up to 1,200kg loads. “The UniBox have solved all of these problems, as well as delivering significant time and cost savings.” “Until now we have been using bulk bags, which of course are only single use and have challenges with storage space, the risk of tipping or tearing, as well as potential issues with spoilage and rodents. “We currently process 12 tonne of faba beans and lentils per day, with more capacity due online next year which will see us processing more than 30 tonnes per day,” Mr Chawla explained. The company estimates the new system is saving $30 per tonne of processed beans, or around $250,000 per year. “We’ve been using UniBox here at Horsham for several months now, and the improvements have been immediate.” “You could say that it ticks all the boxes for us. Operations manager, Puneet Chawla, says the UniBox system has significantly improved day to day productivity, cost-efficiency and safety at the site. It is a food-grade reusable transport and storage solution for handling flowable products, such as grain, seeds and granules. ![]() The company’s primary production facility at Horsham in western Victoria has recently switched from using bulk bags for managing its raw materials to a relatively new product to the Australian market called UniBox™. Innovative local food ingredient manufacturer, Australian Plant Proteins (APP), recently implemented a new storage and transport solution that is delivering significant safety, sustainability and efficiency benefits.ĪPP produce and supply plant protein isolates from Australian grown pulses such as faba beans and lentils using a proprietary extraction process that doesn’t require solvents or enzymes. ![]()
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