Maybury Material Handling, one of the largest, most successful material handling companies in the Northeast, now has over 80 employees and is a distributor for approximately 1,300 manufacturers. Supplying virtually all types of material handling equipment (including many ergonomic and productivity enhancing products) customers range from large manufacturers to small family-owned businesses. A diverse product line, knowledgeable personnel, and an emphasis on safety combine to make Maybury a recognizable leader in the material handling industry. Quality Snack food thanks to Hytrol Integration Partner WEPCO Utz Quality Foods, Kindig Lane facility, Hanover, PA said that food safety means distributing nothing but product in every bag of potato chips, pretzels, cheese curls, tortilla chips, popcorn, and party mix. From its modest beginning in 1921 until today, Utz production has grown to millions of pounds of snacks each week in their four Hanover, PA manufacturing facilities. From the adjacent World Distribution Center, product is shipped via Utz’s distribution network to retail customers from Maine to the Carolinas, including big box and warehouse companies such as Wal-Mart and BJ’s. As the volume of products shipped increased, so did Utz’s concern about ensuring the integrity of every bag of snacks. “Food safety became an issue for us,” sad Jeff Fuhrman, vice president of engineering. Utz needed a way to ensure that products were completely free of foreign contamination. WEPCO, Inc., in collaboration with Hytrol Conveyor Company, equipment suppliers, and the customer, devised the solution using new X-ray detection and innovative automation technology. The system conveys finished cartons through an X-ray system which detects the proper product weight and quantity of each SKU. The X-ray step improves both food safety and product quality. Fuhrman explained, “We are looking for foreign objects, missing product, seasoning conglomerates, and incorrect weights. DC managers are alerted when the X-ray […]