For over eight years Wagg Foods has worked closely with leading materials handling and process engineering firm Game Engineering to build and develop the extrusion facility at their Dalton Mill in the UK.

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2. Project Management Feature Feature Project Management
GAME Engineering places a
huge importance on comply-
“From 2003 to 2006 GAME
ing with the health and safety
made various modifications regulations.
“GAME has a skilful team
to the plant adding of project managers, engi-
neers and fully trained site
conveying routes and personnel, many with expe-
rience in feed milling, coal
moving packing machinery mining and other heavy indus-
tries. GAME is relied upon for
to meet the increasing
our expertise and knowledge
and changing demands in the pet food and animal
feed sectors and has success-
of the finished product fully completed many projects
nationwide,” adds Projects
blending and packing” Engineering Director David
Burkitt.
“Wagg Foods has
Long and fruitful
enjoyed a long and fruit-
ful relationship with GAME
Engineering and long may
it continue. The engineers
relationship benefits
at GAME have the expe-
rience and professionalism
we require to complete our
Further developments The finished project now enables Wagg projects with minimum dis-
UK feed producer Then in 2006, GAME made the next Foods to significantly increase their product ruption to the rest of the plant,” says
major design change adding a further 10 storage and allow automatic blending to George Page, Production Director at
raw material bins with a second weigher packing, which increases their packaging Wagg Foods.
and conveyor system to feed back to capacity.
the original extruding line. Once that This has
system was in operation, GAME added removed
new grinding and mixing equipment and
a second extrusion line within Wagg’s
the
of
need
double
O NLIN E A UC T ION
existing build, most importantly this was handling IBC by order of the interested, due to the
F
or over eight years Wagg This included the truck intake with filtra- The line was loaded through IBC tote carried out whilst the plant was still tote bags and
Foods has worked closely tion and separation of oversize materials, the bags which where emptied into the fixed running ensuring that disruption to the conveys fin-
ished product
FACILITY CLOSURE (Belgium)
with leading materials handling bulk storage of the raw materials with batch bins blended to feed three packing lines. business was minimised. This project
directly from
LIVESTOCK FEED
and process engineering firm weighing; screening machines; support struc- From 2003 to 2006 GAME made various included a new electrical sub station,
GAME Engineering to build and tures; finish product weighed electrical installation and changing the the extruders
control software. to any of 16
develop the extrusion facility at into IBC tote bags complete
their Dalton Mill in the UK. with the electrical; mechanical
and process control installation. “GAME added new grinding
Most recently, from March-December
2009, GAME Engineering were awarded
finish product
bins which in
PRODUCTION PLANT
Projects Director, David and completed the contract to supply and turn can blend
This relationship, built on common
FULLY EQUIPPED SILO BUILDINGS with WEIGHBRIDGE
understanding and trust, has enabled Wagg Burkitt says, “The project and mixing equipment and a install the finished product storage and back into the
original blend- “Delaere” GSE 663, cap. 50 T, 14 x 3,2 m; BULK LOADING
to build a plant, which has allowed their busi- included liaising with Wagg blending facility for Wagg Foods at Dalton
ing and pack- STATIONS on DETACHABLE STEEL CONSTRUCTIONS with
ness to grow and develop with the minimum Foods building contractors and second extrusion line within Mill. GAME fought off stiff competition from
other companies to secure this contract. ing lines. various REDLERS; ELEVATORS a.o. “J-Kleinbussink”, H ca. 25 m;
of disruption during its planned expansion. Andritz Sprout. With the proj- detachable steel BULKSILOS; FILTER CASINGS “DCE-Dalamatic”
Back in 2001, Wagg Foods already had a
successful and thriving business and wanted
ect starting in August 2002
it was up and running for
Wagg’s existing build, most with cyclones and ventilators; vertical MIXING TANKS; HAMMER
MILLS with electr. motors; various CONVEYORS; grain drying
Christmas and in production installation; BAG FILLING-SEALING MACHINE “Simon Richard”;
to develop their brand by installing its first
extrusion line. for January 2003, all within the importantly this was carried CHARGING BUNKERS; aircompressor “Ingersol Rand”;
GAME Engineering was selected to original time scale.”
design and build this line as part of a multi- By the middle of 2003 Wagg out whilst the plant was still BIDDING ONLY ON THE INTERNET
stage project. Foods required a dedicated fin-
The original brief was to design the plant ish product blending and pack- running ensuring that disruption CLOSING: Monday 1 MARCH 2010
with room and capacity for a second line at ing line on the Dalton Mill site.
a future date. Wagg Foods had negotiated a The existing building was to the business was minimised” VISITING: 25 February 2010 from 9.00 till 16.00 hrs
package of process equipment and start up extended to form a packing hall. and by appointment via info@troostwijk.be
support from Andritz Sprout of Denmark. GAME designed and installed
a blending line, which enabled ADDRESS / PHOTOS / CATALOGUE on our website
Using Wagg Foods free issue process equip-
ment GAME Engineering Ltd supplied the Wagg Foods to continuously blend up to modifications to the plant adding conveying
design and project management along with eight finished products and deliver these to routes and moving packing machinery to
the mechanical handling systems to complete the packing lines automatically at 12 tonnes meet the increasing and changing demands
the process. per hour. of the finished product blending and packing. www.TroostwijkAuctions.com
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