Metal Structures



Allied Distillers

As part of a major bottling hall project for Allied Distillers Ltd, Rynex were contracted by Hbg GA Construction Ltd to manufacture and install a £250,000 package of secondary steelwork comprising of: access walkways, pipe bridges, stairways, plant platforms, roof steelwork, feature balustrades and loading dock furniture. Modular manufacturing was carried out at the new purpose built Rynex workshop in Glasgow and transported to Dumbarton for assembly and installation

Healthland

The new Healthland health and fitness centre built by Dawn Construction at Finnieston in Glasgow incorporates many examples of Rynex steel fabrication workmanship with a design and build contract including the main feature staircase, stainless steel feature balustrades and ballet bars, entrance canopy, fire escape and security fencing and gates.

Diversey Lever

Diversey Lever recently contracted Rynex to design and install a high level ringmain at A.G Barrs bottling facility in Cumbernauld. The ringmain is to distribute Diversys' products to conveniently located hose stations at various points in the bottling hall. The system had to be installed during normal production hours working within the site requirements for strict hygienic conditions

Packaging Systems

U.D.V. Ireland

U.D.V. Ireland, part of the Diageo Group manufacture the famous Baileys Irish Cream drink.

Sales have been soaring since 1995, and the company quickly realised they required one of their Bailey's lines to double in throughput to meet demand.

Rynex were asked to provide a technical solution for the complete line.  This involves supplying and installing a new high speed case erector and a new high speed twin lane palletiser.

Both machines were manufactured from stainless steel and/or nickel coated steel.

The case erector was producing 45 cases per minute.

The palletiser throughput was a maximum of 60 per minute.

Both machines are conventional operation.

Conveyors         

United Biscuits:            High level Case Transfer

United Biscuits were looking for a conveyor supplier who could design a system for picking up sealed cases from 16 production lines and transfer all these cases to a central palletising area.

In addition to the conveyor quality, United Biscuits also required a concise and user friendly fault diagnosis system, which would quickly identify fault and minimise downtime on the system.

The complete conveyor supply consisted of over 1000 metres of conveyor, 16 incline belt conveyors, 1 spiral elevating conveyor, 26 low pressure accumulating conveyors, 4 x 30 degree merge units, 15 wide berth roller merge units, 6 access gate conveyors, 2 telescopic belt conveyors and 30 metres of simple gravity roller conveyor.

The complete system was installed at high level and all service utility modifications were also undertaken by Rynex.

From the start of the installation 10 weeks later the system was commissioned and running fault free within the United Biscuits factory.

Allied Distillers:             Bottle and Case Transfer

Rynex tendered against severe competition for the relocation. Installation and commissioning of 7 complete bottling lines including all new bottling stainless steel slat conveyor and overhead empty case transit conveyor.  The customer required Rynex to design the new layout and ensure the lines had sufficient bottle accumulation between machines as well as smooth bottle transfer between conveyor modules.  The new bottle conveyor consisted of seven lines with each line receiving s-type bends, tight radius bends, and bottle transfer units.  All bottle conveyors were manufactured from stainless steel grade 304 with 3mm thick side frames.

Slat chain was supplied in widths of 84mm and 116mm.

Both stainless steel and acetal slat chain was used.

All supports were made from stainless steel hollow tube with black acetal adjustable feet.

Overhead case conveyor incorporated both belt and roller with side grip elevators being used to enable rapid lift and drop over a short distance.

Simmers:                                  Raw Biscuit and Pack transfer

Simmers, a privately owned biscuit manufacturer, required a unique system of conveyors utilising the minimum of space, but maximising the number of products to be carried on the system.

On the oven, discharge biscuit were being presented 10 in a row and required to travel through a sharp 90 degree turn.  The biscuits then inclined to high level to clear the area below for operator access.  This we achieved using 1.0 metre wide belt conveyor.

From the wide belt conveyors the biscuits were then fed into a biscuit sorter and eventually through flow wrapping machines.

At this point a complete pack transfer system was installed to enable packs of different biscuits types to be packed into a variety of assortments for different customers.

Utilising side belt diverters, telescopic access belts, seamless direct 90 degree bends and a selection of standard straight belt conveyors, all at variable speed produced the right solution for Simmers Biscuits.

Side frames were manufactured from bright aluminium extrusion and belts were all white P.V.C.

Handling Equipment

Ergonomic Handling of Heavy Cases by utilising Dalmec Semi-Automatic Industrial Manipulators

Compaq Computers were looking for a supplier that could provide a technical solution to the ergonomic handling of heavy computers whilst packing into boxes and palletising the boxes onto a pallet. Due to the wide range of computers being assembled, the manipulator had to be completely flexible for all sizes and easy to operate. Additionally Compaq required a fail-safe device.

After many trials in Italy and in Glasgow Compaq finally placed an order for 16 machine which have been successfully operating on the production line since 1995.

Ergonomic & Safe Handling of Heavy Cutting Blades for the Textile Industry

Wellman International were extremely concerned about their work practice due to the number of accidents experienced over the previous 12 months. In one particular operation, a framework of ultra sharp blades had to be regularly changed in a machine and accessed from underneath the machine. The existing method for supporting this 200kg frame was by using an engine removal trolley which was not reliable especially when the trolley was removed to allow access to install brackets and fasteners.

Rynex were called in to provide a technical solution to this problem.

After lengthly discussions it was decided that a steel framework would be built to accomodate a linear track. From this track, an industrial work assistor was slung upside down with special tooling to support the framework of blades.

Pneumatic logic was used to lock the frame in space at all times. The gripper could not release whilst a load was evident.

The design was such that change-over times on the machine been halved and operator safety maintained. Ergonomic problems were also eliminated.

Contract Engineering

Courage Brewing Fountain Brewery Edinburgh.

The benefits of contracting out of various services within a manufacturing or process environment can be illustrated by our 7 year relationship with Scottish courage brewing.

The Problem: The maintenance requirements of a Brewing facility are wide and varied. In respect of Utilities Maintenance the difficulty in assessing manning levels, quantifying tasks and subsequently measuring the content of a given task gave cause for a review of the traditional method of employing a direct maintenance team and quantifying them as an overhead to the business. A substantial cost was also found to arise from the management of such a team.
The Requirement: To provide a suitable cost effective solution to the problems
The Solution: The Rynex proposal to contract out the Utilities Maintenance function under a measured term contract basis. The benefit of this solution is the ability to quantify and measure the extent of the works prior to commencement, accurately cost the works in advance and subsequently measure the works by comparing the completed tasks with the agreed contract cost per metre per weld per flange etc.With the exception of a once a month visit from a quantity surveyor the management time and associated costs became almost nil.
The Results: The efficient management of the works as determined by the area Engineers , The effective undertaking of tasks , the high quality of work and the control of costs throughout the process. A saving of 40% was realised within a year of Rynex providing this solution.
The Future: The success of this type of contracted out arrangement has prompted the implementation of similar contracts for Building works , Electrical Maintenance and Stores Management.

Precision Machining

ICI Nobel Enterprise: Stingray Missiles

ICI Nobel Enterprise was looking for a precision machining company to supply major components for Stingray Missile Project.

Rynex successfully won the contract to supply the major components and all other propriety components that make up the full Missile assembly.

The Contract was successfully completed and were supplied in 'Kit Form' ready for ICI Nobel Enterprise to assemble, each set of Kits were supplied with Quality Assurance documentation package in accordance with the stringent requirements demanded in Ministry of Defence Industry.

Shipham & Co Limited: Manual & Actuated Gate Valve Assemblies

Rynex tendered against severe competition to supply a range of Actuated and Manual Gate Valves from 2" through to 8". The customer required Rynex to supply the full assembly in 'Kit Form' ready for their test & assembly.

The Contract was successfully completed and was supplied complete with Quality Assurance documentation package in accordance with the stringent requirements demanded in Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Industry.

Weatherford Completion System

Weatherford were looking to source a precision machining company with the capability to manufacture part of their product with a high monthly machining content.

Rynex were awarded the contract to manufacture Liner Hanger components for Downhole application. The benefit of this solution is the close relationship between both parties and the ability to Project Manage to meet Weatherford Completeion System end customer needs.